CIHR hikes grants to young researchers

Paul Webster

doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5277

Submit a Response to This Article

Compose Response

Title *

References

Author Information

Contributors

First Name and Middle Initial *

First or given name, e.g. 'Peter'.

Last Name *

Your last, or family, name, e.g. 'MacMoody'.

Degrees

Email Address *

Your email address, e.g. higgs-boson@gmail.com

Occupation *

Your role and/or occupation, e.g. 'Orthopedic Surgeon'. Minimum 7 characters.

Affiliation *

Your organization or institution (if applicable), e.g. 'Royal Free Hospital'. Minimum 12 characters.

Address

Your organization, institution's or residential address.

Statement of Competing Interests

Competing interests? *

Yes

Please describe the competing interests

Vertical Tabs

Jump to comment:

Correction
CMAJ Editor

Posted on: 29 June 2016

Posted on: (29 June 2016)
Page navigation anchor for Correction
Correction
CMAJ Editor
Correction
CMAJ would like to correct and clarify aspects of the article, "CIHR hikes grants to young researchers" by Paul Webster, published online May 16, 2016 and in print June 14, 2016.
Paragraph 3 states: The CIHR rejects both ideas, said Peggy Borbey, director general of CIHR's Investigator-Initiated Research Branch. In fact, the journalist was paraphrasing Mr. Michel Perron, CIHR Vice- President...
Show More

Correction
CMAJ would like to correct and clarify aspects of the article, "CIHR hikes grants to young researchers" by Paul Webster, published online May 16, 2016 and in print June 14, 2016.
Paragraph 3 states: The CIHR rejects both ideas, said Peggy Borbey, director general of CIHR's Investigator-Initiated Research Branch. In fact, the journalist was paraphrasing Mr. Michel Perron, CIHR Vice- President External Affairs and Business Development. Regarding the call for a national summit, CIHR President Dr. Alain Beaudet is on the record as stating that CIHR would be "pleased to participate in such an event as appropriate." On the matter of the call for an independent, international review, Mr. Perron said there is not yet enough evidence after only one round of grants for such a review, and that these reviews are routinely done by CIHR every five years (next one in 2019/20). However, Dr. Beaudet recently announced that an international, external review of the peer review process is being fast-tracked to late 2017.
Paragraph 5 states: "We received a troubling signal about the future of research and we want to address it," Borbey added. In fact, Mr. Perron made the statement, not Ms. Borbey. It was also a paraphrase, rather than a direct quote.
The second part of this quote states: "We now expect that ECIs will do very well in the next round." It is attributed to Ms. Borbey, which is correct, but is in fact a paraphrase, not a direct quote.
CMAJ sincerely apologizes for these errors.
Conflict of Interest:
None declared
Show Less

Competing Interests: None declared.