Project Grant: Fall 2020 results

354 grants funded, $274M total investment, 0 bridge grants

The Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition has approved 354 research grants for a total investment of approximately $274MFootnote 1.

In addition, 97 priority announcement grants were funded to a total amount of $9,575,000 and 11 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $296,500.

The 354 grants approved were awarded to 344 individual nominated principal investigators (10 NPIs were awarded two grants). Of the 354 grants, 93 were awarded to early career researchers, and 11 were awarded for Indigenous health research projects.

The average grant size/duration is approximately $775,325 over 4.41 years.

Geographic breakdown

Province Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Province-specific success rate Average grant amount Median grant amount
British Columbia 268 11.4% 38 10.7% 14.2% $840,189 $841,385
Alberta 256 10.9% 36 10.2% 14.1% $807,327 $807,075
Saskatchewan 51 2.2% 3 0.8% 5.9% $625,260 $581,400
Manitoba 74 3.1% 11 3.1% 14.9% $724,555 $699,975
Ontario 1034 43.9% 153 43.2% 14.8% $762,103 $761,175
Québec 618 26.2% 106 29.9% 17.2% $762,996 $761,175
New Brunswick 5 0.2% 0 0.0% 0.0% $0 $0
Nova Scotia 45 1.9% 6 1.7% 13.3% $813,473 $537,412
Prince Edward Island 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% $0 $0
Newfoundland and Labrador 7 0.3% 1 0.3% 14.3% $971,550 $971,550
Total 2358 100.0% 354 100.0% 15.0% $774,487 $761,175
The success rate does not include priority announcements.

Note: The applications that were approved conditionally will not appear in the detailed funding decisions database until the conditions have been resolved.

Additional details

Competition results by category
Category Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Category-specific success rate Average grant amount Median grant amount
Early career researchers (ECRs) 619 26.3% 93 26.3% 15.0% $692,654 $734,400
Mid-career investigators 958 40.6% 140 39.5% 14.6% $770,587 $776,092
Senior investigators 777 33.0% 119 33.6% 15.3% $820,625 $810,900
Knowledge Users 4 0.2% 2 0.6% 50.0% $2,107,575 $2,107,575
Integrated KT 516 21.9% 70 19.8% 13.6% $686,706 $531,675
Investigators who identify as female 849 36.0% 126 35.6% 14.8% $732,107 $743,962
Indigenous Health 30 1.3% 9 2.5% 30.0% $1,434,375 $1,174,275
Submitted in French 28 1.2% 3 0.8% 10.7% $597,975 $371,025
Biomedical 1311 55.6% 206 58.2% 15.7% $846,525 $844,760
Clinical 526 22.3% 74 20.9% 14.1% $753,162 $636,290
Health systems/services 251 10.6% 35 9.9% 13.9% $488,777 $432,225
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health 266 11.3% 38 10.7% 14.3% $705,004 $459,000
The success rate does not include priority announcements.

Large grants awarded

Large grants are defined as being in the top 2% of total grant value within a competition.

A total of 6 large grants were funded using a budget envelope of $13.75 million.

Early Career Investigators

The success rate for early career researchers (ECRs) was equalized. This means that the proportion of ECRs funded will not be less than the proportion of ECR applicants to the competition. This equalization is for the competition as a whole, not by committee.

The total number of fully funded projects for applicants in this career stage went from 87 (before equalization) to 93 (after equalization).

Indigenous Health Research

All applications reviewed by the Indigenous Health Research committee went through an iterative peer review process.

Based on the recommendation of the review committee, 9 Indigenous health research projects were awarded funding. CIHR is proud to support these projects as part of its commitment to invest 4.6% of its annual budget in Indigenous health research.

Peer Review

Details about the Project Grant: Fall 2020 peer review participants are available separately.

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