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Health committee The open team grants could cover almost any type of research. It's an open competition, so it could be in any area you can think of--cardiovascular or genetics or cancer or whatever. But those areas could still be covered by our strategic team grant program, so it doesn't mean th
May 12th, 2009Committee meeting
Karl Tibelius
Health committee Yes, exactly. It's a group of researchers, often from different areas. It's interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary researchers coming together to work on a single project.
May 12th, 2009Committee meeting
Karl Tibelius
Health committee That's right. So now our institutes decide what the priorities should be for research, and they fund team grants in those areas.
May 12th, 2009Committee meeting
Karl Tibelius
Health committee The teams that would have been funded under the open grants program could still apply for the strategic ones, if they're in the right areas.
May 12th, 2009Committee meeting
Karl Tibelius
Health committee A few of these teams are rolling off their grants each year, so it's not as if it's one mass of 200 researchers all at once. There are just a few each year coming off their grants, and they will probably be able to find opportunities either in the strategic team grants or in what
May 12th, 2009Committee meeting
Karl Tibelius