Grant
New Initiatives of the CRIPA
Competitions
NB : the principal applicant must be affiliated with a Quebec university and all members of CRIPA (co-researchers and collaborators) can participate in the team.
FOCUS 1 AND FOCUS 2 ― OPEN TOPIC
New Initiative Open Topic of the CRIPA
Focus 1 | Basic research or Focus 2 | Applied research
Deadline for submission is Novembre 1, 2026.
Duration 12 months, non-renewable, report required 18 months after the first payment.
Budget: Please note the requirements on the use of these funds in the form.
FOCUS 3 ― PARTNERSHIPS
1. New Initiative IRSST-CRIPA
Theme 1: Prevention and control of infectious diseases at the animal-worker interface
Theme 2: Impact of sustainable production on worker health and safety
Deadline for submission depending on calls.
Duration 12 months, non-renewable, report required 18 months after the first payment.
Budget: Please note the requirements on the use of these funds in the form.
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2. New Initiative FPOQ - CRIPA (eggs producers of Québec)
Theme 1: Avian Influenza
Theme 2: Mycoplasma Synoviae
Theme 3: Pathogens present in the environment of layers, especially in free-range facilities
Theme 4: Importance of washing and disinfection to reduce the risk of disease spreading to the replacement herd
Deadline for submisson depending on calls.
Duration 12 months, non renewable, report required 18 months after the first payment.
Budget: Please note the requirements on the use of these funds in the form.
2.b CRIPAvantage
Deadline for LOI January 24, 2026.
Other theme depending on call.
Form see application sent by email.
3. New Initiative CHEP-CRIPA
Theme 1: Study and control of ammonia
Theme 2: Salmonella Enteritidis on the farm
Deadline for submission depending on calls.
Duration 12 months, non-renewable, report required 18 months after the first payment.
Budget: Please note the requirements on the use of these funds in the form.
4. New Initiative EPQ - CRIPA
Theme: Guide on research priorities in the swine sector - Horizon 2024
Deadline for submission is January 31 of each year.
Duration 12 months, non-renewable, report required 18 months after the first payment.
Budget: Please note the requirements on the use of these funds in the form.
5. New Initiative CFC - CRIPA
Theme depending on call
Deadline March 24, 2026
Duration 12 months, non-renewable, report required 18 months after the first payment.
AIMS OF THE PROGRAM
To build up the research program structure by facilitating multidisciplinary collaborations among the various laboratories associated with the Centre.
To initiate projects with ''high scientific risk'', involving innovative research, implementing novel concepts and testing novel hypotheses, likely to generate preliminary results and which will provide bases for submitting joint grant applications of the ''team research project'' type to the FRQ.
FRQ Policy on Open Access
New initiative's funding holders make any peer-reviewed publication that presents the results of their research available in open access no later than 12 months after it is published. (in accordance with the FRQ policy)
WINNERS - ARCHIVES
CONDITIONS FOR AWARDING OF GRANTS
Project descriptions
All focuses will be funded, which will have in common the embodiment of a holistic approach to the study of swine and poultry infectious disease.
Focus 1 | Basic research
Focus 2 | Applied research
Focus 3 | Partnership portfolio
Granting
Use of funds: there is a maximum of 18 months to spend the funds, no further delay allowed. Unused funds will be transferred by CRIPA to another researcher. Exception: in the last year, the fund, must be spent in less than one year.
A principal investigator rewarded will be excluded for a period of one year as lead applicant (from the next competition).
Grant NI of the CRIPA includes
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From $20,000 to $25,000 depending on availability of funds;
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Cover uninterrupted 12 months period;
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No renewal;
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Privileged access to Centre infrastructures.
Liability of the awardees
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A report detailing the project findings shall be due 18 months from the date on which the grant is awarded;
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Support granted by the CRIPA-FRQ must be cited in the ''acknowledgements'' section of any publication, conference, poster, etc. of findings of work benefiting from this funding;
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12 months after publication, the article must be available in open access.
Last awardees
Titre du projet | Volet | Investigation principale et coinvestigation (université) | Période de validité |
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Surveillance de Legionella et de mycobactéries non-tuberculeuses dans les fermes aviaires et porcines pour renforcer la sécurité des travailleurs agricoles | IRSST-CRIPAvantage | Sébastien Faucher (U. McGill), Steve Charette (ULaval) Caroline Duchaine (ULaval) | 2026 to 2028 |
Evaluating whole-grain pecking blocks as enrichment for broilers under gut health challenge | PPC-CRIPA | Reza Akbari M Kakhki (UdeM); Stepahnie Torrey (Trouw Nutrition); Marie-Pierre Létourneau-Montminy (ULaval); Alexandre Thibodeau (UdeM) | 2026 to 2027 |
Longitudinal population genomics of Streptococcus suis in Argentine swine | Internationnal collaboration
CRIPA PROPULSION | Nahuel Fittipaldi (UdeM); Anthony Vincent (U. Laval), Marcelo Gottschalk (UdeM); Andrea Mareil Sanso & Ana Victoria Bustamante (CIVETAN, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires); Mόnica Prieto (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas); Fabrisio Alustiza (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, INTA) | 2026 to 2027 |
Mieux connaître le microbiote de la litière des reproducteurs pour l’application de stratégies de contrôle permettant de réduire les émissions d’ammoniac et de méthane | CHEP/POIC-CRIPAvantage | Alexandre Thibodeau (UdeM) | 2026 to 2028 |