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Article: Members' of Parliament knowledge of and attitudes toward health research and funding
- Article from:
- Canadian Medical Association. Journal
- Article date:
- October 23, 2007
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Abstract
Background: Establishment of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in 2000 resulted in increased funding for health research in Canada. Since 2001, the number of proposals submitted to CIHR that, following peer review, are judged to be of scientific merit to warrant funding, has grown by 77%. But many of these proposals do not receive funding because of budget constraints. Given the role of Members of Parliament in setting government funding priorities, we surveyed Members of Parliament about their knowledge of and attitudes toward health research, health research funding and CIHR.
Methods: All Members of Parliament were invited to participate, or to designate a senior ...