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Funding Opportunity Details

Funding Organization
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Program Name
Other : ME Network Catalyst Grant
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Network Catalyst Grant)

Sponsor(s)
The CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), in partnership with the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) and the Institute of Infection and Immunity (III), and with the collaboration of the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA)

Program Launch Date
2019-04-09

Description

The CHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), in partnership with the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) and the Institute of Infection and Immunity (III), and with the collaboration of the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), will support a Network that will generate new knowledge to improve diagnosis and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME disease) in Canada.

The Network is expected to be:

• national in scope;

• collaborative;

• inclusive, multidisciplinary and muti-thematic; and

• committed to scientific excellence.

Total Funds Available: $1,775.000

• The maximum amount for the grant is $280,000 per year for up to five (5) years.

• $375,000 is available as supplementary funding from ICRH for the inclusion of a project addressing vascular instability and/or sleep disturbances experienced by people with ME. The maximum amount of supplementary funding is $75,000 per year for up to five (5) years.

For complete details on eligibility, objectives, guidelines and conditions, please go to:

https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=3056&view=browseActive&sponsor=CIHR-11&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&next=1

Lydia Neilson
CEO, National ME/FM Action Network