Canada-Finland Joint Research Program in Public Health Challenges

The CIHR's Institutes of Gender and Health (IGH), Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH), Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD), and Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Academy of Finland (AF) to support collaborative research teams in public health challenges. The collaboration is part of a new Research Program (Addressing Public Health Challenges, SALVE) recently announced by the AF. Other partners in the initiative include: the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) of the United Kingdom. Although the partnerships between AF and CIHR and AF and RCN and MRC are separate, multi-lateral collaborations will also be considered for funding.

CIHR's Institutes will support the project component that is carried out in Canada through grants of up to $30,000 per year for up to 2 - 4 years. Funding provided by CIHR is especially targeted to certain research areas relevant to the priorities of the participating institutes.

The application process will be managed by AF and the full application including all information concerning the Canadian team must be submitted to AF by April 25, 2008. Full program and application details can be found on the AF website. For further information, please contact Dr. Anne-Cécile Desfaits