Expanded CHRP funding comes with new rules

The expanded Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program has announced changes for the 2012 competition. The joint program between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council will now require applicants to include a knowledge/technology user partner in their proposals. Ongoing research projects are now eligible for research funding and special calls for proposals or priority announcements may offer additional funding opportunities. Last year, NSERC and CIHR announced that they were expanding CHRP funding to reach $14 million annually by 2014 (R$, December 13/10)....