CIHR : Other : SPOR Primary Care Network – Application
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire within your unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 2nd, December 2021
External Deadline: Tuesday 7th, December 2021
Description
The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partner, including patients (a term inclusive of individuals with personal experience of a health issue and informal caregivers, including family and friends), health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, and others, dedicated to the integration of research into care.
Patient-oriented research, which is foundational to evidence-informed health care, refers to a continuum of research that engages patients, health professionals, decision makers, researchers and other knowledge users and communities as partners: from initial studies in humans to comparative effectiveness and outcomes research, to the integration of research results into the health care system and clinical practice.
The vision for SPOR is that Canada will demonstrably improve health outcomes and enhance the health care experience for patients through the integration of evidence at all levels of the health care system. The CIHR Strategic Plan 2021-2031 sets a vision of best health for all, powered by outstanding research. Through the objectives of this funding opportunity and the application of a patient-oriented research approach, SPOR will contribute to the acceleration of the CIHR Strategic Plan priorities, more specifically:
- Championing a more inclusive approach to research that values Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles, supporting interdisciplinary and team science, and enhancing national and international collaboration (Priority A: Advance Research Excellence in All Its Diversity);
- Enhancing training and career support (Priority B: Strengthen Canadian Health Research Capacity);
- Supporting Indigenous Peoples and communities in leading health research that results in equitable health outcomes (Priority C: Accelerate the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples in Health Research);
- Supporting a national network that catalyzes primary care research to reduce health equity gaps that exist in Canada (Priority D: Pursue Health Equity through Research); and,
- Mobilizing the knowledge generated, and building the capacity to mobilize knowledge, to support health system transformation in order to deliver better outcomes while improving the health care experiences (Priority E: Integrate Evidence in Health Decisions).
The SPOR Networks are national, multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary networks that are comprised of collaborations of patients, health professionals, decision makers, researchers and other stakeholders. In the first phase of network funding through SPOR, CIHR provided funding to the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations (PIHCI) Network, which was a series of cross-jurisdictional research, analysis and knowledge synthesis grants to catalyze work in the area of primary care research. This next phase of funding focuses on bringing together a national primary care network that builds upon the successes of the first phase of funding.
The aim of this funding opportunity is to support the development of a national SPOR Primary Care Network that will facilitate the reach, adaptation, and accessibility of successful patient-oriented primary and integrated health care innovations to new sites, new settings, and/or new populations. The Network will mobilize knowledge to inform and transform practice, clinical care, policy, and/or decision-making toward more optimal and equitable health outcomes. Through research, training, mentorship, collaborations and partnerships, the Network will build capacity for the ongoing application of patient-oriented primary and integrated health care knowledge.
Additional information can be found at ResearchNet.