====== Health Research Foundation ====== {{ :hrf_logo.png?200|}} Canada’s **Health Research Foundation** (HRF) is a non-profit organization that invests in health research in Canadian academic centres, and promotes the benefits and values of research-driven health innovation in Canada. [[Innovative Medicines Canada]] members "generously contribute a million dollars annually to the HRF ensuring such research will continue to benefit Canadians for years to come."((//About.// (2014). Health Research Foundation. http://www.hrf-frs.com/en/about)) ===== Background ===== The HRF was founded in 1964 by [[Innovative Medicines Canada]], and awards funding to researchers across Canada alongside the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR).