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Federal Funding Sources

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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are referred to collectively as the Tri-agency. They are the main sources of Canadian Federal research funding.

R+I provides a wide range of services and resources to support applications from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers to Tri-agency funding programs and other special programs designed forÌýinstitutional and strategic initiatives.

CIHR

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°Õ³ó±ðÌýÌý(CIHR)Ìýis the Government of Canada's agency responsible for funding health research in Canada.

NSERC

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°Õ³ó±ðÌýÌý(NSERC) is the Canadian federal funding agency that promotes and supports basic university research and partnered-project research in the natural sciences and engineering.

SSHRC

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°Õ³ó±ðÌýÌý(SSHRC) is the Canadian federal agency that promotes and supports university-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

Special Programs

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The Tri-agency offers special programs that are administered by the SSHRC on behalf of the three federal research funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC. °Õ³ó±ðÌýÌý(CRCC) provides strategic oversight for those programs and approves awards. The Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) provides administration.

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