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Medical Research Council September 1998 Competitions
Updated 15/10/99
At its January 14, 1999 meeting held in Ottawa, the Executive of the Medical Research Council approved funding for operating and equipment grants, clinical trials, HIV/AIDS and genomics programs, emanating from the September 1998 health research competition.
Highlights of Council funding decisions are:
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316 operating grants approved, out of 1,220 applications received.
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This includes eight out of 34 projects under the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS and five out of 14 projects under the Genomics Research Program.
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In addition, 19 operating grants to principal investigators at the University of Manitoba and three to Dalhousie University have been approved under the Regional Partnership Program.
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Eight out of 13 equipment grants were approved, totalling $365,300.
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Four out of 37 clinical trials were approved for a budget of $1.5 million in the first year.
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Under the Group Grant Program, 13 of 14 applications will proceed to phase II of the review process. The final results will be made available following the June 1999 Council meeting.
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The stipends for voucher students enrolled in PhD programs have been increased to $19,030 from $16,824.
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Approval in principle was given for a contribution of up to $1 million a year for five years for the proposed Canadian Light Source (Synchroton) at the University of Saskatchewan.
These decisions commit $28 million from the 1999-2000 MRC budget. Total MRC commitment over the 3 to 5 year life of these grants totals $108 million. Council imposed an average 20 percent budget cut, from amounts recommended by peer review committees, to allow for the maximum number of grant approvals that provides optimal research and training opportunities for Canadian health researchers.
The success rate for operating grants is 26 percent, 17 percent for new applications and 56 percent for renewals.
These success rates and reductions are similar to the post February 1998 Federal Budget outcomes following the September 1997 competition. About 100 additional grants were made possible in this competition thanks to a base budget that is $35 million higher than in 1997-98. Furthermore, the average value of approved operating grants (after budget cuts) was $80,800 compared to $66,900 in September 1997 ($68,700 for new grants; $94,400 for renewals). The average value of the renewal grants increased 14% over previous values.
The Council offers several reports on these competitions:
- Lists of successful applications:
Each list provides the name of the principal grantee, title, average annual operating budget approved, term of the grant and whether any condition has been placed on approval of the grant ("Pending").
Designation as "pending" signifies that one or more of the following situations exists:
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degree of overlap of the proposal with existing or pending funding from another source has not been determined, or
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status of faculty appointment is not known, or
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further clarification from the local ethics review board is requested.
The list includes approved individual proposals from the MRC Group applications.
Please select the program name to view the list of successful applications:
(This list is for information only. The Notification of Award will constitute the official record.)
Letters of decision reflecting the increases to budgets and grants awarded will be in the mail to the individual grantees as soon as possible.
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- The Overview of the September 1998 Competitions (REVISED)
provides a full description of Council's decisions.
- Distribution of Grants by Institution and Affiliates.
The number of applications provides a summary list of received and approved by institution.
Note: Only institutions where a grant was awarded in these competitions are listed.
Council wishes to take this opportunity to register its appreciation for the diligence and dedication of hundreds of scientists who work as volunteers within the peer review system to ensure maintenance of its high standards for scientific excellence and fairness. Council also wishes to convey its congratulations to those applicants who have been awarded funding in this competition, and to express its respect for the many applicants who, while not successful this time, represent critical components of the health research community in Canada.
