Funder’s Website
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Funding Value and Duration+
CIHR and partner(s) financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR or partner(s) funding levels not be available or are decreased due to unforeseen circumstances, CIHR and partner(s) reserve the right to reduce, defer or suspend financial contributions to grants received as a result of this funding opportunity.
- The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $4,000,000, enough to fund approximately 32 grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant is $125,000 per year for 1 year.
- Of this $4,000,000:
- $625,000 is available to fund up to 5 applications relevant to the General Pool
- $250,000 is available to fund up to 2 applications relevant to the Structural Racism and Health Inequities Pool
- $125,000 is available to fund up to 1 application relevant to the Ecological Determinants of Health Inequities Pool
- $125,000 is available to fund up to 1 application relevant to the Commercial Determinants of Health Inequities Pool
- $125,000 is available to fund up to 1 application relevant to the Structural Determinants of Ageism Pool
- $250,000 is available to fund up to 2 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Cancer Inequities Pool
- $375,000 is available to fund up to 3 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Sex, Gender, and Health Inequities Pool
- $500,000 is available to fund up to 4 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Substance Use in Youth Pool
- $125,000 is available to fund up to 1 application relevant to the Structural Determinants of Inequities in Infection and Immunity Pool
- $250,000 is available to fund up to 2 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Inequities in Human Development, Child and Youth Health Pool
- $500,000 is available to fund up to 4 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Indigenous Health and Wellness Pool
- $375,000 is available to fund up to 3 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Health in HIV/AIDS and STBBI Pool
- $375,000 is available to fund up to 3 applications relevant to the Structural Determinants of Health – Patient-Oriented Research Approach
Applications must choose a maximum of 1 pool (the most relevant or preferred pool including the general pool) to apply to and provide justifications for relevance to the pool. Non relevant applications in the specific pools will be considered for relevance in the general pool in order to stay in the competition. Applications will be funded in rank order within each pool. If there are remaining funds, non funded applications will be pooled together in a separate pool and funded by percent rank order. If undersubscribed or lacks fundable applications, funds from the Structural Determinants of Health in HIV/AIDS and STBBI pool, the Structural Determinants of Substance Use in Youth pool, the Structural Determinants of Inequities in Human Development, Child and Youth Health pool, and the Structural Determinants of Cancer Inequities Pool will not be redistributed to the competition and will be returned to the sponsor.
For more information on the appropriate use of funds, refer to Allowable Costs.
Overview
The overall aim of this funding opportunity is to support robust research to analyze, monitor, contextualize and/or evaluate how structural or “system-level” drivers (e.g. legislation and policies) can create, maintain or exacerbate health (in)equity across populations, regions, contexts and settings.
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:
- To increase the evidence base on the structural determinants of health inequities in Canada.
- To support a range of identifiable and/or novel interdisciplinary research designs, theories, methods, and approaches to understand the structural determinants of health and their impacts on health (in)equities.
- To foster connections and collaboration between researchers and stakeholders across a broad range of disciplines, including (but not limited to) population and public health researchers, public health professionals, people with lived experience, communities, knowledge keepers, knowledge-users, and decision-makers to translate knowledge into policy and practice. This form of knowledge synthesis will be supported through a convening event that all funded applicants will attend during the funding period.
Eligibility Criteria
For an application to be eligible, all the requirements stated below must be met:
- The research proposed must be co-led by an independent researcher and knowledge user* who have direct experience in the relevant research area and meet the requirements outlined below:
- The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be independent researcher or a knowledge user 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).
- If the NPA is an independent researcher*, then the knowledge user must be identified in the Principal Knowledge User role.
- If the Nominated Principal Applicant is a knowledge user, then the independent researcher must be identified in the Principal Applicant role.
*The knowledge user is a person with lived or living experience (PWLLE) in the content area (structural determinant or relevant health inequities), setting and/or population under study. This includes a community leader, citizen, public health practitioner/employee, decision-maker in a public health authority, or policy maker.
- The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
- The Institution Paid must be authorized to administer CIHR funds by the funding start date.
- The NPA 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 (see How to Apply section). Please select and complete the training module most applicable to your research project. For additional information on sex, gender and health research, applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section on the CIHR website.
- The team is encouraged to include a co-applicant who is:
- A researcher working in a municipal, provincial or territorial government in Canada where the activity which forms the subject matter of the funding is not being funded by specific programs of those municipal, provincial and territorial governments. Researcher refers to someone who has completed a doctoral or post-doctoral degree and has made identifiable contributions within an area of research.AND/OR
- An Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada or a Canadian non-governmental organizations (including community organizations and regional health authorities) with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.AND/OR
- an individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
- For applications to the Indigenous Health and Wellness pool and/or involving Indigenous health research:
- The NPA must self-identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, or provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples (see How to Apply).AND
- Must include at least one (1) of the following: Indigenous Elder, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper, Indigenous person with lived/living experience, or Indigenous scholar identified on the application in any role.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | October 2, 2024 |
| Registration Deadline | September 11, 2024 |
| Submission to Sponsor | October 9, 2024 |
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