Federal spending by Canadian Institutes of Health Research

44,760 records totalling $16,856,641,799.63 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Contracting

$107.3M

across 1,596 contracts over $10k

24.0%

of contract dollars awarded without competition (637 contracts)

79.2%

of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (432 reported)

"Without competition" counts solicitation codes TN (non-competitive) and AC (Advance Contract Award Notice). Non-competitive awards are legal and sometimes required; the rate is context, not a judgment.

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $1,425,650,302 $1,424,372,236 99.9%
2023-2024 $1,376,632,495 $1,348,456,197 98.0%
2022-2023 $1,362,336,995 $1,336,911,908 98.1%
2021-2022 $1,392,863,725 $1,384,299,264 99.4%
2020-2021 $1,619,428,462 $1,503,461,560 92.8%
2019-2020 $1,205,650,152 $1,202,050,854 99.7%
2018-2019 $1,158,962,199 $1,150,927,127 99.3%
2017-2018 $1,098,368,793 $1,097,161,184 99.9%
2016-2017 $1,083,194,536 $1,081,330,344 99.8%
2015-2016 $1,029,250,394 $1,026,378,153 99.7%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

16

of 17 targets met

1

targets not met

0

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets

  • Number of research projects funded jointly by CIHR and (an) international partner(s)

    Target: — · Actual: 46.0

Human Frontier, Science Program $5,205,219.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2024-2025
France

The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) promotes international collaboration in basic research focused on the elucidation of the sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living organisms. HFSP suppor...

Tang, Anthony S $5,199,800.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2019-2020
Canada

The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) is a federal government initiative which funds partnerships between universities, industry, government and not-for-profit organizations to create large-scal...

Yukon University, . $5,162,999.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2020-2021
Canada

SUPPORT Units will develop jurisdictional centres of expertise to enhance patient-oriented research and facilitate studies involving patients and/or patient records. SUPPORT Units are intended to: • I...

University Health Network, . $5,150,583.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2022-2023
Canada

The Institute Support Grant is provided to the host institution at which the Institute’s Scientific Director is affiliated to sustain the Institute’s strategic development or Institute-led initiatives...

Hoffman, Steven J $5,141,667.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Investigator-Initiated Research
FY 2020-2021
Canada

The objective is to facilitate the SDs continued participation as an active researcher.

Joseph, Philip G $5,139,805.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Investigator-Initiated Research
FY 2022-2023
Canada

The Project Grant program is expected to: • Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation proposals at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercia...

Brooks, David $5,081,508.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2016-2017
Canada

Immune Regulation during Chronic Disease

Wang, Yu Tian $5,023,651.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2017-2018
Canada

Regulation of postsynaptic expression and function of ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors

BOYCOTT, Kym M $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

Enhanced CARE for RARE Genetic Diseases in Canada

SAUVAGEAU, Guy $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

Innovative chemogenomic tools to improve outcome in acute myeloid leukemia

COSSETTE, Patrick $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

Personalized medicine in the treatment of epilepsy

SIMARD, Jacques R $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

Personalised Risk Stratification for Prevention and Early Detection of Breast Cancer

SCHERER, Stephen W $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: GENOME to OUTCOMES

CONNORS, Joseph $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

Personalized Treatment of Lymphoid Cancer: British Columbia as Model Province

Yeung, Rae S $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2016-2017
Canada

UCAN CAN-DU: Canada-Netherlands Personalized Medicine Network in Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease

McMaster University, . $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2018-2019
Canada

The Institute Support Grant for the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (III), a constituent Institute of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Goodhand, Peter C $5,000,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2025-2026
Canada

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to: • Advance research to support more accurate data interpretation, diagnosis, and innovative solutions across healthcare through global coope...

PERREAULT, Claude $4,999,540.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy

ROUSSEAU, François $4,998,904.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

PEGASUS: PErsonalized Genomics for prenatal Aneuploidy Screening USing maternal blood

Tricco, Andrea C $4,996,890.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2017-2018
Canada

The Reach Network

Jutras-Aswad, Didier $4,986,431.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2022-2023
Canada

The specific objective of this funding opportunity are to: - provide the base/infrastructure funding to the CRISM Phase II Regional Nodes that will allow research teams to organize and collaborat...

RIOUX, John D $4,983,126.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2013-2014
Canada

IBD Genomic Medicine Consortium (iGenoMed): translating genetic discoveries into a personalized approach to treating the inflammatory bowel diseases

Rouleau, Guy A $4,959,666.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2015-2016
Canada

Genetic & Biological Studies of Brain Disorders

Kay, Lewis E $4,952,455.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
FY 2017-2018
Canada

Functional Protein Dynamics in Health and Disease

Ma, David W $4,950,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Research in Priority Areas
FY 2021-2022
Canada

The goal of this funding opportunity is to deliver a national training initiative focused on building capacity among Canadian researchers to engage in high quality, impactful research on how to design...