Congratulations to the CHRIM investigators and their teams, who were awarded nearly $4 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2025 Competition!
Project Grants

Robert Beattie, PhD
University of Manitoba, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Principles of mTORC1 regulation of cortical development and neuronal survival in neurodevelopment
Funding amount: $1,044,225
Term: 5 years


Elizabeth Sellers, MD, MSc
University of Manitoba, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
Brandy Wicklow, MD, MSc, FRCPC
University of Manitoba, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
Funding amount: $1,484,100
Term: 5 years

Shyamala Dakshinamurti, MD, MSc
University of Manitoba, Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health
Regulation of Pulmonary Arterial Relaxation by Nitrosylation in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension
Funding amount: $994,500
Term: 5 years
Priority Project Grants

Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD
University of Manitoba, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Funding amount: $100,000
Term: 1 year

Roberta Woodgate, PhD
University of Manitoba, Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing
Funding amount: $157,000
Term: 1 year
Congratulations to all CHRIM members who received funding as principal investigators as well as those who received funding as co-investigators on a variety of projects!