CIHR Regional Partnerships Program
Notice
Please note that competitions for the Regional Partnerships Program (RPP) were launched for the last time in November and December 2012.
As part of the implementation of its five-year strategic plan, Health Research Roadmap, CIHR is reducing the number and complexity of its funding programs. To this end, CIHR is reducing the number of Strategic Initiatives such as the Regional Partnerships Programs. CIHR will continue to support research through the Open Program and/or relevant Signature Initiatives. Organizations interested in exploring future partnership opportunities are encouraged to contact a Partnership Senior Advisor.
The Regional Partnerships Program (RPP) was initiated in 1997-98 by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in response to a decline in funding to health researchers in Manitoba, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
The overarching objective of the program is to build partnerships and to support health research capacity development in less populous regions of Canada. This investment recognizes the benefit of local health research capacity and is designed to enable researchers in less populous regions of Canada to meet CIHR's mandate through the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians. In addition to funding health research, the RPP supports a local strategic planning process to establish research priorities and to build on the local strengths and interests of the institutions.
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