Deadline: 16 August, 2022

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have opened applications for the Monkeypox Rapid Research Response Grant.

The grant is designed to inform clinical and health system management and public health response, and/or decision-making and planning.

Benefits

• Successful applicant can receive up to $3,000,000

Eligibility

• The research team must be co-led by a Canada-based nominated-principal applicant (NPA) who is an independent researcher affiliated with an eligible Canadian institution at the time of application deadline and an Africa-based principal applicant (PA) who is a researcher (citizen or permanent resident of an African country/territory) based in an African institution and residing in an African country/territory where the research is proposed
• The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term
• The institution paid must be authorised to administer CIHR funds before the funding can be released
• The NPA must have successfully completed one of the sex- and gender-based analysis training modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a certificate of completion
• The PA must have successfully completed the government of Canada’s Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) course and submit a certificate of completion

To apply and for more information, click here.

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