Funding Analytics

CIHR in Numbers
These graphs provide a breakdown of CIHR's investments since 2000–01.

2025

Project Grant Program: Results
Results from the Project Grant competition are posted once applicants have been notified at the end of the peer review process.

2025

Removing barriers to funding for racialized people and persons with a disability
CIHR has been working to identify and address potential inequities in its funding system as part of our commitment to achieving a more equitable, diverse and inclusive Canadian health research enterprise.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in CIHR Funding Programs - 2018 and 2019 Spring and Fall Project Grant Competitions
In May 2018, CIHR launched a Tri-Agency self-identification Equity and Diversity Questionnaire for applicants to all funding competitions. We are pleased to share an overview of self-identification data for the 2018 and 2019 Spring and Fall Project Grant competitions.

CIHR COVID-19 Investments: By the Numbers
Since the start of the pandemic, CIHR has invested $236.4M in COVID-19 research, to which partner organizations have added $20.2M, for a total investment of $256.6M. These funds have been used to support 556 research grants.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in CIHR Funding Programs - COVID-19 Competitions
In May 2018, CIHR launched a Tri-Agency self-identification Equity and Diversity Questionnaire for applicants to all funding competitions. We are pleased to share summary findings from an analysis of self-identification data across CIHR’s COVID-19 funding competitions launched from February to November 2020.

What you should know about the Fall 2021 Project Grant competition
We stand by our commitment to remove the across-the-board cut as soon as possible. At the same time, we recognize that removing the across-the-board cut has important implications for our competitions, which include most notably the inherent risk of funding fewer grants. The following graph illustrates how eliminating the across-the-board cut may impact the number of grants funded.

Key considerations for sunsetting the Foundation Grant program
CIHR conducted a number of analyses of all completed Foundation Grant competitions, which revealed four main areas of concern: gender, age, institution size, and pillar of research. For comparison, these areas were also examined in the Project Grant program.

Establishing a Threshold for Application Inclusion in PRC Discussions
Analyses were undertaken to identify the threshold that would capture the largest percentage of applications approved following discussion at peer review committee (PRC) meeting, while minimizing the percentage of applications that would not be funded without PRC discussion.

Clarifying the Fall 2017 Project Grant Funding Results
This analysis examines the relationship between application rank within a panel, the percent rank score, and funding cutoffs.