Researchers at the University of Ottawa and its affiliate research institutions have received $17,853,758 million in operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
The funding will be distributed among 84 projects at the University and its partner institutions, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the Ottawa Health Research Institute, CHEO, and the University of Ottawa Institute for Mental Health Research.
CIHR operating grants are funding which supports the day-to-day operations of a research laboratory.
In terms of funding awarded, uOttawa received more funding than any other Ontario university with the exception of the University of Toronto.
“The Faculty of Medicine is gratified to see that so many of its talented investigators and scientists are recognized by their peers,” said Peter Walker, dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
