Operating Grant: Fall 2008 Priority Announcement - Aboriginal Women’s Health - Funding Decisions Notification (September 2008 Competition - 200809AWH)

(Alternate Title: Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Aboriginal Women's Health)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: Fall 2008 Priority Announcement – Aboriginal Women's Health competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (CIHR-IAPH) in partnership with the Ontario Women's Health Council (OWHC), an advisory body to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the research priority areas described below:

• Research related to the mandate of CIHR-IAPH and to cardiovascular disease or mental illness in Ontario Aboriginal women across the lifespan. The research must incorporate traditional Aboriginal approaches to wellness, as well as Western approaches to health, regarding cardiovascular disease or mental illness in Ontario Aboriginal women, in one or more of the following areas: 
  • identification of approaches to education, health promotion and prevention;
  • identification of methodologies for early identification; or
  • identification of treatment and after care.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 4 applications were received of which none were approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Caroline Boutin
Team Leader
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-954-7870
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: caroline.boutin@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

For further information about this initiative and the objectives of this funding opportunity please contact:

Cynthia Stirbys
Assistant Director, CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-946-6495
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: cynthia.stirbys@cihr-irsc.gc.ca