The following may apply: medical, dental, nursing, allied health, and/or pharmacy professional schools; healthcare institutions (both large and small); professional associations and medical societies; medical education companies; and other entities with a mission related to healthcare professional education and/or healthcare improvement.

For an application to be eligible:

1. For administrative purposes only, the Nominated Principal Applicant must be the Canadian investigator co-leading the team.
   • Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be an independent researcher appointed at an eligible institution (see the CIHR Application Administration Guide – Part 4).
2. A maximum of one Principal Applicant must be the Israeli investigator co-leading the team.
3. A maximum of one Principal Applicant must be the LMIC investigator co-leading the team.
4. For the Canadian arm of the team, applications involving First Nations, Inuit, Métis and/or Urban Indigenous populations must include at least one participant who self-identifies as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis and/or who can demonstrate their experience of meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples in an Indigenous Health Research environment on the research team. At least one participant meeting this criteria must submit an "Other" attachment describing their experience working in an Indigenous Health Research environment.
   • If relevant, the LMIC investigator co-leading the team is invited to reflect on how their research application could involve Indigenous populations related to their specific context. 
5. In your knowledge mobilization plan, as a minimum eligibility requirement, all proposals must support at least one of the following activities aimed at supporting capacity and scientific relationships:
   • significant training opportunities such as scientific workshops, graduate training in low- and middle-income countries, Canada and Israel or summer schools benefiting researchers/trainees in eligible low and middle income countries; and/or
   • inclusion of trainees from low and middle income countries, Canada and Israel in carrying out the research.

Notes:

• Each Canadian, Israeli, and LMIC investigator co-leading a team can only submit and/or participate in ONE application in the competition.
• Canadian, Israeli, and LMIC investigators co-leading a team are not eligible to hold a grant under this competition if they hold an active grant from Phase I of the JCIHRP at the funding start date for this funding opportunity.
• The Canadian, Israeli, and LMIC investigators co-leading a team are strongly encouraged to complete one of the sex- and gender-based analysis training modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a certificate of completion. Applicants should select and complete the training module most applicable to their research project. Applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section of the CIHR website.

Applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria outlined above will be withdrawn from the competition.

For more information, please contact Jill Sherman, intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

Eligible Projects 

• Minimum one applicant and a partner (an applicant is an SME defined as having fewer than 500 full-time employees) with a minimum 2:1 contribution match by applicants and/or private sector partners 
• Applicants and partners are required to have operations in Ontario and carry out their projects in the province 
• Projects last up to 24 months in duration 
• Funded projects will focus on technologies in vehicles or those in transportation systems and infrastructure related R&D outside vehicles. 
• This program is not intended to prove feasibility or for basic technology research. Projects should be at Technology Readiness Level 3-9. 
• Typical project activities include technology development, demonstration, product/service validation, testing and proof of concept 

 
Eligible partners 

• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 
• National and multinational enterprises (NEs and MNEs) 
• Publicly funded post-secondary academic institutions 
• Municipalities 
• Indigenous communities 
• Not-for-profit organizations 

Projects must be carried out between one SME, the applicant and one partner from the Participants list. Additional partners can also join the project.  Publicly funded post-secondary institutions cannot act as Applicants. There is no limit on the number of partners. Partnerships should represent significant potential commercial opportunities for all industry applicants and partners.