Implementing a Schedule for the Retention of Information on ResearchNet
(2011-11-14) Please be advised that a schedule for the retention of ResearchNet data will be implemented as follows, effective December 10, 2011:- All submitted application activities and documents will be retained for one year after the application decision has been released.
- All withdrawn applications will be retained for one year after decisions for the competition have been posted.
- All incomplete and non-submitted applications will be retained for three months after the competition deadline date.
- All review activities and documents will be retained for eighteen months after the decisions for the application have been posted.
- All decision and post-decisions activities and documents will be retained for eighteen months after the related application decisions.
Information on the Retention Schedule will be permanently available on the ResearchNet homepage. Should users of ResearchNet wish to keep any documents for future reference, we suggest that they download the PDF (Portable Document Format) of the documents to another storage area (e.g., the hard drive of a personal computer).
Thank you for your cooperation.
Kerry Cavanagh
Deputy CIO, IM/IT and Business Solutions
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
160 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0W9
kerry.cavanagh@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-941-3473
Facsimile: 613-954-1800
Government of Canada