Funding for New and Experienced Investigators

OHTN Applied HIV Research Chair

To support experienced HIV-researchers and their research programs to have a measurable impact in the short to medium term (2-5 years) on the one or more of the populations most affected by HIV in Ontario.

• Grant Guidelines (pdf)

New Investigator Award

CIHR and the OHTN are collaborating to offer New Investigator Awards as part of the Fall 2011 Priority Announcements managed by CIHR. This initiative will provide new investigators with $60,000 a year for up to five years.

• Grant Summary (html)

Researcher-in-Residence (Academic Stream)

To support academic researchers from outside of Ontario to bring expertise to Ontario, to:

• Teach and mentor other researchers and trainees in their field of expertise
• Engage in intellectual exchange, including knowledge translation and exchange activities with the OHTN and others to take advantage of the presence of a leading HIV researcher

• Grant Summary (pdf)

Researcher-in-Residence (Community Stream)

To support HIV researchers (from within or outside of Ontario) to provide support to an ASO or healthcare locale to utilize research evidence to develop and adapt programs and services to meet the needs of one or more of the populations in Ontario most affected by HIV in the short to medium term (2-5 years), and, conversely, to inform researchers of persistent research gaps (in these populations) that must be addressed.

• Grant Summary (pdf)

Research Operating Grant

For Ontario-based research centres to conduct research that: a) is relevant to one or more of the populations most affected by HIV in Ontario (people living with HIV, gay men and other men who have sex with men, African, Caribbean and Black men and women, Aboriginal men and women, men and women who use drugs, and women who have unprotected sex or share drug equipment with people from these populations); b) has the potential to have a measurable impact in the short to medium term (i.e., in the next 2 to 5 years); and c) is scientifically rigorous.

• Grant Guidelines (pdf)

Board Directed Funds

For OHTN stakeholders wanting to address an emerging issue in HIV research.

• Grant Guidelines (pdf)
• Grant Suummary (html)