Results of microbiome survey

The story so far

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National strategies

Canadian Microbiome Initiative http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/51498.html
Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2 http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/51499.html
Economic Strategy Tables https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/098.nsf/eng/home

Key food or agricultural strategies

Economic Strategy Tables (agri-food sector) https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/098.nsf/eng/home
"The Barton Report" (Key Sectors) https://www.budget.gc.ca/aceg-ccce/home-accueil-en.html
Food Policy for Canada (Everyone at the table) https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/food-policy.html
Growing Canada's value-added food sector https://sencanada.ca/en/info-page/parl-42-1/agfo-made-in-canada/

  Main national and regional funders that support microbiome activities

  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Canada First Research Excellence Fund
  • Genome Canada
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada

Which programmes are funding microbiome research (between 2013-2027)?

Name of programme  Which funders in your country are involved in the programme?
Canadian Microbiome Initiative CIHR
Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2 CIHR
Genomics R&D Initiative NRC
2015 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology B/CB Genome Canada
2015 Disruptive Innovation in Genomics Competition Genome Canada
2015 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition - Natural Resources and the Environment: Sector Challenges - Genomic Solutions  Genome Canada
2017 Disruptive Innovation in Genomics Competition for Phase 1 Projects Advancing to Phase 2 Genome Canada
2017 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics and Precision Health Genome Canada
2017 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition Genome Canada
2018 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics Solutions for Agriculture, Agri-food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Genome Canada
Genomic Applications Partnership Program Genome Canada

What are major support facilities for microbiome research?

The International Microbiome Centre https://imccalgary.ca/
Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research https://www.lawsonresearch.ca/research-theme/microbiome-and-probiotics
Humans & the Microbiome https://www.cifar.ca/research/programs/humans-the-microbiome
Integrated Microbiome Resource https://imr.bio/
Centre for Microbial Chemical Biology http://iidr.mcmaster.ca/cmcb/
Compute Canada https://bioinformatics.computecanada.ca/
Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding http://ccdb.ca/
Canadian MetaMicroBiome Library http://www.cm2bl.org/

What are the most important platforms for network activities related to microbiome research?

none listed

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