The funding is very tight right now. New investigators are having a hard time getting funding. Established investigators are losing their funding. On the proportion of grants, I think the last CIHR competition...that was funded was 18%, and it's expected to become even smaller.
You know, this is an incredibly important area for Canada, and there's a very essential role for the federal government to support research that's basic, that's translational and clinical. Without the CIHR we cannot do this work.