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CIHR Sep. 2008 Operating Grant Competition

Published: 14 August 2008
CIHR September 2008 Operating Grant Competition Research Grants Office McGill University Deadlines

Registration: August 15, 2008 (23:59 EST via ResearchNet).  

Institutional approval (signature) is not required for registration.

Full Application: September 15, 2008 (5:00 pm EST via ResearchNet submitted to CIHR through the Research Grants Office).

**Please see attached announcement from CIHR**

Original signature pages must be submitted as follows: Faculty of Medicine: Associate Dean (Research) Office, McIntyre Medical Building, room 637  For all other faculties: Research Grants Office, James Administration Building, room 429

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

McGill and its affiliated research institutes (Douglas Hospital, Jewish General Hospital/Lady Davis Institute, and the Research Institute of the MUHC) are participating in a CIHR pilot project to implement an Electronic Approval Process using the ResearchNet system.  When you click on the submit button, your grant will be sent to RGO or an affiliated research institute office for approval and submission to CIHR.   

For more information about ResearchNet see: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/28832.html.

Anyone can register on ResearchNet after providing some basic profile information including their email address and a secure password. Simply go to the web site: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/.       
 
 

RGO procedure for submission using Electronic Approval via ResearchNet:
  • The Principal Investigator registers by August 15, 2008 online using ResearchNet (choosing carefully which “Institution Paid” will administer the funds – McGill University (RGO); Research Institute of the MUHC; Douglas Hospital Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital (LDI).
  • The final deadline to electronically submit the grant application to RGO for submission to CIHR is 5:00 pm EST on Monday, September 15, 2008. Important: After this time, you will no longer be able to submit the grant. 
  • Researchers may request a full budgetary and administrative review when they submit the application to RGO on or before 12 noon on Monday, September 8, 2007. The grant will be returned to the PI within 2-3 business days with comments, after which the PI must again click the submit button by the final 5:00 pm EST September 15 deadline (Note: Grants that are submitted on the day of the deadline – Monday, September 15, 2008 – will not be reviewed by RGO and will be submitted to CIHR as they are received).
  • Signature pages are not sent to CIHR, but kept on file at RGO. Signature pages must be received by the Associate Dean (Research) Office in the Faculty of Medicine or by RGO for all other faculties before RGO will submit a grant to CIHR.
  • RGO also requests that PIs complete and duly sign the RGO Checklist: www.mcgill.ca/rgo/checklists/.

For more information, please contact the Research Grants Office: 

Karen Eck

Grants Officer

karen.eck [at] mcgill.ca ()

514-398-8915 


Vera Milbradt                                                                

Grants Administrator                                              

vera.milbradt [at] mcgill.ca ()                                        

514-398-3790                                                              


Leisa Smith

Grants Coordinator

leisa.smith [at] mcgill.ca ()

514-398-3178

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