CIHR Regional Partnerships Program
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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