EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call

• The applicant must be an independent researcher affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution (or an affiliated hospital, research institute, or other eligible Canadian non-profit organization with a health research/knowledge translation mandate), or be affiliated with (or be) an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research/knowledge translation mandate.
• The nominated principal applicant must have their substantive role in Canada for the full duration of the grant term.
• The Canadian administering organization (“Institution Paid”) must be authorized by CIHR to receive and manage the funds.
• The project must be relevant to EUP OHAMR JTC1 “OH-TREAT” and specifically address CIHR’s Topic 3 on veterinary/agricultural antimicrobial use and its impact on AMR transmission risk to humans and the environment.
• The project must include human health research activities (CIHR will only fund projects that address human health).

Who is eligible?

• Indigenous non-governmental organizations (Indigenous NGOs) in Canada with a mandate for research or knowledge mobilization.
• Non-profit organizations (e.g., hospitals, research institutes, or other organizations) with a mandate for health research or knowledge mobilization, affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution.

Who is not eligible

• For-profit companies (the Nominated Principal Applicant must be an independent researcher affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution/affiliated institution, or affiliated with/being an Indigenous non-governmental organization with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate).
• Organizations or projects focused only on animal health, plants, food and/or the environment without including human health research activities (CIHR will not fund these).
• Applicants/projects that do not address the required call topic for CIHR funding (Topic 3); proposals outside this topic will not be deemed relevant and will not receive CIHR funding.

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada (Nominated Principal Applicant must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the grant term).

• Relevance to CIHR mandate and Topic 3 (applications must be aligned with CIHR’s mandate and Topic 3 to be deemed relevant for CIHR funding).
• Human health component (to be deemed relevant, applications must address human health; projects that do not include human health research activities will not be funded by CIHR).

• Pre-proposals and full proposals to EUP OHAMR must be submitted to the Joint Call Secretariat no later than 13:00 (CET).
• The Joint Call Secretariat will host a webinar on November 26, 2025 to support participants with call requirements and questions.
• CIHR is providing a Partner Linkage Tool to facilitate connections between researchers and potential partners (e.g., government, NGOs, community-based organizations).
• This funding opportunity content was updated on January 16, 2026 (Review Process and Evaluation section).