Project Grant: Fall 2024 results

453 grants funded, $411M total investment, 105 priority annoncement grants

The Project Grant: Fall 2024 competition has approved 453 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411MFootnote 1.

In addition, 105 priority announcement grants were funded for a total amount of $14,110,000 and 16 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $400,000.

The 453 grants approved were awarded to 442 individual nominated principal investigators (11 NPIs were awarded two grants). Of the 453 grants, 116 were awarded to early career researchers, and 12 were awarded for Indigenous health research projects.

The average grant size/duration is $907,743 over 4.40 years.

Geographic breakdown

Province Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Change from historical (% applications) Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Change from historical (% funded) Province-specific success rateFootnote * Average grant amount Median grant amount
British Columbia 288 10.9% -0.5pp 54 11.9% -0.2pp 18.8% $933,484 $914,175
Alberta 258 9.8% -0.5pp 55 12.1% +1.7pp 21.3% $892,678 $918,000
Saskatchewan 35 1.3% -0.3pp 2 0.4% -0.9pp 5.7% $1,049,962 $1,049,962
Manitoba 62 2.4% -0.4pp 10 2.2% -0.3pp 16.1% $948,600 $996,412
Ontario 1163 44.2% +1.8pp 189 41.7% -0.1pp 16.3% $863,856 $913,792
Québec 737 28.0% -0.4pp 131 28.9% -0.5pp 17.8% $963,581 $1,002,150
New Brunswick 7 0.3% 0.0pp 1 0.2% +0.1pp 14.3% $753,525 $753,525
Nova Scotia 59 2.2% +0.2pp 6 1.3% -0.5pp 10.2% $824,925 $931,388
Prince Edward Island 2 0.1% +0.0pp 0 0.0% 0.0pp 0.0% $0 $0
Newfoundland and Labrador 20 0.8% +0.1pp 5 1.1% +0.6pp 25.0% $983,025 $1,028,925
Total 2631 100.0% 0.0pp 453 100.0% 0.0pp 17.2% $907,743 $937,125

Note: The applications that were approved conditionally will not appear in the detailed funding decisions database until the conditions have been resolved.

Additional details

Competition results by category
Category Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Change from historical (% application) Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Change from historical (% funded) Category-specific success rateFootnote * Average grant amount Median grant amount
Early career researchers (ECRs) 670 25.5% +0.9pp 116 25.6% +0.8pp 17.3% $823,322 $753,525
Mid-career researchers 968 36.8% -2.6pp 174 38.4% +0.5pp 18.0% $890,948 $933,300
Senior researchers 989 37.6% +1.8pp 163 36.0% -1.1pp 16.5% $985,749 $1,028,925
Knowledge Users 4 0.2% 0.0pp 0 0.0% -0.2pp 0.0% NA NA
Integrated KT 640 24.3% +3.4pp 114 25.2% +4.6pp 17.8% $792,618 $665,550
Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as female 938 35.7% +0.8pp 171 37.7% +1.5pp 18.2% $835,287 $898,875
Indigenous Health 24 0.9% -0.1pp 12 2.6% -0.3pp 50.0% $1,189,192 $1,141,762
Submitted in French 48 1.8% +0.4pp 9 2.0% +0.7pp 18.8% $603,592 $512,550
Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as a racialized Person 719 27.3% +7.3pp 124 27.4% +9.7pp 17.2% $876,720 $910,350
Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as a person with a disability 159 6.0% +3.6pp 31 6.8% +4.5pp 19.5% $908,633 $1,017,450
Biomedical 1512 57.5% -2.6pp 266 58.7% -2.0pp 17.6% $994,052 $1,023,188
Clinical 583 22.2% +1.5pp 86 19.0% -0.3pp 14.8% $918,174 $710,243
Health systems/services 260 9.9% +0.6pp 45 9.9% +0.8pp 17.3% $546,174 $504,900
Social/Cultural/Environmental/Population Health 271 10.3% +0.6pp 56 12.4% +1.6pp 20.7% $772,300 $688,500

Streamlining

Only a portion of the Project Grant applications submitted to a competition will ultimately receive funding. It is therefore important for peer review committee members to focus their discussions on the most competitive applications to ensure an accurate comparative evaluation. To help support this goal, a streamlining process is used to remove applications that meet streamlining criteria from the discussion process, thereby allowing committee members more time to judge and discriminate between remaining applications.

Province Number of applications submitted Number of applications streamlined Percent of applications streamlined Change from historical (% streamlined) Number of applications discussed Percent of applications discussed Change from historical (% discussed)
British Columbia 288 144 50.0% +6.7pp 144 50.0% -6.7pp
Alberta 258 135 52.3% +7.4pp 123 47.7% -7.4pp
Saskatchewan 35 24 68.6% +12.0pp 11 31.4% -12.0pp
Manitoba 62 35 56.5% +3.8pp 27 43.5% -3.8pp
Ontario 1163 631 54.3% +9.8pp 532 45.7% -9.8pp
Québec 737 376 51.0% +6.5pp 361 49.0% -6.5pp
New Brunswick 7 4 57.1% -5.1pp 3 42.9% +5.1pp
Nova Scotia 59 38 64.4% +13.5pp 21 35.6% -13.5pp
Prince Edward Island 2 2 100.0% +36.4pp 0 0.0% -36.4pp
Newfoundland and Labrador 20 12 60.0% -0.5pp 8 40.0% +0.5pp
Total 2631 1401 53.2% +8.1pp 1230 46.8% -8.1pp
Application Breakdown Number of applications submitted Number of applications streamlined Percent of applications streamlined Change from historical (% streamlined) Number of applications discussed Percent of applications discussed Change from historical (% discussed)
Early career researchers (ECRs) 670 393 58.7% +9.2pp 277 41.3% -9.2pp
Mid-career researchers 968 487 50.3% +6.2pp 481 49.7% -6.2pp
Senior researchers 989 517 52.3% +9.0pp 472 47.7% -9.0pp
Knowledge Users 4 4 100.0% +39.7pp 0 0.0% -39.7pp
Integrated KT 640 343 53.6% +7.0pp 297 46.4% -7.0pp
Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as female 938 482 51.4% +6.8pp 456 48.6% -6.8pp
Indigenous Health 24 5 20.8% +12.2pp 19 79.2% -12.2pp
Submitted in French 48 30 62.5% +13.8pp 18 37.5% -13.7pp
Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as a racialized Person 719 424 59.0% +6.3pp 295 41.0% -6.3pp
Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as a person with a disability 159 87 54.7% +1.5pp 72 45.3% -1.5pp
Biomedical 1512 789 52.2% +7.4pp 723 47.8% -7.4pp
Clinical 583 326 55.9% +9.6pp 257 44.1% -9.6pp
Health systems/services 260 148 56.9% +10.2pp 112 43.1% -10.2pp
Social/Cultural/Environmental/Population Health 271 135 49.8% +6.2pp 136 50.2% -6.2pp
Foundation grant holders

Funded foundation grant holders

This is the eighth Project competition that could be applied to by Foundation Grant holders, specifically grant holders from the 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Foundation Grant competitions. There were 124 applications from current and former Foundation Grant holders coming from 102 unique applicants. There were 29 funded grants awarded to 27 unique Foundation Grant holders.

Panel Number of unique Foundation Grant holders awarded grants
BCA 2
BMA 1
BS2 1
BSC 2
C2 1
CBB 2
CBT 1
CID 1
CMZ 1
CPT 1
CT2 1
DOL 1
GMX 1
GSH 2
HS3 1
IMN 1
MCC 3
MPI 1
NSA 1
NSB 1
NUT 1
RC2 1
SDA 1
Foundation grant holder application pressure

Foundation grant holder application pressure

Figure A: Proportion of applications

Figure A: Long description
PRC Proportion of applications from Foundation grant holders (%) Number of Foundation grant holder applications
C2B 7.5 3
BMA 5.7 2
MCC 5.2 3
IMN 4.1 2
G 3.5 2
CSC 3.4 1
HDK 3.3 1
CBT 3.1 1
CBC 2.9 1
GMX 2.6 1
CBB 2.5 1
NSB 2.3 1
CB1 2.2 1
CID 2.2 1
DOL 2.1 1
BSC 1.8 1
NSA 1.7 1
PH2 1.5 1
GSH 1.5 1
BCA 1.4 1
BE2 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
BSA 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
C2 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 0.0 0
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 0.0 0
CT2 0.0 0
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 0.0 0
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MID 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
MPI 0.0 0
NUT 0.0 0
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
RC2 0.0 0
RC3 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 0.0 0

Figure B: Proportion of Fully Funded Grants

Figure B: Long description
PRC Proportion of fully funded grants awarded to Foundation grant holders (%) Number of fully funded Foundation grant holders
C2B 0.0 0
BMA 16.7 1
MCC 37.5 3
IMN 0.0 0
G 0.0 0
CSC 0.0 0
HDK 0.0 0
CBT 20.0 1
CBC 0.0 0
GMX 16.7 1
CBB 14.3 1
NSB 14.3 1
CB1 0.0 0
CID 12.5 1
DOL 0.0 0
BSC 11.1 1
NSA 0.0 0
PH2 0.0 0
GSH 8.3 1
BCA 7.7 1
BE2 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 0.0 0
BSA 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
C2 0.0 0
CA2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CMZ 0.0 0
CPT 0.0 0
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 0.0 0
CT2 0.0 0
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 0.0 0
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MID 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
MPI 0.0 0
NUT 0.0 0
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
RC2 0.0 0
RC3 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 0.0 0
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 0.0 0
Past Foundation grant holder application pressure

Past Foundation grant holder application pressure

Figure A: Proportion of applications

Figure A: Long description
PRC Proportion of applications from past Foundation grant holders (%) Number of past Foundation grant holder applications
C2B 0.0 0
BMA 8.6 3
MCC 6.9 4
IMN 8.2 4
G 3.5 2
CSC 0.0 0
HDK 0.0 0
CBT 3.1 1
CBC 0.0 0
GMX 5.3 2
CBB 10.0 4
NSB 2.3 1
CB1 2.2 1
CID 4.4 2
DOL 8.5 4
BSC 7.0 4
NSA 5.0 3
PH2 0.0 0
GSH 1.5 1
BCA 9.9 7
BE2 8.1 3
BMB 8.8 3
BME 0.0 0
BS2 2.2 1
BSA 4.9 2
BSB 1.8 1
C2 3.1 1
CA2 5.1 2
CB2 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 2.6 1
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CMZ 9.5 4
CPT 11.4 5
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 8.3 3
CT2 6.8 3
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 3.6 2
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MID 8.3 4
MOV 6.2 3
MPI 3.6 2
NUT 2.4 1
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 1.6 1
PS 1.7 1
PT 0.0 0
RC1 5.5 3
RC2 1.9 1
RC3 1.9 1
RS 5.7 3
SDA 3.4 1
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 6.1 2

Figure B: Proportion of fully funded grants

Figure B: Long description
PRC Proportion of fully funded grants awarded to past Foundation grant holders (%) Number of fully funded past Foundation grant holders
C2B 0.0 0
BMA 0.0 0
MCC 0.0 0
IMN 12.5 1
G 0.0 0
CSC 0.0 0
HDK 0.0 0
CBT 0.0 0
CBC 0.0 0
GMX 0.0 0
CBB 14.3 1
NSB 0.0 0
CB1 0.0 0
CID 0.0 0
DOL 12.5 1
BSC 11.1 1
NSA 10.0 1
PH2 0.0 0
GSH 8.3 1
BCA 7.7 1
BE2 0.0 0
BMB 0.0 0
BME 0.0 0
BS2 12.5 1
BSA 0.0 0
BSB 0.0 0
C2 20.0 1
CA2 0.0 0
CB2 0.0 0
CHI 0.0 0
CIA 0.0 0
CIB 0.0 0
CIC 0.0 0
CMZ 12.5 1
CPT 14.3 1
CSA 0.0 0
CSB 0.0 0
CT2 12.5 1
HLE 0.0 0
HPM 0.0 0
HS1 0.0 0
HS2 0.0 0
HS3 9.1 1
IHR 0.0 0
KTR 0.0 0
MID 0.0 0
MOV 0.0 0
MPI 10.0 1
NUT 12.5 1
PB1 0.0 0
PH1 0.0 0
PS 0.0 0
PT 0.0 0
RC1 0.0 0
RC2 12.5 1
RC3 0.0 0
RS 0.0 0
SDA 20.0 1
TIR 0.0 0
VVP 0.0 0

Large grants awarded

Large grants are defined as being in the top 2% of total requested grant value within a competition. In this competition, the cutoff for large grants was $2,515,000. A total of 52 applications fell into this category. A budget of $20.61 million was available to fund those applications that are not from the Indigenous Health Research (IHR) panel. Large grants from the IHR panel are funded by IHR funds.

Large grants awarded
Category Number of applications submitted Percent of total applications submitted Number of applications funded Percent of applications funded Success rateFootnote * Average grant amount Maximum grant amount
All Large Grants 52 2.0% 9 2.0% 17.3% $2,695,146 $6,972,975
Non-IHR Large Grants 48 1.8% 7 1.6% 14.6% $2,733,629 $6,972,975

Equalization

In order to ensure equal representation of certain demographics in the fully funded projects, the proportion of grants funded is at least equal to the proportion of applications submitted to the competition by certain groups when there are a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications.

In this competition, 52 grants were funded through equalization which is comprised of early career researchers, researchers who submit French-language applications, female Nominated Principal Applicants, Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as a racialized person, and Nominated Principal Applicants who self-identify as a person with a disability.

Learn more about the equalization process in the Project Grant competition.

Indigenous Health Research

All applications reviewed by the Indigenous Health Research committee went through an iterative peer review process.

Based on the recommendation of the the review committee, 12 Indigenous health research projects were awarded funding. CIHR is proud to support these projects as part of its commitment to invest 4.6% of its annual budget in Indigenous health research.

Bridge Grants and Priority Announcements

There were no Bridge Grants awarded in addition to the 453 fully funded grants. There were 105 Priority Announcement grants funded for a total of $14,110,000 as well as 16 supplemental prizes for a total of $400,000.

Budget Size and Project Length

Category Average total budget Average duration (years) Average annual amount
All Requests $1,145,810 4.37 $258,360
Funded applications (requested) $1,210,408 4.41 $269,934
Funded applications (awarded) $907,743 4.40 $202,691

Peer Review

Details about the Project Grant: Fall 2024 peer review participants are available separately approximately 60 days following the release of results.

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