CIHR – Team Grant : Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation

Eligibility Criteria

For an application to be eligible, all the requirements stated below must be met:

Implementation Science Team Grants

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
   1. an independent researcher, affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation).
      OR
   2. an individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
      OR
   3. an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
2. The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
3. The Institution Paid must be authorized to administer CIHR funds before the funding can be released (see Administration of Funds).
4. The core leadership team must include each of the following among its NPA, Principal Knowledge User(s) (PKU), and Principal Applicant(s) (PA), who together will comprise the team’s tripartite leadership responsible for co-leading the team:
   1. An Independent researcher who is a scientific lead with expertise in the health workforce.
   2. A Health system decision-maker with the authority to make decisions about the workforce (e.g., planning, development, deployment, retention, support, equity), policies, training, and/or the delivery of health services and is in a position to make significant changes to policy or practice. The individual may be a health-system manager, policy-maker, or clinician-leader who works at the local community, reserve, municipal, regional, provincial, or national level, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis and/or Urban Indigenous communities and governments.
   3. A Health worker who is currently active and practicing care delivery and with experience and/or expertise on the proposed solution(s) and/or relevant research area. The health worker can be of a regulated (e.g., physician, nurse, pharmacist, midwife, social worker, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, etc.) or non-regulated profession (e.g., a personal support worker, allied health professional, essential caregiver, navigator, case manager, health promotion specialist, outreach worker, etc.).

      Note: An individual can represent no more than one (1) role.

5. Each applicant team must include at least one (1) Early Career Researcher (ECR) (as a Principal Applicant or Co-Applicant).
6. Each applicant team must include an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Champion. This individual must have experience in fostering EDI in research and/or applied settings and/or experience in sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) or with gender diversity in the community.
7. The NPA* and the EDI Champion(s) must have successfully completed one of the sex- and gender-based analysis training modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a Certificate of Completion. Select and complete the training module most applicable to your project. Applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section on the CIHR website. See How to Apply for more details.

   *Organizations as NPAs: For organizations applying as the NPA, a representative of the organization must complete the training module on the organization’s behalf.

8. For applications addressing an Indigenous health workforce solution(s), the team must include an NPA, PA(s) and PKU(s) who are Indigenous community-based groups or non-governmental organizations, or individuals who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) and/or provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples in order to:
   • Prioritize First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and communities in leading their research agendas;
   • Promote cultural safety of and appropriate engagement by researchers working with Indigenous Peoples in meaningful ways to ensure that respectful relations are established; and
   • Add value to the research through the use of Indigenous culturally relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks, and Indigenous culturally appropriate research protocols, including Indigenous methodologies.

Evidence Support and Knowledge Mobilization (ESKM) Hub

1. The NPA must be funded for an Implementation Science Team grant in any pool.

Internal Contacts

Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.

Deadlines

Submitting Your Application

• Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
  Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
  https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
  For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE.
• Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
  Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE

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