Program directory · Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Research in Priority Areas
- Department
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Program code
- BUI03 (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 for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research in Priority Areas | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $2.81B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $540M, against $323M in 2019-20 (+67%). | Actual spending (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 | ≥ 54% | 2019 | 63% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 54% | 2020 | 64.2% 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 | ≥ 54% | 2021 | 70.4% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 54% | 2022 | 77.9% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 54% | 2023 | 74.9% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 54% | 2024 | 74.9% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 54% | 2025 | 79.3% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 76.4% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $287M | $309M |
| 2019-20 | $299M | $323M |
| 2020-21 | $313M | $540M |
| 2021-22 | $334M | $436M |
| 2022-23 | $328M | $405M |
| 2023-24 | $403M | $389M |
| 2024-25 | $397M | $411M |
| 2025-26 | $333M | — |
| 2026-27 | $331M | — |
| 2027-28 | $299M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $290M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 123 | 123 |
| 2019-20 | 128 | 142 |
| 2020-21 | 135 | 145 |
| 2021-22 | 155 | 154 |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 182 |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 194 |
| 2024-25 | 185 | 181 |
| 2025-26 | 169 | — |
| 2026-27 | 141 | — |
| 2027-28 | 132* | — |
| 2028-29 | 129* | — |
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 | $287,400,909 | $289,906,389 | $280,016,189 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $298,905,701 | $293,280,214 | $290,512,417 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $313,142,972 | $305,680,744 | $278,634,058 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $334,217,687 | $292,570,727 | $275,421,361 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $328,423,836 | $306,141,266 | $284,800,040 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $402,610,462 | $383,796,654 | $305,868,299 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $396,891,643 | $328,785,210 | $320,147,847 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $332,883,346 | $335,856,226 | $305,184,533 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $331,470,666 | $298,637,521 | $289,799,999 | ||||||||
| Actual | $309,278,979 | $322,894,426 | $540,281,993 | $436,030,213 | $404,764,962 | $388,806,156 | $411,387,136 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
