Canada

EUP OHAMR joint transnational call 2026: National rules and requirements for applicants from Canada.

The information below of the national rules and requirements is only a summary. Please visit the national website and contact the national contact person for full details.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Eligible institutions

Details regarding eligible applicants for a given competition will be specified in the funding opportunity on ResearchNet. Individuals in the Nominated Principal Applicant role must be:

• Affiliated with a CIHR eligible Canadian postsecondary institution and/or their affiliated institutions.
• Non-governmental organisations with a research or knowledge translation mandate.

Individuals working with municipal, provincial, and/or territorial governments are also eligible where the research proposed is not already funded by that Government of Canada sector. 

Eligible experimental approaches and disciplines

Projects involving pre-clinical studies or clinical trial pilots are eligible under this Funding Opportunity. 

Eligibility criteria for the Principal Investigator

Individuals in the Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) role must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term. Note that CIHR is not prescriptive regarding the duration of time that a NPA must physically reside in Canada, as this falls under the purview of applicable policies of the administering institution, employment terms and conditions, and or collective agreements Appointments and/or positions that can be renewed prior to the end of the requested grant term are eligible at the discretion of the administering institution. 

Projects receiving a CIHR grant must comply fully with the CIHR Funding Policies. Policies and guidelines cover areas such as Applicant Responsibilities, Official Languages policy, Access to Information and Privacy Acts. For more information, please refer to:

• Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2) and
• Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research.

Eligible costs

Applicants should review the Use of Grant Funds Section of the Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) Guide on Financial Administration for a complete listing and description of allowable costs and activities.  

• Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) Guide on Financial Administration

Submission of the proposal at the national level

Canadian applicants will need to submit both the pre and full proposals through ResearchNet in addition to submitting to the Joint Call Secretariat. 

Further guidance

Applications submitted to CIHR require applicant consent and institutional approval (if applicable) to the use and disclosure of full application and nominative information for relevance review and funding decisions at the time of application.   

• The applicant will be required to submit all reporting requirements to CIHR in addition to the JCS.
• The Nominated Principal Applicant will be required to submit an Electronic Final Report to CIHR. This online report will be made available to the Nominated Principal Applicant on ResearchNet at the beginning of the grant funding period and can be filled in as the research progresses.
• All reports may be shared with partners supporting the grant.
• The Nominated Principal Applicant 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 have submitted a Certificate of Completion (see How to Apply section). Select and complete the training module most applicable to your research project. Applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section on the CIHR website.   
  • Online sex- and gender-based analysis training
  • How to integrate sex and gender in research (cihr-irsc.gc.ca)

CIHR is committed to promoting the inclusion and advancement of groups underrepresented in science as one of the means to enhance excellence in research, training and knowledge translation. CIHR’s position on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is available in the Tri Agency Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Additional guidance can be found on the Best practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research webpage.   

It is noted that CIHR does not retain or claim any rights to IP in relation to research that if funds. Accordingly, the Canadian researchers retain full freedom in negotiating the Partner Consortium Agreement (PCA) required, including whether or not to accept the IP conditions. The Nominated Principal Applicants do NOT need to send a signed copy of the PCA to CIHR. The proposals will be funded based on the ranking list recommended by the Peer Review Panel and decided by the Call Steering Group. The final funding decision will be made by the national/regional funding organizations and will be subject to budgetary considerations with the goal of optimal usage of the available budget. Approved joint transnational teams may receive an across-the-board cut to the budget, if necessary, to maximize the number of funded opportunities. For full details of CIHR’s requirements, please refer to the Funding Opportunity on ResearchNet.