Project Grant: Fall 2022 results

382 grants funded, $325M total investment, 93 bridge grants

The Project Grant: Fall 2022 competition has approved 382 research grants, plus 93 bridge grants, for a total investment of approximately $325MFootnote 1.

In addition, 190 priority announcement grants were funded for a total amount of $22,000,000 and 12 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $375,000.

The 382 grants approved were awarded to 373 individual nominated principal investigators (9 NPIs were awarded two grants). Of the 382 grants, 103 were awarded to early career researchers, and 4 were awarded for Indigenous health research projects.

The average grant size/duration is approximately $825,970 over 4.46 years.

Geographic breakdown

Province Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Change from historical (% applications) Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Change from historical (% funded) Province-specific success rate* Average grant amount Median grant amount
British Columbia 239 12.6% +1.4pp 37 9.7% -2.6pp 15.5% $831,404 $864,450
Alberta 177 9.3% -1.3pp 37 9.7% -1.5pp 20.9% $830,812 $895,050
Saskatchewan 36 1.9% +0.2pp 4 1.0% -0.2pp 11.1% $1,216,828 $1,146,544
Manitoba 48 2.5% -0.3pp 10 2.6% -0.2pp 20.8% $869,518 $922,303
Ontario 818 43.1% +1.0pp 162 42.4% +1.3pp 19.8% $812,131 $818,550
Québec 532 28.0% -0.6pp 126 33% +4.0pp 23.7% $816,885 $851,062
New Brunswick 5 0.3% +0.0pp 0 0.0% -0.1pp 0.0% $0 $0
Nova Scotia 27 1.4% -0.7pp 5 1.3% -0.7pp 18.5% $1,031,985 $887,400
Prince Edward Island 1 0.1% -0.0pp 0 0.0% 0.0pp 0.0% $0 $0
Newfoundland and Labrador 16 0.8% +0.2pp 1 0.3% -0.3pp 6.2% $803,250 $803,250
Total 1899 100.0% 0.0pp 382 100.0% 0.0pp 20.1% $825,970 $841,500
*The success rate does not include priority announcements or bridge grants.

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 Change from historical (% application) Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Change from historical (% funded) Category-specific success rate* Average grant amount Median grant amount
Early career researchers (ECRs) 511 26.9% +2.9pp 103 27.0% +2.6pp 20.2% $658,338 $699,975
Mid-career investigators 657 34.6% -5.9pp 119 31.2% -8.4pp 18.1% $867,943 $841,500
Senior investigators 724 38.1% +2.9pp 159 41.6% +5.7pp 22.0% $903,097 $910,350
Knowledge Users 3 0.2% -0.1pp 0 0.0% -0.2pp 0.0% $0 $0
Unknown career stage 4 0.2% +0.2pp 1 0.3% +0.2pp 25.0% $833,850 $833,850
Integrated KT 384 20.2% +0.1pp 78 20.4% +0.7pp 20.3% $758,341 $652,162
Investigators who identify as female 717 37.8% +2.2pp 144 37.7% +0.5pp 20.1% $781,295 $774,562
Indigenous Health 12 0.6% -0.4pp 4 1.0% -2.2pp 33.3% $1,709,775 $1,595,025
Submitted in French 38 2.0% +0.7pp 8 2.1% +1.1pp 21.1% $646,903 $395,888
Biomedical 1164 61.3% +0.8pp 237 62.0%

+1.1pp

 20.4% $895,023 $898,875
Clinical 381 20.1% -0.6pp 79 20.7% +1.6pp 20.7% $772,996 $638,775
Health systems/services 165 8.7% -0.5pp 29 7.6% -1.6pp 17.6% $500,758 $439,875
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health 187 9.8% +0.3pp 36 9.4% -1.3pp 19.3% $765,946 $483,862
*The success rate does not include priority announcements or bridge grants.

Streamlining

Only a portion of the Project Grant applications submitted to a competition will ultimately receive funding. It is therefore important for peer review committee members to focus their discussions on the most competitive applications to ensure an accurate comparative evaluation. To help support this goal, a streamlining process is used to remove applications that meet streamlining criteria from the discussion process, thereby allowing committee members more time to judge and discriminate between potentially successful applications.

A total of 1011 applications, representing 53.2% of all submitted applications, were streamlined in this competition. Additional details are provided in the tables below.

Province Number of applications submitted Number of applications streamlined Percent of applications streamlined Change from historical (% streamlined) Number of applications discussed Percent of applications discussed Change from historical (% discussed)
British Columbia 239 129 54.0% +14.7pp 110 46.0% -14.7pp
Alberta 177 88 49.7% +7.6pp 89 50.3% -7.6pp
Saskatchewan 36 22 61.1% +4.6pp 14 38.9% -4.6pp
Manitoba 48 26 54.2% +3.2pp 22 45.8% -3.2pp
Ontario 818 446 54.5% +12.9pp 372 45.5% -12.9pp
Québec 532 270 50.8% +9.0pp 262 49.2% -9.0pp
New Brunswick 5 3 60.0% +6.3pp 2 40.0% -6.3pp
Nova Scotia 27 15 55.6% +9.4pp 12 44.4% -9.4pp
Prince Edward Island 1 1 100% +44.4pp 0 0.0% -44.4pp
Newfoundland and Labrador 16 11 68.8% +12.6pp 5 31.2% -12.6pp
Total 1899 1011 53.2% +11.1pp 888 46.8% -11.1pp
Application Breakdown Number of applications submitted Number of applications streamlined Percent of applications streamlined Change from historical (% streamlined) Number of applications discussed Percent of applications discussed Change from historical (% discussed)
Early career researchers (ECRs) 511 294 57.5% +11.5pp 217 42.5% -11.5pp
Mid-career researchers 657 353 53.7% +12.5pp 304 46.3% -12.5pp
Senior researchers 724 359 49.6% +9.0pp 365 50.4% -9.0pp
Knowledge Users 3 2 66.7% +9.0pp 1 33.3% -9.0pp
Unknown career stage 4 3 75.0% +30.6pp 1 25.0% -30.6pp
Integrated KT 384 208 54.2% +10.9pp 176 45.8% -10.9pp
Researchers who identify as female 717 384 53.6% +12.4pp 333 46.4% -12.4pp
Indigenous Health 12 2 16.7% +10.0pp 10 83.3% -10.0pp
Submitted in French 38 23 60.5% +17.8pp 15 39.5% -17.8pp
Biomedical 1164 615 52.8% +10.8pp 549 47.2% -10.8pp
Clinical 381 203 53.3% +10.4pp 178 46.7% -10.4pp
Health systems/services 165 91 55.2% +12.0pp 74 44.8% -12.0pp
Social/Cultural/Environmental/Population Health 187 102 54.5% +14.3pp 85 45.4% -14.3pp
Foundation grant holders

Foundation grant holders

This is the fourth Project competition that could be applied to by Foundation Grant holders, specifically grant holders from the 2014 and 2015 Foundation Grant competitions. There were 106 applications from current and former Foundation Grant holders coming from 84 unique applicants. There were 36 funded grants awarded to 35 unique Foundation Grant holders.

Panel Number of unique Foundation Grant holders awarded grants
BE2 2
BMA 2
BMB 1
BSC 1
CB1 1
CBT 2
CIA 1
CIB 1
CPT 1
CSA 1
CSB 1
CSC 2
CT2 2
DOL 2
GMX 2
HDK 1
IMN 1
MCC 2
MID 3
MPI 1
NSA 1
NSB 1
NUT 1
PH2 3
Foundation grant holder application pressure

Foundation grant holder application pressure

Figure A: Proportion of applications

Figure A: Long description
PRC Proportion of applications from Foundation grant holders (%) Number of Foundation grant holder applications
BMA 9.1 2
VVP 8.6 3
BMB 8.0 2
GMX 6.7 3
IMN 6.5 3
CSA 5.9 1
DOL 5.6 2
MCC 5.4 2
NSA 5.4 3
CT2 5.1 2
PT 5.1 2
BE2 4.5 1
CSB 4.5 1
CBT 3.8 2
CIB 3.6 1
CB1 3.3 1
CA2 3.0 1
RC1 3.0 1
BSA 2.9 1
BSC 2.9 1
PS 2.7 1
MPI 2.6 1
BSB 2.4 1
BCA 2.3 1
CIA 2.2 1
MID 2.2 1
PH1 2.0 1
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBB 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 0.0 0
CSC 0.0 0
G 0.0 0
GSH 0.0 0
HDK 0.0 0
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 0.0 0
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
NSB 0.0 0
NUT 0.0 0
PB1 0.0 0
PH2 0.0 0
RC2 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0

Figure B: Proportion of fully funded grants

Figure B: Long description
PRC Proportion of fully funded grants awarded to Foundation grant holders (%) Number of fully funded Foundation grant holders
BMA 25.0 1
VVP 0.0 0
BMB 20.0 1
GMX 11.1 1
IMN 11.1 1
CSA 0.0 0
DOL 14.3 1
MCC 14.3 1
NSA 9.1 1
CT2 14.3 1
PT 0.0 0
BE2 20.0 1
CSB 25.0 1
CBT 10.0 1
CIB 0.0 0
CB1 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
BSA 0.0 0
BSC 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
MPI 12.5 1
BSB 0.0 0
BCA 0.0 0
CIA 9.1 1
MID 11.1 1
PH1 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBB 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 0.0 0
CSC 0.0 0
G 0.0 0
GSH 0.0 0
HDK 0.0 0
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 0.0 0
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
NSB 0.0 0
NUT 0.0 0
PB1 0.0 0
PH2 0.0 0
RC2 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
Past Foundation grant holder application pressure

Past Foundation grant holder application pressure

Figure A: Proportion of applications

Figure A: Long description
PRC Proportion of applications from past Foundation grant holders (%) Number of past Foundation grant holder applications
BMA 9.1 2
VVP 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
GMX 6.7 3
IMN 6.5 3
CSA 17.6 3
DOL 8.3 3
MCC 10.8 4
NSA 3.6 2
CT2 7.7 3
PT 2.6 1
BE2 4.5 1
CSB 4.5 1
CBT 9.4 5
CIB 3.6 1
CB1 3.3 1
CA2 3.0 1
RC1 3.0 1
BSA 0.0 0
BSC 2.9 1
PS 2.7 1
MPI 2.6 1
BSB 0.0 0
BCA 9.3 4
CIA 0.0 0
MID 8.7 4
PH1 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBB 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 3.2 1
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 2.6 1
CSC 7.4 2
G 5.7 2
GSH 0.0 0
HDK 4.2 1
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 2.3 1
HS2 3.4 1
HS3 0.0 0
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
NSB 2.5 1
NUT 3.2 1
PB1 0.0 0
PH2 8.9 4
RC2 0.0 0
RS 12.0 3
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0

Figure B: Proportion of fully funded grants

Figure B: Long description
PRC Proportion of fully funded grants awarded to past Foundation grant holders (%) Number of fully funded past Foundation grant holders
BMA 25.0 1
VVP 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
GMX 11.1 1
IMN 0.0 0
CSA 25.0 1
DOL 14.3 1
MCC 14.3 1
NSA 0.0 0
CT2 14.3 1
PT 0.0 0
BE2 20.0 1
CSB 0.0 0
CBT 10.0 1
CIB 20.0 1
CB1 16.7 1
CA2 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
BSA 0.0 0
BSC 12.5 1
PS 0.0 0
MPI 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
BCA 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
MID 22.2 2
PH1 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBB 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 14.3 1
CSC 33.3 2
G 0.0 0
GSH 0.0 0
HDK 20.0 1
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 0.0 0
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
NSB 12.5 1
NUT 14.3 1
PB1 0.0 0
PH2 37.5 3
RC2 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0

Large grants awarded

Large grants are defined as being in the top 2% of total requested grant value within a competition. In this competition, the cutoff for large grants was $2,480,000. A total of 37 applications fell into this category. A budget of $16.25M was available to fund those applications that are not from the Indigenous Health Research (IHR) panel. Large grants from the IHR panel are funded by IHR funds.

Large grants awarded
Category Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Success rate* Average grant amount Maximum grant amount
All large grants 37 1.9% 8 2.1% 21.6% $2,308,163 $2,998,800
Non-IHR large grants 34 1.8% 7 1.9% 20.6% $2,308,404 $2,998,800
*The success rate does not include priority announcements or bridge grants.

Equalization

In order to ensure equal representation of certain demographics in the funded projects, we equalize the success rates for these groups. That means that the proportion of funded grants awarded to these groups is at least equal to the proportion of applications from these groups.

Early Career Researchers

The success rate for early career researchers (ECRs) is 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 103 (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, 4 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.

French applications

The success rate for applications submitted in French is equalized. This means that the proportion of French applications funded will not be less than the proportion of French applications to the competition. This equalization is for the competition as a whole, not by committee.

The total number of fully funded projects for applications in French went from 4 (before equalization) to 8 (after equalization).

Female applicants

The success rate for female applicants is equalized. This means that the proportion of female applicants funded will not be less than the proportion of female applicants to the competition. This equalization is for the competition as a whole, not by committee.

The total number of fully funded projects from female applicants went from 138 (before equalization) to 144 (after equalization).

Bridge Grants and Priority Announcements

In addition to the 382 fully funded grants there were also 93 Bridge Grants totaling $9,300,000. There were 190 Priority Announcement grants funded for a total of $22,000,000 as well as 12 supplemental prizes for a total of $375,000.

For this competition, there was a higher number of bridge grants awarded than in recent years. This is primarily a consequence of lower application numbers enabling CIHR to stabilize the number of fully funded applications around 20%. Providing more bridge grants enables CIHR to spread funds more broadly across the research community, delivering much-needed support to researchers still recovering from the disruptions caused by COVID-19 and facing other pressures in today’s research ecosystem.

Budget Size and Project Length

Category Average total budget Change from historical (total budget) Average duration (years) Change from historical (duration) Average annual amount Change from historical (annual amount)
All Requests $1,061,029 +$120,388 4.35 +0.07 $239,055 +$23,463
Funded applications (requested) $1,097,801 +$90,781 4.46 +0.05 $242,749 +$18,414
Funded applications (awarded) $825,970 +$76,189 4.46 +0.07 $182,587 +$14,897

Peer Review

Details about the Project Grant: Fall 2022 peer review participants are available separately.

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