The Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program Phase II (JCIHRP-II)

• Research proposal
• Knowledge mobilization plan
• Budget documents for Canada, the LMIC, and Israel
• Participant table
• CVs for collaborators, if applicable

Who is eligible?

• Canadian postsecondary institutions and affiliated organizations
• Israeli research teams
• Eligible low- and middle-income country research teams

Who is not eligible

• Studies, surveys, and clinical trials focused on this call's excluded topics
• Projects primarily intended to shape public health policy

Eligible expenses

• Personnel salaries and benefits
• Consultant fees and related travel or lodging
• Evaluation activities
• Equipment purchases over CAD 5,000
• International travel, training, research, dissemination, and indirect costs up to 13%

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Studies, surveys, and clinical trials
• Work primarily aimed at informing public health policy
• Indirect costs above the allowed caps

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada
• Israel
• Eligible low- and middle-income countries and territories listed by IDRC

• Scientific merit, including originality, clarity, and feasibility
• Applicant experience, achievements, and dissemination ability
• Quality of collaboration across Canada, Israel, and the LMIC
• Research environment and infrastructure
• Potential impact, including training and knowledge mobilization

• Step 1: Register the application
  • Create or use a ResearchNet account.
  • Submit the CIHR registration stage.
  • The Israeli co-lead must also complete ISF registration.
• Step 2: Prepare the full application
  • Prepare the research proposal using the required headings.
  • Prepare the knowledge mobilization plan and required budget documents.
  • Prepare CVs and participant table for all required team members.
• Step 3: Upload required attachments
  • Upload all mandatory documents in ResearchNet.
  • Attach the Israeli budget PDF submitted to ISF.
  • Include any required Indigenous experience attachment and collaborator CVs.
• Step 4: Submit and consent
  • Review the full application in preview mode.
  • Submit the final application through ResearchNet consent and submit.

• Applications are first checked for relevance to the program objectives and research areas.
• Eligible and relevant full applications are reviewed by an international adjudication panel.
• Applications are ranked and funded from the top down.
• Successful teams are notified, and funding agreements are issued by the relevant partner agencies.
• Funded teams must submit a mid-term and final scientific report, plus financial reports.

• A webinar is available, but participation is not mandatory.
• Selected teams may be contacted during project implementation for additional information on results and impacts.
• Funded teams must acknowledge all supporting partners in publications and communications.
• Applicants must consent to sharing application information with funding partners for relevance review and funding decisions.