Vallières, Luc

Purpose

• The CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (CIHR-III) will fund applications that are determined to be specifically relevant to their mandate with a primary focus on biomedical research in which the objective and aims are directed towards building foundational knowledge in immunology and/or infectious diseases. This priority announcement will prioritize funding for research in the following research areas: o Infection: ¿ Zoonotic or vector-borne transmission of pathogens in the context of Global Climate Change; ¿ Understanding functional genomics and/or molecular epidemiology of emerging/re-emerging pathogens; ¿ Resistance to fungal infections and/or the role of bacteriophages in combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). o Immunity: ¿ Immune mechanisms involved in the development of trained innate immunity; ¿ Immune mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of tissue-specific immunity; ¿ Metabolic regulation of immune cells and processes (immunometabolism). • Should there be no eligible applications relevant to the research areas identified above, III will fund applications that are relevant to its mandate with a primary focus on biomedical research in which the objective and aims are directed towards building foundational knowledge in immunology and/or infectious diseases.