Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
AbbreviationCIHR
PredecessorMedical Research Council of Canada
FormationJune 7, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-07)
Legal statusFederal departmental corporation
Official language
  • English
  • French
President
Michael J. Strong
Main organ
Governing Council
Subsidiaries13 institutes
Websitecihr-irsc.gc.ca

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR; French: Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada; IRSC) is a federal agency responsible for funding health and medical research in Canada.[1][2] Comprising 13 institutes, it is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada.

CIHR supports more than 15,000 researchers and trainees[3] through grants, fellowships, scholarships, and other funding, as part of the federal government's investment in health research. The peer review process is a vital part of CIHR. Review by panels of peers from the research community ensures that proposals approved for funding by CIHR meet internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence.

Along with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the CIHR forms the major source of federal government funding to post-secondary research and are collectively referred to as the "Tri-Council"[4] or "Tri-Agency".[5]

  1. ^ "Major funders to share study data for public health". Reuters. January 10, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)". McGill University.
  3. ^ "Infographic: Funding world-class research for a healthier future". Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Government of Canada. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (April 1, 2019). "Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2018)". ethics.gc.ca. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (December 18, 2019). "NSERC - Inter-Agency, Tri-Agency Financial Administration". www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca. Retrieved December 28, 2021.