Summary of the "Ask Me Anything" Webinars about the Spring 2022 Project Grant competition (February & March 2022)

CIHR held four "Ask Me Anything" webinars related to the Spring 2022 Project Grant competition on February 23, 25, 28, and March 1, hosted by Adrian Mota, Associate Vice-President of Research Programs.

The following highlights provide key information shared during the discussions, including links to our website where you can find more information for each step of the application process.

If you have additional questions or need more information, please get in touch with CIHR's Contact Centre.

Program Timelines

Registration Elements

• CIHR PIN in ResearchNet
• Who Needs a PIN?

Application Instruction Elements

• Completing a Canadian Common CV or an Applicant Profile CV
  • Applicant Profile CV
  • CIHR Biosketch CV
• Identifying Participants
  • Participant Information
  • Most Significant Contributions
• Proposal Information
  • Acceptable Application Formats and PDF Attachments
  • Summary of Progress
    • What to write in Summary of Progress if you are an Early Career Researcher (ECR) or if this is a new application separate from your overall research activities (see FAQ)
  • Project References
  • Response to Previous Reviews (see specific instructions)
  • Applications with a commercialization project
    • Specific criteria for the evaluation of the required Research/Technical Plan and Commercialization Plan.
  • Applications containing a randomized controlled trial
    • RCT Evaluation Criteria and Headings
  • Application Partners (Optional)
  • Budget Information
    • Information on eligibility of expenses and employment under grants is found in the Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC & SSHRC) Financial Administration Guide, Use of Grant Funds.
    • Eligible expenses committed during the retroactive period (see Part 2: Use of grant funds) may be paid from the grant account during the active grant period (including the authority to use funds period). The Agencies will not assume any responsibility for financial commitments made during the retroactive period, should there be a change in funding.
    • The across-the-board budget cut
  • Other Application Material

Peer Review Elements

• Project Grant Application Review Process
  • Assigning Applications
• Peer Review Committee Mandates – Project Grant Program
  • Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee
• Peer Review Manual – Project Grant
• Quality Assurance in Peer Review

Program Funding Decision Process

• Large Grants
• Equalization
• Priority Announcements
  • Project Grant: Spring 2022 Priority Announcement

Early Career Researchers

• Supporting early career researchers affected by COVID-19: Temporarily “pausing the clock” for ECRs
• CIHR extended the pause for all ECRs for one additional year; that is, the ECR term will be extended to 0-84 months from 0-72 months unless an individual submits a request to opt out of the pause.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Application Administration Guide

• Administrative Management of CIHR Applications
  • Relevance to CIHR's Mandate
  • Identical or Essentially Identical Applications
    • CIHR Guidelines on Identical or Essentially Identical Applications
• Multiple Funding Sources
  • Grant Application Restrictions
• Extensions to Application Deadlines
• Peer Review Grievances

Project Grant Competition FAQs

CIHR Funding Policies

Date modified:

2022-03-10