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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada’s federal funding agency for health research. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 14,100 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
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Open Access Week
October 21-27
Do you know the two ways to comply to CIHR’s Open Access Policy?
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Dr. Andreas Laupacis
Inaugural winner of the CIHR Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research
Priorities
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Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research
Ensuring that the right patient receives the right clinical intervention at the right time.
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Reforms of open programs and peer review
CIHR is working together with the research community to redesign the Open Suite of Programs and peer review process.
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- September 11, 2013 – Funding opportunities posted between August 8 and September 11, 2013 by CIHR and its partners
- September 11, 2013 – The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Article of the Year and Rising Star Awards
- September 11, 2013 – Webinar - Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) Salary Award Funding Opportunities
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- October 16, 2013 – Expert Alert - Stay away from me! Bullied children and the health risks they face
- October 16, 2013 – IPHRC hosts community event on Aboriginal youth health as part of new CIHR grant
- October 8, 2013 – New research sheds light on abnormal heart muscle thickening and potential treatment
- October 4, 2013 – CIHR Governing Council member receives 2013 Grand prix de l’Académie
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