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Strategic Programs
Program* |
Scope |
Eligibility |
Amounts /
Timing |
Deadline |
Open Call IV
(Final Open Call - Phase I ) |
To be determined. |
Open competition. Applicants must qualify for Network Membership, and have an appointment with an NCE-approved academic institution, and meet guidelines for funding by the Tri-Council agencies and where specified the CIHR. |
Funding for one year with carry-forward provision. |
Announcement:
Aug 2010
LOI Submission:
Sept 2010
Invitation for Full Proposals:
Dec 2010
Full Proposals Due:
Jan 2011
Funding Awarded:
April 1, 2011
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High Impact |
Supports:
• Research urgencies or scientific breakthroughs in response to TSE events;
• Research projects that have the potential of producing significant scientific gain or socio-economic impact related to TSE events; or
• Research projects that challenge current concepts and address unexplored areas of prion research.
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Open competition. Applicants must qualify for Network Membership, and have an appointment with an NCE-approved academic institution, and meet guidelines for funding by the Tri-Council agencies. |
<$300,000; grant awarded over a one-year period; non-renewable. |
Call #1 Submission:
Sept 2, 2010
Funding Released:
Nov 2010
Call #2 Submission:
Jan 14, 2011
Funding Awarded:
April 2011
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Proof of Principle |
Support innovation and help investigators working on prion diseases advance discoveries or inventions towards commercial-ization. |
Open competition. Applicants must qualify for Network Membership, and have an appointment with an NCE-approved academic institution, and meet guidelines for funding by the Tri-Council agencies. |
<$200,000; grant awarded over a one-year period; non-renewable. |
Call #1 Submission:
Sept 2, 2010
Funding Released:
Nov 2010
Call #2 Submission:
Jan 14, 2011
Funding Awarded:
April 2011 |
Acronyms:
BSE - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CIHR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
FY - Fiscal Year (April 1 - March 31). Fiscal years are identified by the ending date, ie: FY 2009 runs April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
LIO - Letters of Intent
NCE - Networks of Centres of Excellence
TSE - Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
*Please see the full description of each program for additional details.
**Preliminary approval should be sought from contributing partners during the LOI stage.
PrioNet Canada reserves the right to modify/change the information on these programs at any time.
Last Updated: 5/26/2010 5:37:00 PM
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