Catalyst Grant : Understanding Disease Prevention and Risk Factor Modification – Registration
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit
Memorial Deadline: No RGCS review required for Registration process
External Deadline: Wednesday 28th, August 2019
Description
SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them.
As a first step in charting the course for improved preventive efforts, ICRH, IA, ICR, III, IIPH and IPPH are launching a one-year catalyst grant opportunity to provide funding for research to expand the evidence and further understanding that can lead to future intervention studies in prevention.
Research Areas
- This funding opportunity will support projects relevant to the following research areas:
- 1) Examining individual (e.g., attitudes, motivations), interpersonal (e.g., social relations, programs) and structural (e.g., institutions, policy apparatus) factors that support individuals to undertake steps to reduce risks to communicable or non-communicable future disease; OR
- 2) Exploring potential traditional and novel biomarkers for use in the optimization/personalization of targeted interventions for future risk reduction/prevention, and/or tools to support individual action(s) to reduce risk(s) for multiple preventable non-communicable conditions; AND
- 3) Adopting a perspective of risk factor reduction across the life course; leading to lessened future health burden and specifically focused on Canadian populations at increased risk as compared to the average Canadian. This includes but is not limited to: First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples; individuals residing in rural and/or remote communities; older adults and new aging populations; newcomers to Canada; low income populations; and those who experience systemic, cultural and/or language barriers.
- NOTE: All proposals must address focus area 3 in addition to addressing either focus area 1 or 2.
Funds Available
The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $1,400,000, enough to fund approximately fourteen (14) grants. The maximum amount per grant is $100,000 for up to one (1) year. Of this $1,400,000:
• $700,000 is available to fund applications relevant to research projects focused on the prevention of multiple non-communicable diseases including cancer, circulatory and respiratory disease (sponsored by ICRH, ICR, IA and IPPH);
• $300,000 is available to fund applications relevant to research projects on communicable diseases (sponsored by III, IA, and IPPH);
• $200,000 is available to fund applications relevant to research projects on non-communicable diseases directly relevant to risk modification for Indigenous Peoples (sponsored by ICRH);
• $200,000 is available to fund applications relevant to research projects on communicable diseases directly relevant to risk modification for Indigenous Peoples (sponsored by IIPH).
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