The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's major federal funding agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system.

For more information about their funding opportunities, please visit the Research Net website.

Each Institute has tailored their Institute Community Support (ICS) Program to meet their community's needs. Therefore please find the specific details and funds available for each Institute's ICS funding opportunities, which can be found on the Institutes' web sites at the following links:

• Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
• Institute of Aging
• Institute of Gender and Health
• Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
• Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
• Institute of Population and Public Health