Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods

• Tri-agency CVs for the Nominated Principal Applicant and Principal Applicants
• Certificate of completion for the Sex and Gender Training Module
• Research proposal
• Budget justification

Who is eligible?

• Independent researchers at Canadian postsecondary institutions.
• Researchers at affiliated hospitals, research institutes, or other health-research non-profit organizations in Canada.

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Research question and approach (LOI stage): clarity of the research question(s) and alignment with the opportunity’s objectives and selected research area (funding pool); appropriateness of the study design and research plan; interdisciplinary approach; plan to engage knowledge users/partners where appropriate; and how Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) will be incorporated (including sex, gender and other factors, and lifespan rationale as applicable).
• Team composition (LOI stage): evidence the applicants have the necessary qualifications and expertise to deliver the proposed work.
• Impact (LOI stage): potential to address key research gaps based on current knowledge; contribution of applicant partner(s) (if applicable); and identification/management of partnership risks and real or perceived conflicts of interest (if applicable).
• Full application assessment (Full Application stage): research approach (clarity/alignment, originality, strength and feasibility of methods, interdisciplinary/team science approach, engagement of knowledge users/partners, risk identification and mitigation, integration of EDI, and quality of the Data Management Plan and biosample governance plan); research team (leadership, roles and complementarity, collaboration and capacity-building plans, partner contributions and COI/risk management where applicable); research environment (suitability of environment and appropriateness/justification of budget); and impact of the research (ability to generate evidence to inform policies/regulations and a clear knowledge mobilization/translation path).
• Funding decision threshold: applications rated below 3.5 will not be funded; funding is in rank order within each selected pool (for both LOI and Full Application stages).

• CIHR conducts a relevance review at both the Letter of Intent and Full Application stages to confirm alignment with the program objectives and the selected funding pool; applications deemed not relevant are withdrawn.
• Eligible and relevant applications are sent to peer review, conducted under CIHR’s Priority-driven initiative review guidelines and in accordance with DORA principles.
• Funding decisions are made within each funding pool in rank order; applications rated below 3.5 are not funded.
• CIHR notifies applicants of the decision (notice of decision) and publishes the names of successful applicants on the CIHR website.
• If co-funded by Heart & Stroke, the Host Institution must enter into a separate Research Grant Agreement with Heart & Stroke and comply with additional reporting requirements.

• This funding opportunity uses the tri-agency CV (narrative-style CV); applicants must follow the tri-agency CV instructions even if the system still displays references to the CCV.
• CIHR will host webinar(s) to support participants with the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions.
• Peer review for this opportunity will be conducted in accordance with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
• Applications with a rating below 3.5 will not be funded.