An Analysis of Canadian Institute for Health Research Funding for Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder

Table 1

Variables extracted from CIHR funded grants.

Variable name	Description
Amount	Total amount of funds released by CIHR
Year	Fiscal year in which grant was awarded
Grant type	(i) Capacity building; (ii) knowledge creation; (iii) knowledge translation
Theme of research	(i) Biomedical; (ii) clinical; (iii) health systems/services; (iv) social/cultural/environmental/population health
Province	Province in which administering institution is located
CIHR Institute	CIHR institute from which funds originated: (i) Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction; (ii) Human Development, Child and Youth Health; (iii) Genetics; (iv) Health Services and Policy Research; (v) Aging; (vi) Population and Public Health