Procedures and timelines for the CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant competition.
| Important Dates | |
|---|---|
| February 07, 2024 | Register for Project Grant via ResearchNet. |
| Check with your Department/School | Application package sent to Department Head/School Director office for review & approvalSee below for application package details. |
| February 27, 2024 | 4pm | Application package sent to Dean’s Office or affiliated hospital research office via email for review & approval (FoM Internal Deadline). |
| February 29, 2024 | Application package approved by Faculty, and forwarded to ORS (UBC Internal Deadline) |
| March 5, 2024 | 12pm | Applicant submits application on ResearchNet (Applicant e-Submission Deadline) |
| March 6, 2024 | 4:30pm | ORS approves application on ResearchNet (CIHR Application Deadline) |
Procedure
For the CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant competition, the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has established the following procedures, in alignment with the Office of Research Services timelines:
- Your application package must be submitted to the Dean’s Office or affiliated hospital research office by Tuesday, February 27, 2024 for Faculty approval. Please send it via email to the Faculty signature contact for your site. Note that Evelina Tolstykh (fom.grantapprovals@ubc.ca) is the contact for Faculty approval for those located at the UBC Point Grey campus. See below for a complete list of the required items.
- After Faculty approval, your application package will be forwarded to ORS.
- Your application must be submitted via ResearchNet no later than 12pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
- ORS will electronically approve your application via ResearchNet for submission to CIHR.
Please remember that you can continue working on your research proposal up until you submit on ResearchNet on March 5th, even after you have submitted your application package for Faculty approval.
To avoid system issues which may cause delay in the submission process on the deadline day, you are highly encouraged to submit early. While ORS makes best efforts to submit all applications on time and to facilitate support for our research community, application packages submitted for Faculty approval after February 27th may not receive a guarantee of administrative review from ORS which includes confirmation of application completeness.
Required Documents
Required Documents to be submitted to the FoM for the CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant competition:
- Completed Research Project Information Form including the following signatures:
- the Principal Investigator
- Department Head or School Director
- Research Centre Director (if using research space within a Senate-Approved Research Centre, identified with an asterisk on the Academic & Research Units page)
- Life Sciences Institute Director (if using research space within the Life Sciences Building, but excludes researchers using space within the Centre for Blood Research)
- Complete application, including the following sections:
- CIHR ‘Application Details’ page (download from ResearchNet under “Preview application materials” task)
- ‘Complete Summary’ page
- ‘Other Applicants’ pages, if applicable
- ‘Budget Request’ module, including written justifications and quotes, where applicable
- ‘Partner Budget Details’ page, if applicable
- Signed letter(s) of support from Partners (cash or in-kind), if applicable
Please also review the ORS website for the CIHR-specific Agency Application Requirements & Procedures.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Evelina Tolstykh at FoM (evelina.tolstykh@ubc.ca).