Supplementary Information Tables – Details of Transfer Payment Programs

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Table of Contents

1. Open Operating Support Grant
2. Tri-Agency: Canada Graduate Scholarships
3. Tri-Agency: Canada Excellence Research Chairs
4. Tri-Agency: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
5. Institute Support Grants
6. Tri-Agency: Networks of Centres of Excellence
7. Disclosure of TPPs under 5 Millions

1. Name of Transfer Payment Program: Open Operating Support Grant

Start date: 2000

End date: No end date

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011–12

Strategic Outcome: Canada is a world leader in the creation, dissemination and application of health research knowledge.

Programs: Investigator-Initiated Health Research; Priority-Driven Health Research

Description: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) provides a wide array of funding programs under this transfer payment program. This includes grant programs which are programs that provide support for the direct costs of research projects, for the training of researchers, or for activities that support the translation of research findings. Other programs provide direct salary and stipend support to individual researchers/scientists and research trainees.

Expected results:

• Health research advances knowledge.
• A strong and talented health research community with the capacity to undertake health research.
• Commercial activity-products patents and intellectual property, companies and employment generated.
• Translation and use of health research takes place as a result of effective funding programs, which can lead to benefits to Canadians.

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: See below

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation:

• CIHR International Review: 2011–12 – Continuation
• 1.1.1 Open Research Grant Program: 2012–13 – Continuation
• 1.1.2 Salary Support Programs: 2011–12 – Continuation
• 1.1.2 Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research: 2008/09 – Continuation
• 1.2.2 National Anti-Drug Strategy: 2012–13 – Continuation
  National Anti-Drug Strategy: 2009–10 (Implementation Evaluation) – Continuation
• 1.2.1 Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine Initiative: 2013–14 – Termination
• 1.2.2 HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Network: 2013–14 – Continuation
• 1.1.1, 1.2.1 Knowledge Translation Programs: 2013–14 – Amendment
• 1.2.2 Pandemic Preparedness Research Initiative: 2012–13 – Pending Approval

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: See Supplementary Information Table B on Upcoming Evaluations which details all upcoming evaluations over the next three fiscal years.

General Targeted Recipient Group: Health Researchers

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: CIHR engages applicants and recipients through various forms of social media, electronic newsletters, presentations, discussion forums and consultation processes.

2. Name of Transfer Payment Program: Tri-Agency: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Start date: 2003

End date: No end date

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009–10

Strategic Outcome: Canada is a world leader in the creation, dissemination and application of health research knowledge.

Sub-program: Training and Career Support

Description: CIHR's portion of this class grant program provides financial support to high-caliber scholars who are engaged in master's or doctoral programs in all health-related fields.

Expected results:

• Increased incentives for students to enroll in graduate studies in Canada.
• Increased incentives for students to complete studies in a timely manner.
• Students receive high-quality research training.

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009–10

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014–15

General Targeted Recipient Group: Health Research Trainees

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Applicants and recipients are engaged through communication with academic institutions and Tri-Agency or agency specific electronic communication

3. Name of Transfer Payment Program: Tri-Agency: Canada Excellence Research Chairs

Start date: 2008

End date: No end date

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011–12

Strategic Outcome: Canada is a world leader in the creation, dissemination and application of health research knowledge.

Sub-Program: Training and Career Support

Description: The Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) program is a federal class grants program administered jointly by the three agencies. It aims to support the development of a world-class workforce crucial to the innovation process, positioning Canada as a magnet for the world's top researchers and graduate students, and promoting the development and application of leading-edge knowledge.

Expected results:

• Attract world-leading researchers, trainees and other research professionals to Canada;
• Enhance research capacity in Canadian universities in areas of priority for Canada;
• Increase awareness of chair holder research and research excellence in Canada;
• Strengthen relationships with receptors of innovation and research insights;
• Brand Canada as a global destination of choice for excellence in research and higher learning

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014–15

General Targeted Recipient Group: Health Researchers

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Applicants and recipients are engaged through regular communication and the CERC website.

4. Name of Transfer Payment Program: Tri-Agency: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Start date: 2008

End date: No end date (Current Terms and Conditions will expire in July 2014)

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2013–14 (extension to July 2014)

Strategic Outcome: Canada is a world leader in the creation, dissemination and application of health research knowledge.

Sub-Program: Training and Career Support

Description: CIHR's portion of this Tri-Agency class grant program provides financial support to Canadian and international students who have achieved outstanding success in their studies and will pursue a doctoral program at a Canadian university in all health-related fields.

Expected results:

• Enhanced capacity of Canadian universities to attract and retain the best and brightest doctoral students.
• Vanier graduates have the potential to become leaders in Canada and abroad.

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014–15

General Targeted Recipient Group: Health Research Trainees

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Applicants and recipients are engaged through communication with academic institutions and directed Tri-Agency or agency specific electronic communication as well as being provided information through a program specific website.

5. Name of Transfer Payment Program: Institute Support Grants

Start date: October, 2000

End date: N/A

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008–09

Strategic Outcome: Canada is a world leader in the creation, dissemination and application of health research knowledge.

Sub-program: Institute-Driven Initiatives

Description: The Institute Support Grant program provides funding to select Canadian academic institutions, including universities and teaching hospitals, to assist them in hosting the 13 Institutes of CIHR. The Institutes help CIHR maintain strong ties to Canada's research communities and to understand their needs. Each CIHR-appointed Institute Scientific Director is among the top scientists in his/her field. Institutes help CIHR define its strategic health research priorities and develop research partnerships with other interested parties concerned with health research. Institutes also organize conferences, seminars, and workshops, all with the goal of developing and disseminating health-related knowledge and best practices.

Expected results:

• Effective domestic and international health research agendas as well as alliances and partnerships in areas related to the mandate of each Institute.

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010–11

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014–15

General Targeted Recipient Group: Scientific Directors' academic institution

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Applicants and recipients are extended members of the organization. Scientific Directors regularly participate in CIHR meetings

6. Name of Transfer Payment Program: Tri-Agency: Networks of Centres of Excellence

Start date: 1997

End date: No end date (Current Terms and Conditions will expire in September 2014)

Fiscal Year for Ts&Cs: 2013–14 (one-year extension to September 2014)

Strategic Outcome: Canada is a world leader in the creation, dissemination and application of health research knowledge.

Sub-program: Horizontal Health Research Initiatives

Description: The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program is a federal class grants program administered jointly by the three agencies CIHR, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), in partnership with Industry Canada. It supports research in complex areas of critical importance to Canadian universities and hospitals in partnership with the private and public sectors. The networks funded through this program are multidisciplinary and multisectoral partnerships that stimulate leading-edge, internationally competitive research in areas critical to Canadian economic and social development.

Expected results:

• Strong linkages and partnerships resulting in the transfer and use of knowledge with economic or societal benefits to Canada.

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2013–14

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014–15

General Targeted Recipient Group: Health Researchers

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Applicants and recipients are engaged through various meetings and events as well as through the programs website.

7. Disclosure of TPPs under $5 million

Date modified:

2014-03-06