Under the RPP, research funding and personnel support applications that are judged to be of high scientific merit through peer review, but are below the funding capacity of CIHR's base budget in CIHR regular competitions, are eligible to receive funding if there is a partner to co-fund the proposal.
The ratio of co-funding is 1 CIHR dollar to 1 partner dollar with an annual maximum of $1,000,000 in CIHR co-funding for each of the original four provinces (Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Manitoba) and $200,000 for the new provinces (Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick). CIHR's current commitment to the program is $4.4 million per annum.
The program is managed at the provincial level by an RPP Advisory Committee, which is responsible for approving applications for submission through the RPP. For more information, contact the Chair of the appropriate Advisory Committee.
The current RPP Advisory Committee Chairs are:
Manitoba
Dr. Peter A. Cattini
Associate Vice-President (Research)
University of Manitoba
207 Administration Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2
Phone : 204-474-9404/9568
Fax: 204-474-7568
peter_cattini@umanitoba.ca
Saskatchewan
Dr. Bruce Waygood
University Coordinator of Health Research
and Professor of Biochemistry
Office of the Vice-President Research
Box 5000 RPO, 110 Gymnasium Place
Saskatoon SK
S7N 4J8
Phone: 306-966-8745
Fax: 306-966-4737
bruce.waygood@usask.ca
Prince Edward Island
Prof. Donna Murnaghan
Associate Director
PEI Health Research Institute
University of Prince Edward Island
550 University Avenue
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 4P3
Phone: 902-894-2812
Fax: 902-894-2811
Dmurnaghan@upei.ca
Nova Scotia
Dr. Carl Breckenridge
Vice-President, Research
Office of Research Services - Dalhousie University
Room 321, Arts and Administration Building
6299 South Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4H6
Phone: 902-494-6513
carl.breckenridge@dal.ca
Newfoundland
Dr. Penny Moody-Corbett
Assistant Dean
Research and Graduate Studies,
Faculty of Medicine,
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
St. John's NF
A1B 3V6
Phone: 709-777-6762
Fax: 709-777-7501
pmoody@mun.ca
New Brunswick
Mr. Roger Cole
University of New Brunswick
Office of Research Services
P.O. Box 4400
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5A3
Phone: 506-447-3296
rcole@unb.ca
For further information on the Regional Partnerships Program
please contact:
April Amponsah
Program Delivery Coordinator
Regional Partnerships Program
Candian Institutes of Health Research
Room 97, 160 Elgin Street
Address Locator 4809A
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0W9
Tel: 613-948-8201
