Operating Grant: Genetics (Ethics, Law and Society) - Funding Decisions Notification (April 2008 Competition - 200803FFO)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: Genetics (Ethics, Law and Society) competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The objectives of "Operating Grant: Genetics (Ethics, Law and Society)" were to:

• To stimulate and promote single-discipline and interdisciplinary research by investigators alone or collaboratively, in one or more of four specified areas (identified below). These areas address work on the ethical, legal and social aspects of genetics (particular population-based genetics and genetic epidemiology); and
• To determine the best direction for future research, policy and practice in one or more of these four specified areas.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 4 applications were received of which 3 were approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Ghisline Bourque
Team Lead, Program Delivery
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-941-0861
Fax: 613-904-1800
Email: ghisline.bourque@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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

Ursula Danilczyk
Assistant Director
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Institute of Genetics
Telephone: 416-813-7670
Fax: 416-813-7673
Email: ursulaig@sickkids.ca

Funding Decision Data Report

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