Regional Partnership Program
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research offers the Regional Partnership Program (RPP) in six provinces to increase the level of nationally funded health research in those provinces. Grants are funded by CIHR and provincial funds on a 1:1 matching basis. In Saskatchewan, SHRF provides most of the matching funds, is responsible for the provincial RPP Advisory Committee, and has a formal agreement with CIHR.
CIHR supports RPP via its Priority Announcement system. Priority Announcements occur in June and December and indicate which programs are eligible, as determined by provincial RPP advisory committees. In Saskatchewan, eligible programs are: Open Operating Grants; New Investigator Salary Awards; Doctoral Student Awards; and Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Interested applicants should read the provincial RPP policies and the Strategic Plan developed by the provincial RPP Advisory Committee and available on the SHRF website. Applications go directly to CIHR for review but must first go through internal review at the researcher’s home institution. Applicants also complete a relevance form to indicate the fit of their research with Saskatchewan’s provincial health research priority areas, as a portion of funding is allocated to those priority areas.
For University of Saskatchewan applicants with general RPP questions or questions about internal peer-review review contact:
Office of the Associate Vice-President Research – Health, U of S
cihr.internalreview@usask.ca or (306) 966-8745
For University of Saskatchewan applicants with questions related to administrative review or obtaining institutional signatures contact:
Research Services, University of Saskatchewan
research.services@usask.ca or (306) 966-8576
For University of Regina applicants, all RPP questions should be directed to:
Office of Research Services, University of Regina
research.services@uregina.ca or (306) 585-4775
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