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Table 6: Up-Front Multi-Year Funding
Name of Recipient: The Gairdner Foundation
Start Date: March 28, 2008
End Date: March 31, 2028
Total Funding: $20,000,000
Description: CIHR provided the Gairdner Foundation with a $20M grant in the form of an endowment to promote exceptional achievement in health research. In recognition of the significant endowment from the Government of Canada, the Gairdner Foundation renamed its awards as the "Canada Gairdner International Awards", helping to brand Canada internationally as a global leader in health research.
Strategic Outcome(s): 2.0 People and Research Capacity
Summary of Results Achieved by the Recipient: The first six Canada Gairdner International Awards (valued at $100,000 each) and the first ever Canada Gairdner Global Health Award (valued at $100,000) were issued to outstanding health researchers during the 2008-09 fiscal year.
| Actual Spending 2006-07 |
Actual Spending 2007-08 |
Planned Spending 2008-09 |
Total Authorities 2008-09 |
Actual Spending 2008-09 |
Variance(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ - | $ 20.0 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - |
Comments on Variance(s): N/A
Significant Evaluation findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan:
N/A
Significant Audit findings by the recipient during the reporting year and future plan:
N/A
URL to Recipient's Site: http://www.gairdner.org/