Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Cancer Research is pleased to announce the results of the Team Grant - Emerging: Colorectal Cancer Screening.
Colorectal cancer screening falls within the "Early Detection of Cancer" strategic research priority, one of the seven research priorities identified by the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR). This Request for Applications (RFA) will build on previous RFAs launched to support one-year Pilot Projects in colorectal cancer screening. The current RFA is intended to encourage innovative research likely to lead to improvements in colorectal cancer screening in Canada. Specifically, applications are sought that will indicate how to implement currently available technologies at a population level in order to reduce colorectal cancer mortality in Canada in the shortest time frame possible. Another critical objective will be to develop new screening tests for colorectal cancer that can stratify patients into low and high risk groups and do minimal harm in the process.
In total, five applications were received by the deadline date of May 1, 2007, two applications were approved for funding following peer review.
For further information about this program, please contact:
Matt Cyr
Program Delivery Officer
Tel: 613-946-6568
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: mcyr@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Judith Bray, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Institute of Cancer Research, CIHR
Telephone: 613-954-7223
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: jbray@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
