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$2,600,000

Federal Grant to University of Alberta

Pre-Election Grant
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Pre-Election Timing

This grant was awarded in the lead-up to a federal election. See the full pre-election analysis →

Agreement #
AAFC-2019-13973
Program
Project Grant Program
Amount
$2,600,000(15.6x dept. average)
Date
2019-04-10
Location
Edmonton
Province/Territory
AB
Description
Health research funding for diabetes prevention studies, mental health intervention trials, and Indigenous health outcomes research.

What this means

  • This grant is 15.6x the average grant from Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
  • This grant was awarded 6 months before the 2019 federal election.

On 2019-04-10, the Government of Canada awarded a grant of $2,600,000 to University of Alberta through Canadian Institutes of Health Research under the Project Grant Program program. The funds were directed to Edmonton, AB, in the federal riding of Edmonton Centre, which is represented by Randy Boissonnault (Liberal). Canadian Institutes of Health Research has disbursed $1.2B across 7,200 grants since 2018.