Call status: Closed
Proposal deadline::October 18, 2016
Call Outline
Background
The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative is a priority-driven collaborative initiative between the Department of Biotechnology and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The Department of BiotechnologyÔÇÖs mandate is to promote innovative research and development activities across the country and take up initiatives for translational interdisciplinary research that cross the agencyÔÇÖs and countries boundaries. This aligns with the CIHRÔÇÖs interest in an international initiative to support healthy growth and development. The Department will fund Indian researchers through funds received from the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has a Roadmap Accelerator Fund (RAF) that is intended to support transformative and impactful research that aligns with CIHRÔÇÖs Research Priorities and is multi-disciplinary in nature. Scientific leadership and support for this RAF-funded initiative is shared across CIHRÔÇÖs Institute of Aboriginal PeopleÔÇÖs Health, Institute of Gender and Health, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction and Institute of Population and Public Health.
