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Program directory · Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Training and Career Support

Program code
BUI02 (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 award funding directly to promising current and next generation researchers to support training or career development. Applicants at different career stages compete through a rigorous process and those with the highest potential for promising research careers are funded.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Training and Career Support 2018-19: $60.1MTraining and Career Support 2019-20: $63.9MTraining and Career Support 2020-21: $70.2MTraining and Career Support 2021-22: $64.7MTraining and Career Support 2022-23: $72.2MTraining and Career Support 2023-24: $76.9MTraining and Career Support 2024-25: $93.6MTraining and Career Support 2025-26: $99.9MTraining and Career Support 2026-27: $137MTraining and Career Support 2027-28: $150MTraining and Career Support 2028-29: $148MTraining and Career Support
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Training and Career SupportThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$501M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2026-27Planned spending $137M, against $99.9M in 2025-26 (+37%).Latest Departmental Plan

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

Percentage of research that addresses sex and/or gender considerations (Training and Career Support)
Expected result: Training and career award recipients contribute to and build on ongoing progress in health research and related areas
65%2018-19✓ met67.9%2019-20✓ met74.9%2020-21✓ met82.2%2021-22✓ met86.2%2022-23✓ met84.9%2023-24✓ met85.4%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 63%201965%Met
2019-20≥ 63%202067.9%
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≥ 63%202174.9%Met
2021-22≥ 63%202282.2%Met
2022-23≥ 63%202386.2%Met
2023-24≥ 63%202484.9%Met
2024-25≥ 63%202585.4%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of research that addresses sex and/or gender considerations (Training and Career Support)
Expected result: Training and career award recipients contribute to and build on ongoing progress in health research and related areas
85.5%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 85.5%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $65.8M2018-19: $60.1M2018-192019-20: $62.3M2019-20: $63.9M2019-202020-21: $65.7M2020-21: $70.2M2020-212021-22: $63.2M2021-22: $64.7M2021-222022-23: $69.3M2022-23: $72.2M2022-232023-24: $73.7M2023-24: $76.9M2023-242024-25: $76.5M2024-25: $93.6M2024-252025-26: $99.9M2025-262026-27: $137M2026-272027-28: $150M2027-282028-29: $148M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$65.8M$60.1M
2019-20$62.3M$63.9M
2020-21$65.7M$70.2M
2021-22$63.2M$64.7M
2022-23$69.3M$72.2M
2023-24$73.7M$76.9M
2024-25$76.5M$93.6M
2025-26$99.9M—
2026-27$137M—
2027-28$150M*—
2028-29$148M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 322018-19: 342018-192019-20: 352019-20: 362019-202020-21: 362020-21: 392020-212021-22: 422021-22: 502021-222022-23: 472022-23: 532022-232023-24: 532023-24: 502023-242024-25: 442024-25: 442024-252025-26: 482025-262026-27: 502026-272027-28: 412027-282028-29: 432028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-193234
2019-203536
2020-213639
2021-224250
2022-234753
2023-245350
2024-254444
2025-2648—
2026-2750—
2027-2841*—
2028-2943*—

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.