The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2024 Project Grant funding competition. The Project Grant program is designed to support ideas that will advance health-related knowledge, research methodologies, patient care, and overall outcomes.
For this round of funding, 21 research teams at UHN were awarded nearly $19 million, spanning 20 full research grants and one priority announcement grant. Nationwide, 373 full research grants were funded for a total investment of $325 million. Additionally, 68 priority announcement grants received $7.6 million and five supplemental prizes were awarded $210,000.
Among the awarded projects at UHN are investigations into tissue engineering for cell therapy, treatments for individuals with mental illness, muscle training for patients receiving mechanical ventilation, drug tolerance in cancer, insulin signalling, chronic pain, and a myriad of other innovative studies.
Congratulations to all the awardees for their outstanding contributions to advancing health research.
Click here to see the full set of results.