This section highlights various funding opportunities that can be accessed to pursue research that addresses our provincial public policy challenges. These include Canada’s federal tri-council granting agencies (SSHRC, CIHR, NSERC) and other funding resources.
Value: $7,000 to $25,000
Application Deadline: September 15th, 2017*
*Please check with your institutional office of Research Services for their internal deadline.
Description
Partnership Engage Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight program and the Connection program. They provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through the Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.
For more information, please visit the SSHRC website by clicking here.
Important Dates
Application Deadline: 2017-09-06
Anticipated Notice of Decision: 2017-10-31
Funding Start Date: 2017-11-01
Description
The integration of sex and gender considerations throughout the health policy process (i.e. planning, implementation, knowledge transfer, impact assessment and re-design) can be complex. Effective, evidence-based sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) integration requires a thorough review of best available evidence, including consideration and mitigation of potential negative unintended consequences. Health Canada staff charged with applying SGBA to programs and policies do not always possess the depth of knowledge and expertise required to adequately review scientific literature and assess its quality; apply SGBA in a way that is informed by the best available evidence; or evaluate the effectiveness of doing so with methods that are powered to detect and respond to potential unintended consequences.
In response to the Canadian government’s renewed commitment to gender-based analysis, Health Canada recently approved a department-wide Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis (SGBA) Action Plan. A key activity within this action plan is a partnership between the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health, the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health and the Health Canada Gender and Health Unit (GHU). The aim of this partnership is to fund research-policy partnerships, which will help bridge the gaps between research knowledge and policy development and support the rigorous application of SGBA to ensure Health Canada’s outward facing activities address the diverse needs of women, men, girls, boys and gender-diverse people to maximize positive health outcomes and improve health equity.
Research Areas
This funding opportunity will support initiatives relevant to the following research areas (see details in the additional information section):
For more information, please visit the CIHR website by clicking here or contact your institutional Office of Research Services.
The objective of this funding opportunity is to support cross-jurisdictional programs of research that respond to the priorities of the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations (PIHCI) Network in order to generate findings that will guide evidence-informed policy decision-making, with the intent of having an impact on the health system for all Canadians within four years.
For more information about this funding opportunity, please visit the CIHR website by clicking here.
Please contact the NB SPOR Network if you are interested in applying for this grant.
Johanna Burnham
Administrative Assistant • NB SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations
UNBSJ, K.C. Irving Hall, Rm. 220
Email: Johanna.B@unb.ca
