Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada | |
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| Formed | June 7, 2000 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Canada |
| Headquarters | 234 Laurier Ave West Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 Canada 45°25′11.148″N 75°41′46.9422″W / 45.41976333°N 75.696372833°W |
| Employees | 330 (approximately) |
| Annual budget | CA$ 1.3 billion (2023-24; Expenses) |
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| Website | www |
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR; French: Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada; IRSC) is a federal agency responsible for funding health and medical research in Canada. Comprising 13 institutes, it was formed on June 7, 2000 and is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada.
CIHR supports more than 15,000 researchers and trainees through grants, fellowships, scholarships, and other funding, as part of the federal government's investment in health research. Paul C. Hébert is the current President. CIHR's budget for 2023-2024 was CA$1.3 billion and the number of employees (FTE) was 327.
Along with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the CIHR forms the major source of federal government funding to post-secondary research. They are collectively referred to as the "Tri-Council" or "Tri-Agency".