Eligible Applicants

Eligible Host Institutions

PMRF funding will be awarded to Host Institutions. Eligible Host Institutions are Ontario universities, hospitals, research institutes, colleges, or other Ontario-based not-for-profit institutions. Such Eligible Host Institutions must be legal entities that will be accountable for both the performance of the approved Project or Activity and the appropriate expenditure of funds, and assume the obligations outlined in the PMRF Policies. OICR will not make an award to an institution that does not have a substantive role in the Project (see PMRF Policies) as proposed in the application and would only serve as a conduit for another entity.

For multi-institutional applications, one Host Institution must be named as “Lead Institution” that will be responsible for the overall administration and oversight of the Project and assume the requisite legal obligations.

Eligible Co-applicant Institutions

Eligible Co-applicant Institutions include universities, hospitals, research institutes, colleges, or other not-for-profit institutions. For-profit organizations are not eligible to be Host Institutions but may be included in multi-institutional applications as Co-applicant institutions if they provide cash/in-kind support. Co-applicant Institutions are not required to be located in Ontario.

Eligible Principal Investigators

Principal Investigators (PIs) applying for a grant from the PMRF must hold an academic or research appointment at an Eligible Host Institution and meet the minimum qualifications of the Eligible Host Institution to receive external independent research funding. The PI will take overall responsibility for the scientific conduct of the Project, including any portions of the project conducted at Co-applicant Institutions.

Eligible Co-applicant Investigators

Co-applicant Investigators (or Co-applicants) must be affiliated with an eligible Host or Co-applicant Institution as defined above. They are not required to be located in Ontario.

Eligibility of OICR-affiliated Investigators

OICR Program and Platform Directors are not eligible to be PIs on PMRF applications, but may apply as Co-applicant Investigators provided there is no scientific, budgetary, or effort overlap between their Program/Platform and the PMRF proposal.

OICR PIs who are OICR employees are not eligible to be PIs on PMRF applications, but may apply as Co-applicant Investigators provided there is no scientific, budgetary, or effort overlap between their Program/Platform and the PMRF proposal.

OICR Program and Platform PIs, who are not OICR employees, are eligible to apply for PMRF grants as PIs or Co-applicant Investigators for the PMRF provided there is no scientific, budgetary, or effort overlap between the Program/Platform and this PMRF proposal.

All OICR Program and Platform Investigators applying for PMRF funding must include Program/Platform scientific abstracts and budgets as attachments to their PMRF applications to demonstrate that there is no scientific or budgetary overlap between their Cancer Research Program activities and their PMRF proposal.

Funding from Tobacco Industry

OICR will not make an award if a PI, Co-applicant Investigator or any other individual/collaborator on a proposal is receiving support/funding from the tobacco industry. Host Institutions, Co-applicant Institutions, PIs and Co-applicant Investigators are responsible for ensuring compliance with this requirement. To read OICR’s full tobacco policy click here.