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The Foundation seeks to award $2,000,000 through a Canada-wide call for letters of intent. Ten (10) project grants will be awarded of $200,000 (maximum) payable over 2 years.

The 2012 round is the first of three rounds of funding to award $6,000,000 ($2,000,000/round) to projects using a Canada-wide call for letters of intent in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

The Diabetes Program envisions a Canadian population with reduced rates of diabetes and diabetes-related complications.

Goals

To improve the health of people with or at risk of developing diabetes through research, care and improved/sustained self-management.
To slow the forecasted trends in the burden and impact of diabetes.
Objective

To strengthen the delivery of diabetes prevention, care and management programs and services through innovation.

Through the Institute Community Support (ICS) Program, the CIHR Institutes are launching the ICS Travel Awards competition for students, postdoctoral fellows, new investigators and knowledge users to present their own research at national and international meetings and/or conferences.

This ICS Travel Awards competition will not support travel for research skills development or update, exchange programs or lectureships.
 

Through the Institute Community Support (ICS) Program, the CIHR Institutes are launching the ICS Travel Awards competition for students, postdoctoral fellows, new investigators and knowledge users to present their own research at national and international meetings and/or conferences.

This ICS Travel Awards competition will not support travel for research skills development or update, exchange programs or lectureships.
 

CIHR's Café Scientifique program, created through the Youth and Public Outreach Unit of CIHR's Communications and Public Outreach Branch, is made up of informal events, not lectures between the general public and health research experts regarding a particular health-related issue of popular interest. CIHR's Café Scientifiques cover a wide range of topics, from nutrition to mental health at the workplace to air pollution.

For that reason, these events are all about accessibility. CIHR Café Scientifiques take place at a café, a pub or a restaurant and do not require that the participants have a science degree. The informal conversations about a particular health subject may provide answers to any questions that are on the minds of Canada's general population.
 

Supporting a culture of collaboration and knowledge exchange is an important part of CIHR's mandate. Knowledge Translation (KT) is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically-sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the healthcare system. For more information please see About Knowledge Translation.

In 2009, CIHR released a new strategic plan, Health Research Roadmap, which highlights the need to accelerate the capture of health and economic benefits of health research. To support this strategic direction, the CIHR KT Branch has partnered with the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies as well as with the Health Canada Strategic Policy Branch to help foster positive exchanges between health researchers and policy makers, helping to bridge the gap between the worlds of science and policy making. Support will be provided through short-term policy assignments for highly qualified individuals who are engaged in health research at the PhD, post-doctoral and independent researcher levels to participate in and contribute to the policy making processes while learning first-hand about the science policy interface.

This program was designed with the goal of establishing and nurturing critical links between policy makers and external researchers in support of evidence-based public policy by providing short-term policy assignments. These short-term assignments will provide Fellows with the opportunity to learn about how government works and how public policies are made. For their part, policy-makers will have immediate access to individuals, trained in a particular scientific area, and will be able to engage with them on the scientific/technical aspects of public policy issues.

At Health Canada, the science policy interface is considered to be the juncture at which the technical world of describing evidence and the political world of making policy interact, using the best available evidence towards informed decision-making. A science policy interface occurs wherever 'facts' and 'values' are combined to inform decisions (where scientific evidence and the development of policy or risk management strategies meet).
 

Supporting a culture of collaboration and knowledge exchange is an important part of CIHR's mandate. Knowledge Translation (KT) is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically-sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the healthcare system. For more information please see About Knowledge Translation.

In 2009, CIHR released a new strategic plan, Health Research Roadmap, which highlights the need to accelerate the capture of health and economic benefits of health research. To support this strategic direction, the CIHR KT Branch has partnered with the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research in collaboration with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies as well as with the Health Canada Strategic Policy Branch to help foster positive exchanges between health researchers and policy makers, helping to bridge the gap between the worlds of science and policy making. Support will be provided through short-term policy assignments for highly qualified individuals who are engaged in health research at the PhD, post-doctoral and independent researcher levels to participate in and contribute to the policy making processes while learning first-hand about the science policy interface.

This program was designed with the goal of establishing and nurturing critical links between policy makers and external researchers in support of evidence-based public policy by providing short-term policy assignments. These short-term assignments will provide Fellows with the opportunity to learn about how government works and how public policies are made. For their part, policy-makers will have immediate access to individuals, trained in a particular scientific area, and will be able to engage with them on the scientific/technical aspects of public policy issues.
 

There are a doctoral and post-doc fellowship available at the University of Victoria in Health equity with the Equity Lens for Public Health (ELPH) project.

CIHR's mandate is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system. An important part of this knowledge translation is the dissemination and application of health research evidence. For more information please see About Knowledge Translation.

The CIHR Knowledge Translation (KT) Branch will provide support to dissemination events/activities that focus on the communication of health research evidence to the appropriate researcher and/or knowledge user audience(s), tailoring the message and medium as appropriate.
 

The Institute of Aging is embarking on a strategic initiative to address national research and knowledge exchange priorities associated with Health Services and Systems for an Aging Population (HSSAP). This direction is informed by input from consultations with seniors groups across the country, by public and government discourse on emerging health care needs of the baby boom generation and their aging parents, and is in alignment with CIHR Roadmap Signature Initiatives.
The goal of the HSSAP is compassionate, evidence-based, fiscally responsible care for older Canadians, both within and beyond the formal health care system. The objectives of the HSSAP initiative are to develop and exchange knowledge that will inform health services and systems across the spectrum of care for older Canadians. This care spectrum extends from primary care to long term care, home care and end-of life care. The expected outcomes are changes in policy and programming by provincial governments, health care delivery organizations and health care providers, etc. that are informed by the funded research and the knowledge translation and exchange. The impact will be improved quality of life for older Canadians receiving care within and/or beyond the formal health care system.

It is expected that HSSAP-funded research will:

• address the complex functional, social and medical needs of older persons, in a coordinated and integrated manner;
• address aging as a continuum throughout which health service and care requirements change;
• treat the older patient as a whole person within a social context, recognizing that aging is neither a collection of diseases, nor a disease itself.

Priority Announcements offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates. Applications are submitted through the "201206KDE" competition of the Dissemination Events: Spring 2012 Competition funding opportunity.

In this competition, funds are available to encourage and support applications in specific areas that are aligned with CIHR's research priority areas and mandates. Information on the research areas to be funded as well as the maximum amounts per grant that can be requested is found in the "Objectives" section.

• Cancer Research
• Ethics
• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Health
• HIV/AIDS
• Infection and Immunity
• Musculoskeletal Health, Arthritis, Skin and Oral Health
• Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• Nutrition, Metabolism & Diabetes

Priority Announcements offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates. Applications are submitted through the "201206KPE" competition of the Planning Grants: Spring 2012 Competition funding opportunity.

Funds Available

CIHR and external partner(s) financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR or external 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.

In this competition, funds are available to encourage and support applications in specific areas that are aligned with CIHR's research priority areas and mandates. Information on the research areas to be funded as well as the maximum amounts per grant that can be requested is found in the "Objectives" section.

• Aging
• Cancer Research
• Circulatory and Respiratory Health
• Ethics
• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Health
• Health Services and Policy Research
• Health Services and Systems for an Aging Population
• HIV/AIDS
• Infection and Immunity
• Musculoskeletal Health, Arthritis, Skin and Oral Health
• Nutrition, Metabolism & Diabetes
• Partnerships for Health System Improvement – Partnership Development Funds
• Reproductive and Child Health

Scholarships and Bursaries

NRT Scholarships and Bursaries are available to First Nation students pursuing a post-secondary education from a recognized institution. Scholarships are awarded at the Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate levels. Bursaries are awarded to students pursuing trades certificates and diplomas.

Purpose
The purpose of the fund is to assist in financing educational opportunities for current and future telehealth nurses and all HealthlinkBC and BC Bedline Services (HLBC) employees. A joint committee between HLBC and the BC Nurses Union (BCNU) has been established to set application criteria. The fund would be administered by the BCNU.

The parties recognize that persons employed in the provision of telehealth services provide a unique service to the citizens of B.C. and other jurisdictions and, in turn, may require different skill levels to provide the desired quality of care. Rapidly evolving health system changes have created an impetus for finding innovative approaches to providing clinical and non-clinical telehealth services.

This fund is intended to support the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities that can be applied to the advancement and adoption of information and telecommunications technologies for the delivery of telehealth.
 

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) is dedicated to supporting the advancement of health services and policy research in Canada. To this end, we are pleased to launch the 2012-13 competition of the IHSPR Article of the Year Award for health services and policy researchers.

Objectives
This award is intended to recognize published research that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the field of health services and policy research in Canada. IHSPR will consider articles related to:

•research that has had a clear impact or potential impact on policy or practice (e.g., decision maker uptake, change management for improved practice)
OR
•research that breaks ground in the way health services or policy research is conducted (e.g., innovations in methodology, novel theory or application of theory, new approaches to existing problems).

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) is dedicated to supporting graduate students and post-doctoral Fellows and to recognizing the research excellence and knowledge translation initiatives of these emerging health services and policy researchers at an early stage in their career.

Objectives

• To recognize the research excellence and innovative knowledge translation (KT) initiatives of graduate students (M.A., M.Sc. and PhD) and post-doctoral Fellows studying in health services and policy research at a Canadian institution;
• To recognize research and/or KT contributions for which a graduate student or post-doctoral Fellow has had primary responsibility;
• To promote careers in health services and policy research.

The Society offers small grants in support of projects designed to improve pain management or to promote education about pain.
Examples of such projects include:
• One-time grant for seed money to establish an interdisciplinary pain interest group, paying for communication (printing, postage, fax) and other direct startup costs
• Forgivable loan in support of an educational conference or seminar, money to be repaid to the Society if the conference makes a profit
• Grant to support cooperative activities (e.g., printing and distribution of information) by groups (formal or informal) of people who have pain
In the past, the Society has provided seed money to support local self-help groups for chronic pain patients (providing postage, printing, long-distance phone and fax costs), and to support development of a multidisciplinary pain interest group (video rental, postage, printing).

$1,250.00 Per Application – 8 Small Grants Yearly – 2 per quarter