CIHR: Operating Grant : Addressing the Wider Health Impacts of COVID-19 – Registration
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire within your unit
Memorial Deadline: No RGCS review required for the Registration
External Deadline: Monday 18th, October 2021
Description
This funding opportunity is part of Government of Canada’s continued rapid response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding will enable rapid and timely research responding to the current and next phase of the wider impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and around the globe.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic and international organizations (e.g., Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, United States National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization) have played critical roles in providing guidance, sharing data and coordinating the global response. The WHO R&D Blueprint has served as a guiding framework for international coordination, including the preparation of a coordinated Global Research Roadmap. The Government of Canada’s research investments have additionally been informed by its participation in the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R), an international organization composed of 28 members that coordinates closely with WHO.
Background
As of September 3, 2021, the direct consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada have been severe, including over 1.5 million confirmed cases, more than 78,000 hospitalized, over 14,880 admitted to intensive care units, and over 26,930 deaths. Moreover, it is clear that marginalized populations have faced a disproportionate impact from COVID-19. While research priorities addressing the direct effects of COVID-19 remain highly relevant, very little is known about the wider impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on the health and health care of people in Canada. This will only become more important over the next few months as health systems deal with subsequent waves of COVID-19, deliver vaccines and start to recover. While the direct impacts of COVID-19, variants of concern, and vaccination have been prioritized in the short term, so too should research on the wider impacts of the pandemic so that evidence-informed practices and policies can be implemented at the earliest possible time.
The disruption to the economy, education, social relationships and health care have been harmful and severe, causing substantial suffering, mortality and potential lifelong impacts. These wider impacts are frequently more challenging to observe, catalogue and address because they fall across a much broader spectrum of services, as well often being longer term and/or harder to specifically establish attribution. Without focused attention, these major consequences are likely to remain poorly understood, impact the health of people in Canada, and create a significant lag in evidence-informed practices and policies.
Additional information can be found at Research Net.