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The following are guidelines for completing a CIHR Registration. The guidelines are broken down section by section, organized in the same manner and in the same order as the fields on the CIHR Web forms.
Before completing the Registration using the section by section instructions found below, it is imperative that you become familiar with the steps outlined on the How to Apply for Funding page, which provides an overview of how to apply to CIHR for funding.
Guidelines for Registration
The following guidelines are broken down by section in the order that they are presented on the Research Module screens on the CIHR Web forms website. Provide clear and concise answers to all applicable questions, noting that some data requirements are program-specific.
All the information provided may be revised in the subsequent full application except for the Principal Applicants, the Project Title and the Suggested Grant Committee.
Sections:
1. Research Funding Program(s)
2. Nominated Principal Applicant/Candidate
3. Project
4. Applicants/Co-Applicants
5. Suggested External Referees
6. Collaborators and Committees
7. General Information
8. Text to be attached
9. Instructions regarding the CIHR Registration Common CV
10. Instructions regarding printing
11. Instructions regarding signatures
12. Instructions regarding the Applicant Consent form
1. Research Funding Program(s)
"Research Funding Programs" and "Salary Support" checkboxes
Check the box(es) for the opportunity(ies) for which you are seeking support. If applying for both salary support and research funding, check all applicable research funding and salary support boxes. You should note, however, that a separate Webforms file and a separate complete Registration and/or Application Package must be submitted for each of the grant and salary funding opportunities applied to.
If you are submitting an application that contains any randomized controlled trial, you must apply through the Randomized Controlled Trials Program and not the Operating Grants Program.
Strategic Initiative/RFA
If you wish to apply to a Request for Applications, enter the name as it appears in the Current Funding Opportunities.
Industrial Partner(s)
If you wish to apply to an Industry-Partnered funding opportunity, enter the name of the industrial partner(s).
Partnership Program
If you wish to apply to a Partnership funding opportunity, enter the name of the opportunity.
Special Program
If you wish to apply to a special funding opportunity, enter the name of the opportunity.
Competition Date
Enter the competition deadline date for the opportunity to which you are applying. If you are applying to a regular funding opportunity, consult the opportunity's Application Package. If you are applying to an occasional funding opportunity, refer to the "How to Apply" section in the description of the funding opportunity.
Proposed CIHR Start Date
CIHR appreciates the uncertainty in predicting a starting date far in advance, but you should provide your best estimate.
2. Nominated Principal Applicant/Candidate
Enter the name of the Nominated Principal Applicant. The name of the Nominated Principal Applicant appears on page 1 of the Research Module printed report.
Refer to the Eligibility Requirements for the definitions of titles such as Principal Applicant/Candidate, Co-Applicants and Collaborators.
3. Project
Project Title
Provide a title for your research project. Project titles must remain unchanged between registration and application.
Lay Title of Research
Provide a title for your project that is accessible to a lay audience. Lay titles are used by CIHR to inform the public and Parliament about the valuable research supported through public funds.
Primary location where research will be conducted
Indicate the institution or organization where all or most of the research will take place.
Abstract
Describe your project in a way that is accessible to a lay audience. Be sure to indicate how your proposed research can improve personal health, the health of populations and / or the health delivery system. This information is used by CIHR to inform the public and Parliament about the valuable research supported through public funds.
Institution Paid
Institution that will administer the funds for your project. Consult the Eligible Individuals and Institutions on the CIHR web site for more information.
Certification Requirements
If you are awarded a grant, the necessary certification requirements must be met in accordance with policies on ethical conduct of research.
Relevant policies:
Human Stem Cells
If the proposal uses human stem cells, please check this field. This will signal to CIHR staff that your application may use human pluripotent stem cells; in which case, it must conform to the Guidelines for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research. CIHR staff will contact you if it is determined that your application requires review by the Stem Cell Oversight Committee. This field is also useful for generating reports of CIHR's funding of human stem cell research.
Does this Application Contain a Randomized Controlled Trial?
Failure to disclose that your application contains a randomized controlled trial will result in the withdrawal of your application from the competition.
Period of Support Requested
Normally, the period of support requested is in complete years. You may request an additional 6 months if your projects will require a partial year of support in the final year. New grants are usually awarded for 3 years, and the maximum period of support is 5 years.
Descriptors
Provide keywords to describe your research project, the techniques and the methodologies it will employ, and the areas of interest.
4. Applicants/Co-Applicants
For this section, refer to the on-screen instructions of the Research Module and to the Participant Categories for CIHR Grants.
Note: The applicant roles, principal decision maker and decision maker, can only be used in the context of the funding opportunity 'Partnerships for Health Systems Improvement'.
5. Suggested External Referee(s)
Suggest reviewers that you feel have the expertise to review your application. CIHR reserves the right to make the final selection of external reviewers. You should not suggest reviewers in conflict of interest. Consult the conflict interest guidelines on the CIHR web site for more information.
6. Collaborators and Committees
Suggested Peer Review Committees
Suggest up to two peer review committees that you feel could review your application. Suggested committees must remain unchanged between registration and application. Only one committee will be selected. CIHR reserves the right to select the committee that it feels is the most appropriate. The final committee selected will not necessarily be your first or second choice. Consult the Peer Review Committees and Mandates on the CIHR web site for more information.
List Collaborators
List each prospective collaborator (other than applicants) associated with the proposal.
7. General Information
Areas of Research
Select the areas of research that best describe your proposal from the list provided.
Classification Codes
Select the classification codes that best describe your proposal from the list provided.
Suggested CIHR Institutes
Select a primary CIHR Institute whose research mandate is related to this application's research area(s) and objective(s). Additional Institutes should only be selected if the substance of this grant application significantly overlaps with the research mandate of more than one Institute.
Themes
Select a primary theme classification. Indicate additional theme classifications only if the substance of the grant application significantly overlaps more than one theme. Consult the definition of the four CIHR Themes on CIHR web site for more information.
Future Committee Member Nominations
Nominate individuals that you feel would be an attribute to a particular peer review committee.
Acknowledgement to be sent to
Refer to the "Instructions regarding the acknowledgement page on the Research Module printed report" found in number 12 of this document.
8. Text to be Attached
Summary of Research Proposal - Attach one page numbered Page 9
Summarize your research proposal. Your summary should not exceed one page.
9. Instructions regarding the CIHR Registration Common CV
Complete for each Nominated Principal Applicant/Candidate, Principal Applicant and Co-Applicant. The CIHR Registration CV provides names, addresses and contact information as well as descriptive key words of applicants' areas of expertise. Only the Nominated Principal Applicant's signature is required.
10. Instructions regarding printing:
To print the registration pages of the Research Module, use the print option "Registration pages only".
11. Instructions regarding signatures
Signatures on Page 1 of the Research Module printed report
Institutional signatures are not required for the registration step.
Signatures on Page 2 of the Research Module printed report
Only the Nominated Principal Applicant must sign this page for the registration step. Original signature required.
Consult the subsection titled "Meaning of Signatures" in the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide, before signing.
12. Instructions regarding the Applicant Consent form on the Research Module printed report
One completed and signed Applicant Consent form must be submitted at both the registration and application stages.
