Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $2,920,000, enough to fund approximately 124 grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant varies by the sponsoring Institute and Initiative (see the Sponsor Description) but will not exceed $75,000.
Overview
The Planning and Dissemination Grants are intended to provide support for planning and/or dissemination activities (either virtual or in-person) consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR Institutes and Initiatives.
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to support:
- planning activities, partnership development and to increase understanding of the health research landscape that will contribute to the advancement of research consistent with the mandate of CIHR; and
- dissemination events and activities that focus on the communication of health research evidence to the appropriate researcher or knowledge-user audiences, tailoring the message and medium as appropriate.
Eligibility Criteria
For an application to be eligible, all requirements stated below must be met:
- The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
- An independent researcher or knowledge user, affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation;
OR - A researcher or scholar working in a municipal, provincial or territorial government in Canada where the activity which forms the subject matter of the funding is not being funded by specific programs of those municipal, provincial or territorial governments;
OR - A trainee registered at a Canadian post-secondary institution;
OR - An individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
OR - A Canadian non-governmental, not-for-profit organization (including community or charitable organizations).
If an organization or institution is uncertain about its eligibility for funding through this funding opportunity, it is encouraged to seek clarification from the CIHR Contact Centre.
- An independent researcher or knowledge user, affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation;
- The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
- The Institution Paid must be authorized to administer CIHR funds by the funding start date.
- Activities/events starting or taking place before the funding start date are not eligible for funding through this opportunity.
- Applicants are not eligible to apply for additional funding for an activity or event that has been previously funded by CIHR.
- Multiple applications for the same activity or event submitted by either the same, or different Nominated Principal Applicant are not allowable. In such cases, the first application submitted through ResearchNet will be considered and reviewed. Any subsequent applications will automatically be withdrawn.
- The Nominated Principal Applicant must have successfully completed one of the sex- and gender-based analysis online training modules through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a Certificate of Completion (see How to Apply section). Please select and complete the training module most applicable to your planning or dissemination event or activity. Other applicants are encouraged to complete a training module; however, this is not a mandatory eligibility requirement. For additional information on sex, gender and health research, applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section on the CIHR website.
- Any applications involving Indigenous Peoples must include an applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) and/or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally-safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples and must submit a completed Indigenous Health Research Cultural Safety Form. (see How to Apply section).
- For all sponsor funding where funds are reserved for Early Career Researchers (ECR), the NPI must be an ECR by the funding start date. Please see the How to Apply section for further instructions.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | June 12, 2025 |
| Submission to Sponsor | June 19, 2025 |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE