Grants

Some of the grants currently held by McCaig Institute Member are described below:

Osteoarthritis Team Grant
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)

Bone and joint health conditions are leading global causes of morbidity and disability, costing billions in healthcare expenditure. Recent findings suggest that 40% of people over 70 years of age suffer from Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, of whom, 25% are unable to perform major daily life activities. Currently, there is no simple “cure” for OA and there are no known treatments which can predictably slow its progression.

This exciting new Team will address three Alberta Government Health and research priorities: Health System Sustainability; Health, Genes and Environment; and Health and Injury by linking projects within and across all four pillars of health research, linked to each other and to key partners and stakeholders. It leverages the expertise and resources of carefully selected outstanding project leaders, excellent clinician-scientists and multidisciplinary researchers at different stages of career development within 10 Faculties at both the U of A and U of C; totalling 35 people across over 20 research and clinical disciplines that are required to solve many issues in Osteoarthritis (OA).

Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine Team Grant (RMNI)
Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)

The objective of the CIHR Team Grant program is to strengthen Canadian health research by supporting teams of talented and experienced researchers conducting high-quality research and providing superior research training and mentorship. The program emphasis is on the production of new knowledge, and the translation of research findings into improvements in the health of Canadians and the Canadian health care system. These results will be realized more rapidly and more efficiently through the CIHR Team Grant program than if the components were to be funded as a series of separate operating grants.

CREATE Program
National Sciences and Engineering Research Institute (NSERC)

An innovative grant from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Institute (NSERC) will provide the University of Calgary with $1.6 million over the next six years, providing a platform that could help create the next generation of biomedical engineers.

The funding is being provided under NSERC’s new Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program. The idea behind CREATE is to give science graduates enhanced skills for careers in industry, government or academia.The NSERC CREATE grant for 21st Century Biomedical Engineers will provide the University of Calgary with $150,000 this year and $300,000 over each of the following five years.