Access to CHILD data has been the basis of many successful grant competitions.
Two successful applications to the CIHR’s Canadian Microbiome Initiative were based on access to CHILD fecal material and clinical data. The Study constitutes a focal point for numerous other studies undertaken by investigators across Canada, including in CIHR Signature Initiatives undertaken by various Institutes. Successes in these highly-competitive research environments illustrate the growing value of the longitudinal clinical and biological data emerging from CHILD.
In addition, international applications based on access to CHILD biological samples and data are in preparation or have recently been submitted to the National Institutes of Health (US) in collaboration with CHILD investigators.
The database below lists grants awarded that leverage data and/or samples from the CHILD Study.
See also Current Projects.
| Investigators | Year | Project | Agency/Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkman, Fiona | 2026 | Global Parents for Eczema Research | $100,000.00 | |
| Turvey, Stuart | 2026 | Wellcome Leap | $566,301.08 | |
| Turvey, Stuart | 2026 |
Mapping the Microbiome: A multi-cohort initiative for validation of early-life biomarkers of life-long health |
Weston | $500,000.00 |
| Dent, Anglin | 2025 | CIHR, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship | $150,000.00 | |
| Turvey, Stuart | 2025 |
Working Together to Improve Child Health Outcomes |
Weston | $500,000.00 |
| Dent, Anglin | 2024 | CIHR | $120,000.00 | |
| Miliku, Kozeta | 2024 | CIHR | $761,175.00 | |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2024 |
Let’s Be Precise: Harnessing the Diversity of the CHILD study to improve asthma outcomes for all |
CIHR | $2,019,588.00 |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2024 |
Development of the normative cohort |
SickKids PCH Collaboration | $201,840.00 |
| Turvey, Stuart | 2024 | CIHR | $100,000.00 | |
| Lu, Zihang; Miliku, Kozeta | 2024 | CIHR | $150,000.00 | |
| Lu, Zihang | 2024 | CIHR | $100,000.00 | |
| Ahmed, Tabina A | 2023 |
Uncovering Preschool Coughing as a Relevant Asthma Trait for Increased Healthcare Burden |
CIHR | $17,500.00 |
| Chu, Derek | 2023 | CIHR | $75,000.00 | |
| Aitken, Madison; Henderson, Jo | 2023 | CIHR | $141,613.00 | |
| Chen, Zheng Hao | 2023 |
Early childhood diet, cardiometabolic health, and puberty development |
CIHR | $105,000.00 |
| Azad, Meghan | 2023 | NIH | $3,510,912.50 | |
| Miliku, Kozeta | 2022 |
Determining the Role of Fathers in the Developmental Origins of Cardiovascular Health |
CIHR | $75,000.00 |
| Reyna-Vargas, Myrtha E | 2022 |
Uncovering Biomarkers to Improve Asthma Treatment in Children: A Precision Medicine Approach |
CIHR | $105,000.00 |
| Dai, Darlene | 2022 |
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Doctoral Studentship |
BC Children's Hospital | $22,000.00 |
| Medeleanu, Maria | 2022 | CIHR | $105,000.00 | |
| Turvey, Stuart | 2022 | CIHR | $100,000.00 | |
| Dennis, Jessica K | 2022 | CIHR | $75,000.00 | |
| Chen, Zheng Hao | 2022 |
Determining the link between child diet, puberty and blood pressure development |
CIHR | $17,500.00 |
| Medeleanu, Maria | 2022 |
Interrogating the link between early viral infections and childhood asthma |
CLA | $21,000.00 |
| Dai, Darlene | 2022 |
Graduate Student Award in Asthma Research |
Canadian Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Foundation | $15,000.00 |
| Zwicker, Jill G | 2021 | CIHR | $75,000.00 | |
| Dai, Liying Darlene | 2021 |
Mining the infant gut microbiota to predict and prevent asthma: data from the CHILD Cohort Study |
CIHR | $105,000.00 |
| Qian, Yu Chen | 2021 | CIHR | $17,500.00 | |
| Turvey, Stuart E; Biggs, Catherine M | 2021 | CIHR | $765,000.00 | |
| Kothari, Akash | 2021 |
Allergen specific IgG and IgA in breastmilk and the development of allergies: The CHILD Cohort Study |
CIHR | $17,500.00 |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2021 |
Understanding the common CHILDhood Inflammatory Origins of Asthma and Atherosclerosis |
CIHR | $1,262,288.00 |
| Duan, Qingling | 2021 | CIHR | $906,526.00 | |
| Dai, Darlene | 2021 |
Four Year Fellowships (FYF) For PhD Students |
UBC | $90,000.00 |
| Becker, Alan | 2020 | CIHR | $1,220,940.00 | |
| Fang, Zhi Y | 2020 |
Interactions between milk microbiota and human genetics in childhood asthma susceptibility |
CIHR | $122,500.00 |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2020 | CIHR | $1,400,000.00 | |
| Simons, Elinor | 2020 |
Epigenetics and food allergy |
Andison | $10,000.00 |
| Brinkman, Fiona | 2020 |
CHILD data harmonization with other national and international efforts |
CIHR and European Commission | $294,955.00 |
| Mandhane | 2020 |
Longitudinal COVID-19 serology among CHILD Edmonton participants |
Government of Alberta | $700,000 |
| Azad | 2020 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Strategy | $9,128,340 | |
| Azad, Mandhane, Moraes, Subbarao, Turvey | 2020 |
Rapid research in the CHILD Cohort to inform Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: investigating the prevalence and predictors of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the health and psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian families | CITF portion |
CITF/CIHR | $2,099,745 |
| Becker, Azad, Brook, Kozeta, Ramsey, Simons, Subbarao, Turvey et al | 2019 |
CHILDhood Asthma and Puberty: Understanding the Sex Shift in Asthma to Female Predominance |
CIHR: Project Grant | $1,220,940 |
| Subbarao, Azad, Duan, Hirota, Kozyrskyj, Lou, McNagny, Surette, Turvey | 2019 |
Causational Roles of the Gut Microbiome in Childhood Asthma: Leveraging the CHILD Cohort Study |
CIHR: Team Grant : Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams | $1,999,401 |
| Turner, Sarah | 2019 | CIHR | $255,000.00 | |
| Gadermann, DeLongis, Janus, Kobor, Schonert-Reichl, van Jaarsveld | 2018 | New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF): Exploration | $241,099 | |
| Turvey, Finlay, Kobor, Subbarao, et al | 2018 | Genome Canada | $9,100,000 | |
| Azad, Marshall | 2018 | CIHR Project Grant | $742,052 | |
| Garlock, Emma S | 2018 | CIHR | $17,500.00 | |
| Azad, Arrieta Mendez, Sharma, Sycuro | 2017 | CIHR Operating Grant: Analyses of Existing Cohorts & Databases - IHDCYH | $75,000 | |
| To, Abdullah, Gershon, Lou, Subbarao | 2017 | CIHR Cohort Analysis Grant | $75,000 | |
| Azad | 2016 |
Breastfeeding, human milk oligosaccharides and the developmental origins of obesity |
Research Manitoba. New Investigator Operating Grant | $225,000 |
| Subbarao, Brook, De Souza, Duan, Kozyrskyj, Lou, Anand, Azad, Becker, Mandhane, Paré, Scott, Sears, Turvey, et al | 2016 | CIHR. Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease | $1,953,002 | |
| Turvey, Brook, Kobor, Azad, Becker, Brauer, Finlay, Kozyrskyj, Lou, Mandhane, Sears, Subbarao, et al | 2016 | CIHR. Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease | $2,000,000 | |
| Mohn, Kollmann, Turvey, et al | 2016 |
Systemic immunity: the missing link between gut microbiome and asthma |
CIHR | $947,980 |
| Dolinsky et al | 2016 |
The developmental origins of obesity and obesity-related complications in children |
CIHR. Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease | $2,000,000 |
| Lu, Zihang | 2016 | CIHR | $105,000.00 | |
| Simons et al | 2016 | Manitoba Medical Services Foundation | $30,000 | |
| Brook, Brauer, Subbarao, Azad, Carlsten, Evans, Lou, Takaro, et al | 2016 | CIHR | $4,165,000 | |
| Anand, Subbarao, Sears, et al | 2016 |
Deciphering the causes of metabolic syndrome in young children |
CIHR DOHaD Initiative | $1,498,268 |
| To, Teresa | 2016 | CIHR | $75,000.00 | |
| Tun, Hein Min | 2016 | CIHR | $135,000.00 | |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2015 |
Gene and environment effects on lung health and risk for chronic respiratory disease, asthma & COPD |
CIHR | $1,953,002.00 |
| Becker et al | 2015 |
Linkage CHILD to provincial outcomes |
Healthy CHILD Manitoba Office | $50,000 |
| Kozyrskyj, Azad, Becker, Mandhane, Scott, Subbarao, Turvey, et al | 2015 |
Cesarean section: impact on gut microbiota, childhood obesity and allergic disease |
CIHR | $538,497 |
| Anand, Sonia | 2015 |
Deciphering the metabolic signatures of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in young children |
CIHR | $460,000.00 |
| Azad et al | 2015 |
Prenatal exposure to non-nutritive sweeteners and the development of childhood obesity |
Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba | $40,000 |
| Kang, Liane J | 2015 | CIHR | $17,500.00 | |
| Ha, Vanessa | 2014 | CIHR | $105,000.00 | |
| Azad | 2014 |
Breast milk microbiome and asthma |
Heart and Stroke Foundation, Canadian Respiratory Research Network, AllerGen | $150,000 |
| Azad | 2014 | Manitoba Medical Research Foundation | $21,500 | |
| Kozyrskyj et al | 2014 |
Association between early life fecal immune and metabolic markers and overweight status at 3 yrs |
WCHRI | $49,895 |
| Subbarao et al | 2014 |
Tests to diagnose and monitor asthma in preschool children |
Ontario Thoracic Society | $92,335 |
| Kozyrskyj, Azad, Becker, Mandhane, Scott, Subbarao, Turvey, et al | 2014 |
Cesarean section: impact on gut microbiota, childhood obesity and allergic disease (bridge funding) |
CIHR | $100,000 |
| Sears, Anand, Brook, Subbarao, Allen, Becker, Kozyrskyj, Lou, Mandhane, Sandford, Scott, Takaro, Turvey, et al | 2014 | CIHR | $1,020,000 | |
| Subbarao, Lou, Ratjen, Sears, Turvey, et al | 2013 |
Lung function in preschool children: utility in diagnosis of asthma |
CIHR | $447,196 |
| Sears, Anand, Brook, Subbarao, Allen, Becker, Kozyrskyj, Lou, Mandhane, Sandford, Scott, Takaro, Turvey, et al | 2013 | CIHR | $100,000 | |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2013 |
Lung function in preschool children: Utility in diagnosis of asthma |
CIHR | $447,196.00 |
| Anand, Becker, De Souza, Denburg, Sears, Subbarao, et al | 2013 |
Understanding the impact of maternal and infant nutrition on infant/child health |
CIHR: Program grant in Food and Health | $1,946,614 |
| Azad, Meghan | 2012 |
The impact of antibiotics and environmental exposures on infant gut microbiota and atopic disease |
CIHR, Canadian Nutrition Society | $185,000.00 |
| Takaro, Brook et al | 2011 |
CMP/CARA: Phthalate exposure in Canadian children during the first 3 years of life (CMP-3) |
Health Canada | $611,466 |
| Kozyrskyj, Becker, Guttman, Hayglass, Mandhane, Scott, Befus, Chari, Field, Klassen, Moqbel, Turvey | 2011 | CIHR: Emerging Team Grant - Microbiome Initiative | $2,500,000 | |
| Finlay, Turvey, McNagny, Mohn, Kollmann, Moore, O’Doherty | 2011 | CIHR: Emerging Team Grant - Microbiome Initiative | $2,500,000 | |
| Hind, Sbihi | 2010 | CIHR | $105,000.00 | |
| Mandhane | 2010 |
Sleep, Learning, Education, hEalth Project – Edmonton (SLEEP-E at 2 years of age) |
CIHR New Investigator | $300,000 |
| Denburg, Judah A | 2010 |
Innate Immune Pathways Involving Hemopoietic Progenitors in the Development of Allergy and Asthma |
CIHR | $619,610.00 |
| Brown, Meghan L | 2010 |
Lung Ventilation Inhomogeneity in Children in Health and Disease |
CIHR | $17,500.00 |
| Azad, Meghan | 2010 |
The impact of antibiotic use, caesarean section delivery and formula feeding on infant microbiota |
CIHR | $90,000.00 |
| Subbarao et al | 2009 |
Viral infection and wheezing in the first year of life |
CIHR | $805,432 |
| Brook, Takaro, Wheeler et al | 2009 |
CMP/CARA: Improved tools for assessing exposures (CMP-2) |
Health Canada | $1,050,012 |
| Brook, Takaro, Wheeler et al | 2009 |
CMP/CARA: Assessment of indoor residential exposures (CMP-1) |
Health Canada | $702,397 |
| Mandhane et al | 2009 | CIHR | $116,094 | |
| Kozyrskyj, Scott, Becker, Befus, Mandhane | 2008 |
The impact of antibiotics on intestinal microbiota of infants |
CIHR Catalyst Grant | $90,830 |
| Sears et al | 2008 |
Environmental assessment of CHILD homes |
CMHC | $108,000 |
| Subbarao, Padmaja | 2008 |
Canadian Birth Cohort: Indoor Air and the Development of Asthma and Allergy |
CIHR | $300,000.00 |
| To, Teresa | 2008 |
FActors of Mothers and Infants in Longitudinal Years (FAMILY) |
CIHR | $75,000.00 |