Ontario HIV researchers receive bulk of Canadian HIV funding awards
March 30, 2011– Ontario HIV researchers were awarded more than $2 million in community based research grants and awards recently. The funding is the result of several successful grant and award applications to the 2010 fall Canadian Institutes of Health Research competition.
Specifically, Ontario HIV researchers were awarded:
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$66,000 for two Community Based Research Catalyst Awards
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$105,000 for one Community Based Research Doctoral Award
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$1,799,318 for five Community Based Research Operating Grants Awards
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$866,000 for the OHTN-REACH new collaborative approach
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More than $200,000 in the Catalyst grant competition for comorbidity funding
"This is truly an impressive amount. We committed to becoming leaders in this area and we are clearly paving the way," says Dr. Sean Rourke, Director of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. The bulk of the funding, awarded for Community Based Research Operating Grants, will support five key Ontario studies.
The bulk of the funding, awarded for Community Based Research Operating Grants, will support five key Ontario studies:
- Taking Action II: Aboriginal leadership in HIV prevention using arts-based methods. Sarah Flicker is the lead principal investigator on this project.
- Learning from the Voices of Youth: A participatory research study exploreing the HIV and HCV prevention needs of youth who smoke crack. Lynne Leonard is the lead principal investigator on this project.
- Facilitators and barriers to engagement in HIV health research: Key communities affected by HIV. Sean B. Rourke is the lead principal investigator on this project.
- Protective Factors Against HIV Risk Behaviour Among Gay and Bisexual Men: A Longitudinal Study. Trevor Hart is the lead principal investigator on this project.
- Community Champion HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project: A community-based intervention study. Alan Li is the lead principal investigator on this project.
In total, Ontario researchers received more than 75 per cent of all funding awarded in the two major Canadian Institutes of Health Research fall 2010 categories that focus on HIV research.