The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have announced two funding opportunities for BRIC NS and other Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations networks across the country.

The Knowledge Synthesis grants are available for projects of up to 1 year, must include at least 2 participating provinces, and have a maximum of $25,000 available from CIHR in total per funded project (with 1:1 matching funds required).

The Comparative Program and Policy Analysis grants are available for projects of up to 2 years, must include at least 2 participating provinces, and have a maximum of $125,000 available from CIHR in total per funded project (with 1:1 matching funds required).

These competitions include an internal Network-level Common LOI. The purpose of the Common LOI process is to formally identify to the PIHCI Networks  the projects that intend to apply to the CIHR opportunities so that we can ensure relevance to provincial priorities, facilitate any other cross-provincial collaborations required, and provide adequate support to obtaining letters of support etc.

Application timeline:

Monday, January 15, 2018	Common LOI submission deadline
Wednesday, February 7, 2018	Feedback sent to teams about LOI submissions Will indicate if support can be given. Teams may be given an opportunity to make revisions and re-submit.
Wednesday, February 21, 2018	Draft proposal to PIHCI Networks deadline To address any feedback from the LOI stage To guide Networks Letter of Support writing To inform our policy partners and any matching funders
Friday, February 23, 2018	Letters of Support provided to teams
Tuesday, March 6, 2018	CIHR Submission Deadline

If you are interested in applying to this opportunity, please get in touch with BRIC NS as soon as possible for support with your application.