Thank you for your question.
Perhaps I could speak a little more generally to support for francophone research at CIHR.
Within my tenure at CIHR, which is about the past five and a half years, we have implemented some changes—not all that we need, but some—in order to support francophone health research and researchers.
For example, we all know it takes a little longer to write things in French than in English, so one of the first things we did about five years ago was to provide about 20% more space for francophones to convey their study methodologies in the application.
For our peer review committees—which I mentioned earlier are a critical part of how we determine where our funding goes—we are also providing translation services at all stages of the process, from application all the way through to peer review.
Perhaps most importantly, in 2021 with our flagship project grant competition, we implemented what we call "equalization". It provides an ability for us to ensure that the proportion of successful grants is at least equal to the proportion of grants that have been received, in this case in French.
For example, if 15% of the applications come in French, 15% of the grants that are awarded will also go to that population.
We know there's more to do.