Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

The IPPH is offering travel awards to Starting Investigators who wish to attend a 3-day workshop hosted by IPPH. The workshop is being held in Ottawa from June 9-11, 2019. The objectives of the workshop are to provide participants an opportunity to: 1. Network with peers, government and senior researchers; 2. Learn about the peer review process; 3. Gain familiarity with CIHR and CIHR funding mechanisms. I have applied to the CIHR project competition multiple times without success. My research area is the One Health epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). I am working on collaborative projects with the Public Health Agency of Canada - Canadian Integrated Program for AMR Surveillance (CIPARS) to develop an Integrated Assessment Model for AMR. This model estimates the transmission of AMR to humans from animals through the food chain. Given this combination of animal and human work, my research topics often sit on a fence between different tri-agency competitions. This workshop will be tremendously helpful for me to learn about the different CIHR funding opportunities for One Health AMR research. I will learn how to craft the human-focused aspects of my research to make them more appealing and have a higher chance of success at receiving CIHR funding. The networking component of the workshop will provide the opportunity for me to discuss my research ideas with senior colleagues who can provide guidance in the CIHR environment.