The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (IIPH), and partners have committed approximately $5M over one year to jointly fund up to 25 Proof-of-Concept Grants focused on interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention.
The intent of this Phase 1: CCS/CIHR Action Grants program is to motivate Canadians to take “action” to avoid known modifiable risk factors for cancer and to encourage the research and end-user communities to take “action” towards harnessing new ideas, platforms and technologies from within and outside the cancer field to test out bold, novel interventions with the potential to prevent cancer.
The goal is to stimulate the necessary multidisciplinary and multi-sector collaborations needed to test the feasibility of small-scale interventions, applying creative concepts with scalable and/or modifiable potential. The focus is strictly on interventions in primary cancer prevention, i.e. stopping cancer before it starts. Proposals related to secondary/tertiary prevention will not be considered.
Important dates:
· Registration due date: June 23, 2021
· Full application due date: September 10, 2021
· Anticipated funding start date: January 15, 2022
More information on this funding opportunity can be found here.
UPEI Application Process:
Registration Stage
Applicants are not required to submit their registration to Research Services in advance for review and signature.
Note: A relevance review of the abstract registrations will be conducted by all participating partners to ensure alignment with the program description and scientific focus. Abstracts deemed relevant to the competition will be invited to submit a full application.
Applicants are requested to notify Research Services if invited to submit a full application.
Full Application Stage - Invited Applicants
The application must be submitted for UPEI approval using the
Researcher Portal and selecting the "Research Funding Administrative Approvals Form for GRANT Applications (rev Dec 2020)". Instructions for using the Researcher Portal can be found
here. Applicants are requested to submit by September 3, 2021, ensuring that the application is received by Research Services by
September 7, 2021.
