The CIHR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

CIHR RPP imageThe Canadian Institutes of Health Research Regional Partnership Program (CIHR-RPP) was launched in 1999 to increase health research activity in regions of Canada that were under-represented. At this time, the program supports health research in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. The CIHR-RPP was one of the foundation stones of the PEI HRI. While the initiation of this program preceded the establishment of the PEI HRI, the Institute now manages the Program, and the success of the program has been enhanced by the creation of the Institute.

Under the RPP, research funding and personnel support applications that are judged to be of high scientific merit through peer review (rated 3.5 and above), but are below the funding capacity of CIHR’s base budget in CIHR regular competitions, are eligible to receive funding if there is a partner to co-fund the proposal, with a 1:1 partner funding ratio.

A key element of this program is the requirement that grant applications be pre-reviewed by the PEI HRI. For the pre-review, a draft grant application is submitted to the PEI HRI two months before the CIHR competition deadline. A summary of the pre-review process can be seen here.

Complete details of the pre-review process are provided in the CIHR-RPP Agreement PEI 2008