Project Grant: Spring 2024 results

373 grants funded, $325M total investment, 68 priority annoncement grants

The Project Grant: Spring 2024 competition has approved 373 research grants for a total investment of approximately $325MFootnote 1.

In addition, 68 priority announcement grants were funded for a total amount of $7,600,000 and 5 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $210,000.

The 373 grants approved were awarded to 365 individual nominated principal investigators (8 NPIs were awarded two grants). Of the 373 grants, 94 were awarded to early career researchers, and 12 were awarded for Indigenous health research projects.

The average grant size/duration is $870,701 over 4.42 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 rateFootnote * Average grant amount Median grant amount
British Columbia 290 11.9% +0.5pp 50 13.4% +1.4pp 17.2% $862,202 $914,175
Alberta 235 9.6% -0.7pp 35 9.4% -1.1pp 14.9% $815,850 $895,401
Saskatchewan 34 1.4% -0.3pp 5 1.3% +0.0pp 14.7% $768,825 $738,225
Manitoba 63 2.6% -0.2pp 10 2.7% +0.2pp 15.9% $983,408 $1,036,575
Ontario 1,066 43.6% +1.3pp 163 43.7% +2.0pp 15.3% $874,652 $883,575
Québec 683 28.0% -0.5pp 109 29.2% -0.2pp 16.0% $881,678 $933,300
New Brunswick 11 0.5% +0.2pp 1 0.3% +0.2pp 9.1% $757,350 $757,350
Nova Scotia 48 2.0% -0.1pp 0 0.0% -2.0pp 0.0% $0 $0
Newfoundland and Labrador 13 0.5% -0.1pp 0 0.0% -0.5pp 0.0% $0 $0
Total 2,443 100.0% 0.0pp 373 100.0% 0.0pp 15.3% $870,701 $918,000

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 rateFootnote * Average grant amount Median grant amount
Early career researchers (ECRs) 616 25.2% +0.7pp 94 25.2% +0.4pp 15.3% $792,155 $818,550
Mid-career investigators 907 37.1% -2.5pp 127 34.0% -4.1pp 14.0% $891,597 $918,000
Senior investigators 916 37.5% +1.8pp 151 40.5% +3.6pp 16.5% $903,077 $967,725
Knowledge users 3 0.1% -0.1pp 1 0.3% +0.1pp 33.3% $711,450 $711,450
Unknown career stage 1 0.0% 0.0pp 0 0.0% -0.1pp 0.0% $0 $0
Integrated KT 610 25.0% +4.4pp 101 27.1% +7.0pp 16.6% $753,506 $615,825
Investigators who identify as female 886 36.3% +1.4pp 137 36.7% +0.5pp 15.5% $822,553 $860,625
Indigenous Health 25 1.0% +0.0pp 12 3.2% +0.3pp 48.0% $1,076,100 $615,825
Submitted in French 49 2.0% +0.6pp 7 1.9% +0.6pp 14.3% $576,482 $451,350
Biomedical 1,404 57.5% -2.8pp 213 57.1% -3.9pp 15.2% $967,690 $975,375
Clinical 523 21.4% +0.8pp 77 20.6% +1.5pp 14.7% $838,085 $684,675
Health systems/services 255 10.4% +1.2pp 39 10.5% +1.4pp 15.3% $585,700 $478,125
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health 253 10.4% +0.7pp 43 11.5% +0.8pp 17.0% $699,484 $527,850

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 remaining applications.

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 290 147 50.7% +8.0pp 143 49.3% -8.0pp
Alberta 235 125 53.2% +8.9pp 110 46.8% -8.9pp
Saskatchewan 34 18 52.9% -3.9pp 16 47.1% +3.9pp
Manitoba 63 38 60.3% +8.2pp 25 39.7% -8.2pp
Ontario 1,066 552 51.8% +7.9pp 514 48.2% -7.9pp
Québec 683 374 54.8% +11.0pp 309 45.2% -11.0pp
New Brunswick 11 9 81.8% +22.3pp 2 18.2% -22.3pp
Nova Scotia 48 37 77.1% +28.2pp 11 22.9% -28.2pp
Newfoundland and Labrador 13 10 76.9% +17.5pp 3 23.1% -17.5pp
Total 2,443 1,310 53.6% +9.2pp 1,133 46.4% -9.2pp
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) 616 365 59.3% +10.6pp 251 40.7% -10.6pp
Mid-career researchers 907 466 51.4% +7.8pp 441 48.6% -7.8pp
Senior researchers 916 478 52.2% +9.7pp 438 47.8% -9.7pp
Knowledge Users 3 1 33.3% -28.3pp 2 66.7% +28.3pp
Unknown career stage 1 0 0.0% -53.8pp 1 100.0% +53.8pp
Integrated KT 610 345 56.6% +10.9pp 265 43.4% -10.9pp
Researchers who identify as female 886 480 54.2% +10.4pp 406 45.8% -10.4pp
Indigenous Health 25 4 16.0% +8.0pp 21 84.0% -8.0pp
Submitted in French 49 29 59.2% +11.6pp 20 40.8% -11.6pp
Biomedical 1,404 733 52.2% +8.0pp 671 47.8% -8.0pp
Clinical 523 294 56.2% +10.7pp 229 43.8% -10.7pp
Health systems/services 255 146 57.3% +11.5pp 109 42.7% -11.5pp
Social/Cultural/Environmental/Population Health 253 133 52.6% +9.8pp 120 47.4% -9.8pp
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 122 applications from current and former Foundation Grant holders coming from 98 unique applicants. There were 33 funded grants awarded to 30 unique Foundation Grant holders.

Panel Number of unique Foundation Grant holders awarded grants
BE2 1
BMA 1
BMB 1
BSA 2
BSC 1
C2B 1
CBB 1
CBC 1
CBT 1
CPT 2
CSB 1
CT2 2
G 1
GMX 2
GSH 1
HDK 2
HS2 1
HS3 1
IMN 1
MCC 1
MID 1
NSA 2
NSB 2
NUT 1
PH2 1
RC1 1
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
C2B 8.6 3
NSB 6.5 3
IMN 5.1 3
MCC 4.8 2
NSA 3.4 2
GMX 2.8 1
BSA 2.7 1
CBB 2.7 1
DOL 2.6 1
BSC 2.3 1
CBT 1.9 1
G 1.9 1
BCA 1.5 1
PH2 1.4 1
BE2 0.0 0
BMA 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
CB1 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 0.0 0
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 0.0 0
CSC 0.0 0
CT2 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
MID 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
MPI 0.0 0
NUT 0.0 0
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
RC2 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 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
C2B 0.0 0
NSB 33.3 2
IMN 12.5 1
MCC 16.7 1
NSA 11.1 1
GMX 0.0 0
BSA 16.7 1
CBB 0.0 0
DOL 0.0 0
BSC 14.3 1
CBT 0.0 0
G 0.0 0
BCA 0.0 0
PH2 0.0 0
BE2 0.0 0
BMA 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
CB1 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 0.0 0
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 0.0 0
CSC 0.0 0
CT2 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
MID 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
MPI 0.0 0
NUT 0.0 0
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
RC2 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 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
C2B 2.9 1
NSB 8.7 4
IMN 5.1 3
MCC 7.1 3
NSA 8.6 5
GMX 11.1 4
BSA 5.4 2
CBB 5.4 2
DOL 5.3 2
BSC 4.7 2
CBT 7.5 4
G 3.8 2
BCA 7.7 5
PH2 4.1 3
BE2 9.1 3
BMA 11.8 4
BMB 7.4 2
BME 2.4 1
BS2 2.6 1
BSB 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
CB1 2.9 1
CB2 0.0 0
CBC 6.5 2
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 1.6 1
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 2.9 1
CMZ 5.0 2
CPT 10.9 5
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 14.8 4
CSC 0.0 0
CT2 8.9 4
GSH 2.1 1
HDK 16.0 4
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 2.1 1
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 1.6 1
HS3 4.3 2
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 2.1 1
MID 5.0 3
MOV 2.4 1
MPI 2.3 1
NUT 5.4 2
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 4.6 3
RC2 4.3 3
RS 4.8 2
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 4.3 2

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
C2B 20.0 1
NSB 0.0 0
IMN 0.0 0
MCC 0.0 0
NSA 11.1 1
GMX 33.3 2
BSA 16.7 1
CBB 20.0 1
DOL 0.0 0
BSC 0.0 0
CBT 12.5 1
G 12.5 1
BCA 0.0 0
PH2 9.1 1
BE2 20.0 1
BMA 16.7 1
BMB 25.0 1
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
CB1 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CBC 25.0 1
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 25.0 2
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 25.0 1
CSC 0.0 0
CT2 25.0 2
GSH 12.5 1
HDK 40.0 2
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 11.1 1
HS3 11.1 1
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MID 12.5 1
MOV 0.0 0
MPI 0.0 0
NUT 16.7 1
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 10.0 1
RC2 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 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 $2,330,000. A total of 48 applications fell into this category. A budget of $16.25 million 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 rateFootnote * Average grant amount Maximum grant amount
All large grants 48 2.0% 9 2.4% 18.8% $2,282,760 $3,534,300
Non-IHR large grants 40 1.6% 5 1.4% 12.5% $2,507,823 $3,534,300

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 these groups in the funded projects is at least as high as the proportion of these groups in the applications.

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 73 (before equalization) to 94 (after equalization).

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 7 (after equalization).

Female applicants

The success rate for female applicants is equalized. This means that the proportion of females 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 124 (before equalization) to 137 (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, 12 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.

Bridge Grants and Priority Announcements

There were no Bridge Grants awarded in addition to the 373 fully funded grants. There were 68 Priority Announcement grants funded for a total of $7,600,000 as well as 5 supplemental prizes for a total of $210,000.

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 $1,087,768 +$117,466 4.30 +0.01 $247,871 +$26,012
Funded applications (requested) $1,152,802 +$117,941 4.42 0 $255,857 +$25,291
Funded applications (awarded) $870,701 +$98,965 4.42 +0.02 $193,225 +$20,778

Peer Review

Details about the Project Grant: Spring 2024 peer review participants are available separately.

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