Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA): The NPA will be responsible for coordinating the financial and administrative aspects of the grant/award, as well as leading the intellectual direction of the proposed activities. The NPA must meet all eligibility criteria for this grant/award.
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): Co-PIs share responsibility for leading the intellectual direction of the proposed activities.
Co-Applicant: Co-applicants are expected to actively participate in the proposed research activities but are not expected to direct them.
Collaborator: Collaborators are individuals whose role is to provide a specific service in the proposed research activities. This might include statistical analysis, access to a patient population, training in a specialized technique, access to equipment, provision of specific reagents etc.
Emerging Scholar Research Award (ESRA): The Emerging Scholar Research Award aims to increase the capacity and quality of research on lung disease in Canada by providing early career investigators with the support needed to carry out independent research. By purposefully dedicating funding to support early career scientists, LHF hopes to foster the next generation of lung health researchers. This funding will allow scientists early in their career to establish their programs of research, building the foundation to apply to larger grants. The award is intended as a research grant to complete a proposed research project in one of LHF’s topical areas of focus
Career Establishment Research Award (CERA): Career Establishment Research Award aims to increase the capacity and quality of research on lung disease in Canada by providing mid-career investigators with the support needed to carry out independent research. By purposefully dedicating funding to support mid-career scientists, LHF hopes to support researchers in leading innovative and impactful lung health research, and expand their research program with the goal of attracting large scale external research funding, particularly funding from the Tri-Agencies. The award is intended as a research grant to support a proposed research project for independent mid-career investigators who are working to lead important scientific studies while developing leadership in lung health, and are supporting the growth of next generation of scientists.
Early Career Investigator: Investigators who are within five (5) years (i.e., up to 60 months) from the date of their first independent research appointment excluding leaves of absence for maternity, parental, medical, family medical, or bereavement purposes at the time of application deadline.
Mid-Career Investigator: Investigators who are six years to fifteen (6-15) years (i.e., between 61 through 180 months) from the date of their first academic appointment excluding leaves of absence for maternity, parental, medical, family medical, or bereavement purposes at the time of application deadline.
Independent Researcher: An independent researcher is an individual who:
- Holds an academic or research position that commences by the full application deadline
- Engages in research related activities that are not under the direction of another individual
- Is able to supervise or co-supervise undergraduate or graduate students or postdoctoral fellows (if applicable, depending on their institution’s policy) and publish the research results.
- Must be eligible to hold funds as a Principal Investigator (PI) at their appointed institution or organization.
Biomedical Research: Research focused on understanding how every part of the human body works by studying these workings at the molecular, cellular, organ system, and whole-body levels. Typically, these would fall within CIHR Pillar 1.
Patient, Health Systems and Population Research: These include research projects focused on clinical research, health services research, social, cultural, environmental, and population health research, and other applied research projects that would typically fall within CIHR Pillars 2, 3, and 4.