Good afternoon everyone, Welcome to the Spring semester! I know you are just starting to enjoy the sunshine and longer days, but the purpose of this email is to remind you that Fall is around the corner, and the Fall Project Grant Competition will launch on July 3, 2025, and registration is due August 13, 2025. This is only three months away. For the Fall 2024 Project Grant competition, CIHR reported that 258 applications were submitted from Alberta,https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54191.html and 55 were funded. This is a 21.3% success rate (Alberta had the second highest provincial success rate). The median amount awarded in Alberta was $918,000. I would like to beat these 1 in 5 odds this fall. To help you achieve this, ORIS is launching a CIHR Summer Working group. This workgroup will include emails sent twice per month with resources related to a specific topic (all resources will be uploaded to the internal CIHR pagehttps://uleth.sharepoint.com/sites/research-services/SitePages/CIHR-Project-Grant.aspx). Some of the topics/resources I have prepared include: budgeting worksheet, budgeting tips and information, data management information, knowledge mobilization, and sex and gender and CIHR. Beyond emails and resources, peer review and peer engagement have been shown to increase application success. This summer is a great opportunity to meet monthly (or more frequently) before the registration deadline and discuss some of these topics, possibly share a section from your grant and receive and provide feedback. If you are interested in applying to the Project Grant the fall, or just learning more about the process, please complete this short surveyhttps://uleth.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_51GUSqRJTL3IVyS by Monday, May 12. You can also reply to this email to be included in the resource emails. You can also mark your calendars now for a virtual presentation/workshop from Dr. Rob Sutherland on Wednesday, August 6, from 10:00-11:30am. More information and registration will be available closer to the date. Thank you for your time, have a great rest of your week. Nicole van Rootselaar (she/her) Research Facilitator (Health/Medical Sciences) Office of Research & Innovation Sciences B634, University Hall University of Lethbridge 4401 University Drive W Lethbridge, AB T1K 3Y4

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Note that all applications/proposals/notices of intent must be approved by the Office of Research & Innovation Services (ORIS) using the Research Proposal Form (RPF) on the Bridge, https://www.uleth.ca/bridge/twgkwbis.P_WWWLogin and must include a copy of the application. Applicants and co-applicants are strongly advised to allow sufficient lead-time for the proper consideration at each approval level. NOTE: Receipt of the RPF is required prior to eSubmission of any application to a funding agency. It is the faculty member’s responsibility to ensure the ORIS receives a completed RPF well in advance of the agency deadline.

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