Operating Grant: 2010-2011 - Funding Decisions Notification (September 2010 Competition: 201009MOP and 201010MOP)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: 2010-2011 competition.

Determination of Grants Approved

In approving the results of the Operating Grant: 2010-2011 (September 2010) competition, Scientific Council (SC) took into account:

the commitment to fund at least 400 grants and to maintain or increase the average value of these grants;
the need to provide the highest level of funding, considering the constraints on CIHR's budget;
the balance between size of grant and number of grants awarded;
the establishment of a specific maximum portion of the budget ($12.5M) for large grants; and
the continuing commitment to follow rank order in the funding of all applications to CIHR competitions.

Some Facts

Total applications in the competition: 2338
Fundable applications (rated >= 3.5): 1475

Operating grants funded from the core competition budget: 402
Est. number of additional full term Operating grants funded through Priority Announcements*: 14
Est. number of additional bridge grants funded through Priority Announcements* and other sources: 85

Total number of grants approved within the Operating Grant: 2010-2011 (September) competition: ~501

Large grants: The total number of grants approved includes 4 large grants with an average total grant size of $2.6M.

Average full term grant size from the Operating Grant 2010-2011 (September) competition: $591,596 up 0.3% from $589,634 in the previous competition.

Average duration of full term grants: 4.25 years.

Funding of these grants was made possible by reducing the recommended budgets of the funded proposals by a maximum 17.6%. This still represents an increase in the average value of grant compared to the previous competition.

* Priority Announcements represent additional sources of funding beyond the core competition budget that are available for funding of highly ranked applications that meet specific relevance criteria defined by CIHR's Priority Announcement partners. In applying for the Operating Grants competition, applicants can identify up to three Priority Announcements to which their application may be relevant.

Level of Investment

Est. core competition investment: $237.8 million over 5 years, up from $230 million for the previous competition.
Est. Full-Term Priority Announcement Investment: $4.7 million.
Est. Bridge grant investment: $8 million.

Additional Notes

Since some of the applications were approved conditional on meeting certain conditions, these specific applications will not appear in the detailed funding decisions database until and unless conditions are met.

The deadline for receipt of applications to the next (March 2011) Operating grant competition is Tuesday March 1, 2011 by 8:00pm EST. All applicants who intend to submit an application to this competition must register their intent to apply to CIHR by Tuesday, February 1, 2011 8:00 pm EST (Note the change in time which was previously midnight and is now 8:00 pm EST).

Visit our website for more information on the registration process. Applications will be accepted only from those who have registered by the deadline on February 1, 2011 by 8:00 pm EST. If you register and then decide not to apply, please notify CIHR as soon as possible to indicate that you are withdrawing from the competition.

Funding Decisions Data Report

201009MOP: Access the "Operating Grant" funding decisions data report.