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Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award

Scott Mitchell — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:13:21 +0000

Nominations are invited for the 2010 Knowledge Translation Award and Betty Havens Award. These awards honour and support the exemplary knowledge translation efforts and activities of an individual, team or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to increasing the application of research findings, improving the health of individuals, health services and products, or strengthening the health-care system. Nominations will be assessed on significant achievements in knowledge translation activities relevant to any area of health research (e.g., biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health).

Through the Knowledge Translation Award (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/27904.html), the outstanding contribution to improving the health of individuals, providing more effective health services and products and strengthening the health care system at a national or international level will be recognized.

Through the Betty Havens Award (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/30156.html) for Knowledge Translation in Aging, the CIHR Institute of Aging will recognize individual(s), team(s) or organization(s) that have advanced the translation of research in aging at a local or regional level.

If you require more information on the Knowledge Translation Award, contact CIHR at 613-941-4437 or by e-mail at chaidwick.leneis@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

For additional information on the Betty Havens Award, please contact CIHR at 613-946-1270 or by e-mail at sharon.nadeau@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

The deadline for nominations for both awards is May 3rd, 2010. CIHR looks forward to receiving your nominations.

CIHR announces two new funding opportunities

Scott Mitchell — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:08:05 +0000

On December 18, 2008, CIHR launched the revitalized Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) and the NEW Evidence on Tap – Expedited Knowledge Synthesis programs. Both funding opportunities are integrated KT programs.

PHSI funds teams of decision makers and researchers to conduct applied and policy-relevant health services and systems research up to three years in length. Exciting improvements have been made to the program including increased funding, expanded areas of eligible research, the elimination of the letter of intent stage, and a new opportunity that provides up to $15,000 in PHSI partnership development funds (these funds are provided through the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: PHSI, which is available three times per year in April, June and December). The application deadline is April 15, 2009.

Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) program

Expedited Knowledge Synthesis is part of CIHR’s new Evidence on Tap pilot initiative, which aims to support the production of high-quality, timely, and accessible evidence for provincial decision makers to support them in health system policy development, planning and program implementation. Expedited Knowledge Synthesis is a competition that awards researchers up to $110,000 to produce a knowledge synthesis on a Ministry-identified health system priority within six months and host a KT end-of-synthesis workshop to assist decision makers in the interpretation and contextualization of the findings.
The Stage 1 application deadline (i.e., to be qualified as an Evidence on Tap Research Team) is March 16, 2009.

Expedited Knowledge Synthesis program

For more information, visit www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

PHSI Partnership Development Funds – apply now

Scott Mitchell — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:53:51 +0000

Background: CIHR’s Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) program has been revitalized, strengthened and improved. The next two launches of the PHSI competition are planned for December 2008 and June 2009. Recognizing the effort, time and expense involved in building meaningful partnerships between researchers and decision makers, CIHR is now offering new PHSI Partnership Development Funds through the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination (MPD) grant available three times per year in June, December and April. Applicants successful in the June 2008 round of Partnership Development Funds (note upcoming application deadline: 1 October 2008) will receive funds in time to prepare a full-scale PHSI application for the December 2008 call for applications (note upcoming application deadline: April 2009).

We encourage decision makers and researchers with health systems, services and policy questions that are interested in working together to find applied and policy-relevant solutions to take advantage of this new funding opportunity and apply now!

Objectives: CIHR recognizes that strong relationships between decision makers and researchers form the foundation of the PHSI program. CIHR also recognizes that these partnerships take time to build, and must be promoted and fostered in order to become meaningful and productive. The new PHSI Development Funds were conceived with this in mind.

Partnership Development Funds are intended to help support the formation and development of partnerships between decision makers and researchers interested in applying to the PHSI program. CIHR will fund development activities to facilitate collaboration and partnership formation between Canadian decision makers and researchers with the objective of developing and/or enhancing:

Partnerships between decision makers and researchers interested in pursuing a collaborative research initiative through the PHSI program that will address a high priority and policy-relevant health care services or systems problem;
Initial planning and discussion of a PHSI research project among potential PHSI team members including both decision makers and researchers to assess the viability of the research project and the partnership;
Support for activities that assist potential teams of decision makers and researchers in identifying emerging issues and priorities that could potentially be addressed by projects funded in the PHSI competition.

Relevant Research Areas: IHSPR will fund applications in health services and policy research areas that have the potential to contribute to the improvement of the health care system and the health of Canadians. For subject matter examples, please see the results of the Listening for Direction III consultation exercise.

New funds available: Funding has increased! The total amount available for the Partnership Development Funds opportunity has doubled, and is now $240,000. The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $15,000 for up to one year. Apply now!

Application deadline: 1st October 2008; Notice of decision: 1st December 2008

For more information, please visit the funding opportunity guidelines or contact Meghan McMahon at meghan.mcmahon@utoronto.ca or 416-978-5172

Funding Opportunity: Knowledge Synthesis Grant (2008-2009)

Scott Mitchell — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:08:10 +0000

Canadian Institutes of Health Research has announced a new funding opportunity in partnership with the Institute of Aging; Institute of Health Services and Policy Research; Institute of Infection and Immunity; the Official Language Minority Communities Initiative; the Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine Initiative; Canadian Stroke Network; and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support teams of researchers and decision makers/knowledge users to produce knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews. Registration deadline: September 1, 2008.

For details, see www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca.

Funding Opportunity: Knowledge to Action (2008-2009)

Scott Mitchell — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:01:34 +0000

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced a new funding opportunity through its Knowledge to Action program, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine Initiative. The general objective of this opportunity is to facilitate and accelerate the translation of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the healthcare system. The total amount available is approximately $2,000,000 over two years. The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $100,000 per annum for up to two years. Registration deadline: September 1, 2008.

For details, see www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca.