CIHR Grants and Awards: Canadian Health Research Funding Since 2000

Canadian Institutes of Health Research investments in health research projects funded from the 2000-2001 fiscal year onward. The data is organized into five tabs covering project details, research teams, partners, research categories, and institutions, and is updated quarterly. Files are provided in XLSX format under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze funding allocation trends across fiscal years and quarters based on the project-level data.
• Map collaboration networks among investigators and institutions based on the research team and partner tabs.
• Categorize funded projects by research area based on the new research categories tab.

Strengths

• Data covers fiscal years from 2000-2001 onward, providing a long-term view.
• Structured into five distinct tabs for projects, teams, partners, research areas, and institutions.
• Updated quarterly with cumulative data, increasing timeliness.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Information is provided in the language of submission, which may affect text analysis consistency.

Provenance

Source

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Collection Method

Reported by funded researchers and compiled by CIHR.

Time Range

From fiscal year 2000-2001 onward

Freshness

Updated quarterly; last metadata update was 2026-04-30.

Geography

Canada