International Cooperation

CIHR Opportunities and Funding Information

In today's global economy, international partnerships are the building blocks for technological advancements and innovation. International partnerships enable Canadian researchers to participate in major international research collaborations and to gain access to the world's best S&T facilities, equipment, talent, and knowledge. CIHR is committed to ensuring that Canadian researchers are able to establish strategic alliances with international partners and gain access to cutting edge research and technologies that are not currently available in Canada.

Current Funding Opportunities

To view the opportunity, please type the specific name of the grant or award in the Search Term(s) in the new CIHR Funding Opportunity Database or click on the link below. For example, type "China-Canada Joint Health Research Initiatives" in the new CIHR Funding Opportunity Database and select search. The Current Funding Opportunities are:

This funding opportunity on Implementation Research on Hypertension in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), is the first coordinated research program of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD). The GACD is the first collaboration of national research funding agencies, which aims to coordinate research activities that will address, on a global scale, the prevention and treatment of chronic non-communicable diseases with a particular focus on the needs of low and middle income countries (LMICs), and on those of low income populations of more developed countries. The Members of the GACD include the Medical Research Councils (MRC) of the United Kingdom and South Africa; the Australian Health and Medical Research Council; CIHR; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States; and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS).

Lowering hypertension is the focus of this first research program. Hypertension is a major contributor to the growing global pandemic of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Poor control rates for hypertension and a lack of strategies to maintain normal blood pressure, particularly in LMICs, reflect the challenges of effective and affordable implementation in health care and other systems.

The application deadline is: 2011-09-01 

Team Grant: Joint Call for Applications in Ageing Research 

The European Research Area in Ageing (ERA-AGE 2) has launched an open call for multidisciplinary research applications on "Active and Healthy Ageing Across the Life Course".

The call is dedicated to the achievement of enhanced and healthy ageing and, in particular, to address the major priority established by the AHAIP (Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership) of a 2 year increase in healthy life expectancy in the European Union by 2020.

Multidisciplinary research groups representing 3 to 5 funding countries can submit pre-proposals between June 1st 2011 and October 3rd 2011, to investigate specific research questions related to this call.

The application deadline is: 2011-10-03

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