The Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute are pleased to announce the results of the March 2007 Operating Grant Priority Announcement: Patient Safety competition.
The goal of this Priority Announcement is to promote patient safety issues in a more robust way through research.
Applications considered for funding were deemed relevant to areas of health services research with the goal of improving patient safety in Canadian jurisdictions by focusing on the identification and/or mitigation of adverse events, including how to implement patient safety improvements across the health system.
The table below identifies the number of applications received and approved for funding through this funding opportunity. To view a list of candidates who have been offered CPSI-CIHR funding under this priority announcement, select the HTML file below.
| Program | Number of applications* | Number of Awards Offered |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Grant HTML |
28 | 2** |
* Number of applications eligible and deemed relevant to this funding opportunity.
** A third application was funded by CIHR in the March 2007 Spring Operating Grants Competition, in partnership in-name-only with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
For further information please contact:
Anna-Lisa Kates, Program Delivery Coordinator, for questions specifically related to Operating Grant funding guidelines, peer review and decision process:
Knowledge Creation Programs
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-957-6125
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: akates@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Joseph Gebran, Director of Corporate Services, for further information on the CPSI relevancy review process:
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
Telephone: 780-498-7251
Fax: 780-409-8098
Email: jgebran@cpsi-icsp.ca
