Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs (TPP)

CIHR's three-year plan provides applicants, recipients, parliamentarians, ministers and other stakeholders with essential information to identify planned departmental activities that might have an impact on their specific programs of interest.  This document has been prepared based on the reporting principles contained in the Guideline on the Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs to support the Treasury Board Secretariat in its management oversight and budget office role.  Additional information on CIHR's transfer payment programs and program evaluation can be found in CIHR's 2011-12 Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP). 

Name of transfer payment program Fiscal year of the terms and conditions Forecast spending for current fiscal year (thousands of dollars) Fiscal year of last completed evaluation Approved decision as a result of last evaluation Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation
Grants for research projects and personnel support 2006-07 $840,827 2010-111 Continuation 2011-12
Canada Graduate Scholarships* 2009-10 $28,250 2008-09 Continuation 2012-13
Networks of Centres of Excellence ** 2008-09 $27,500 2008-09 Continuation 2012-13
Institute Support Grants 2008-09 $13,000 2005-06 Continuation 2013-14
Canada Excellence Research Chairs *** 2008-09 $8,400 N/A N/A 2012-13
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships* 2008-09 $8,350 N/A N/A 2012-13
Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence ** 2008-09 $1,737 N/A N/A 2011-12

* A tri-council evaluation being led by CIHR
** A tri-council evaluation being led by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
*** A tri-council evaluation being led by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

1 The "Grants for research projects and personnel support" is an umbrella transfer payment program encompasses several programs. Evaluations of programs proceed on a regular basis, so in every fiscal year, an evaluation of at least one of the programs is completed. Please consult the complete evaluation plan in the supplementary tables to the 2011-12 RPP for individual program evaluations.