Program directory · Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Investigator-Initiated Research
- Department
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Program code
- BUI01 (CIHR)
- Core responsibility
- Funding Health Research and Training
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program provides funding to conduct research in any area related to health aimed at the discovery and application of knowledge. Funding is provided to researchers and academic organizations to conduct research, translate knowledge, and build capacity through research training and salaries. Applicants identify and propose the nature and scope of the research and compete for support by demonstrating excellence and the potential impact the research will have on health systems and/or health outcomes.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investigator-Initiated Research | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $5.77B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 98, against 70 in 2025-26 (+40%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 58% | 2019 | 62% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 58% | 2020 | 69.1% The result reflects a significant progressive trend in CIHR-funded research, which provides evidence of the strength of CIHR’s Gender-Based Analysis Policy. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 58% | 2021 | 72.5% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 58% | 2022 | 77.5% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 58% | 2023 | 83.1% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 58% | 2024 | 89.5% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 58% | 2025 | 89.3% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 87.3% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $719M | $748M |
| 2019-20 | $777M | $782M |
| 2020-21 | $805M | $860M |
| 2021-22 | $823M | $848M |
| 2022-23 | $810M | $820M |
| 2023-24 | $834M | $836M |
| 2024-25 | $850M | $872M |
| 2025-26 | $896M | — |
| 2026-27 | $972M | — |
| 2027-28 | $1.04B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $1.11B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 80 | 72 |
| 2019-20 | 73 | 74 |
| 2020-21 | 86 | 79 |
| 2021-22 | 84 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | 76 | 79 |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 83 |
| 2024-25 | 72 | 73 |
| 2025-26 | 70 | — |
| 2026-27 | 98 | — |
| 2027-28 | 90* | — |
| 2028-29 | 92* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $718,797,273 | $714,513,062 | $723,198,404 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $777,447,958 | $796,485,858 | $817,572,285 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $805,037,635 | $830,692,230 | $821,485,507 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $823,362,283 | $811,192,487 | $786,892,320 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $810,038,747 | $785,652,193 | $784,040,071 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $833,594,982 | $831,979,898 | $829,209,278 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $850,032,505 | $851,914,960 | $851,771,977 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $895,960,348 | $931,978,121 | $992,066,225 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $972,436,562 | $1,037,777,407 | $1,110,582,338 | ||||||||
| Actual | $748,228,983 | $781,767,803 | $859,661,437 | $848,077,595 | $819,850,502 | $835,777,601 | $871,678,227 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
