CIHR Best Brains Exchange Travel Award
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit:
Memorial Deadline: Inquire with RGCS
External Deadline:
Description
The Best Brains Exchange program is designed to provide high-quality, timely, and accessible evidence that responds to Ministry and Health Portfolio-identified health system priorities to help inform policy development, planning and program implementation. The program was developed to amplify CIHR’s capacity to engage with provincial and territorial ministries of health and the Health Portfolio, and to generate applied and relevant research that is responsive to their priorities.
Best Brains Exchanges are one-day, in-camera meetings for decision makers and researchers with expertise on a particular topic deemed as a high priority by the Ministry or Health Portfolio. More specifically, Best Brains Exchanges are a forum to highlight existing and relevant research evidence on the topic; identify gaps in evidence; bring together both decision maker and researcher expertise on a policy issue; and candidly discuss the applicability of the research for the department/agency. A Best Brains Exchange is an informal forum for interaction, exchange and mutual learning between researchers and decision makers in order to support and facilitate the sharing and use of information on a high priority topic.
Funds Available
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 awards received as a result of this funding opportunity.
The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $120,000. The value of each travel award will be determined based on the location of the applicant and that of the Best Brains Exchange to which they were invited to attend. Approved applicants may also receive a $1,000 prize for participation.
Additional details and application form are available on CIHR’s website.