Funding

The funding for KT Canada includes $9.8M for research projects from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and $2.4M for infrastructure from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), awarded through the highly competitive peer-reviewed Research Hospital Fund / Clinical Research Initiative. In June 2009, KT Canada was also awarded a Strategic Training in Health Research (STIHR) grant form CIHR, enabling the research network to develop and implement an innovative training program for various stakeholders. The funding will support projects and training opportunities, involving more than 50 researchers, in six centres in Ontario, Québec and Alberta, including Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, McMaster University, the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at the St Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, the University of Calgary, University of Alberta, and Université Laval.