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Team Grant: Improving Diagnosis for Rare Disease Patients

  1. Participant Identification: List participants in "Identify Participants." Ensure eligibility compliance. Include participants in Participant Table under "Attach Other Application Materials."
  2. Submit CVs: All participants must submit CVs (excluding collaborators). Canadian academics: CIHR Biosketch CV. Knowledge users, non-academics, Indigenous orgs, international: CIHR Biosketch or Applicant Profile CV (max 3 pages). Patient/caregiver/family members: Include relevant lived experiences.
  3. Proposal Info: Research Proposal must cover evaluation criteria. French proposals have additional page allowance. Attach references, charts, tables, figures, photos under "Attachments - Research Proposal Appendix."
  4. Complete Summary: Describe proposal alignment with funding opportunity's purpose and objectives within 1 page.
  5. Enter Budget Info: Complete Budget Module as per Team Grants Guidelines. Provide detailed budget justification, including cash contributions and release time allowance; Attach Other App Materials:Certificate of Completion of Sex and Gender Based Analysis training module; Indigenous self-declaration and/or evidence of involvement with Indigenous Peoples statement (if applicable); Applicant Partner COI Document (if applicable); Participant Table (mandatory) - Upload under "Participant Table."
  6. Identify Application Partners — Upload Partner Info (if applicable): Submit Partnership Details form and Partner Letter for each contributing partner.
  7. Complete Peer Review Admin Info (optional): List potential reviewers with relevant expertise.
  8. Manage Access (optional): NPA can delegate access to support application. Access doesn't carry over stages.
  9. Print Signature Pages: Signatures required for all but Collaborators and Institution Paid. Scanned signed pages and Routing Slip uploaded prior to submission.

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