CIMVHR – Call for Proposals – Scoping review to identify digital mental health tools and digital record keeping used by service providers who care for Veterans
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with your unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 10th, December 2020
External Deadline: Wednesday 16th, December 2020
Description
CIMVHR encourages researchers from relevant fields to submit research proposals to compete for
funding that will support True Patriot Love’s research needs as they relate to the Mental Health
Technology Initiative.
The True Patriot Love Mental Health Technology Initiative (MHTI) was established in 2019 through
the support of Veterans Affairs Canada’s Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund. The MHTI was
established to investigate the current state of Veteran mental health data, specifically the storage,
sharing, and use of this data in Canada and the challenges or issues related to its use. Through
discussions with practitioners and researchers in the Veteran mental health data space, it was
evident that silos of health data exist, which is the main issue when trying to gather a nationally
representative health data set to help further research and inform best practices. Therefore, the
goal of the MHTI is to identify the types of Veteran mental health databases, how the data is being
collected across clinics and providers, how it is being shared, what are the challenges to securely
sharing Veteran mental health data for research and policy needs, and possible solutions for secure
national data sharing.
The results from the successful research outlined in this Call for Proposals will help inform the
Mental Health Technology Advisory Council in the MHTI project and will also be included in formal
reporting to Veteran Affairs Canada.
Deadline
Final proposals must be submitted through the CIMVHR funding opportunities portal
(https://funding.cimvhr.ca/) by 5:00 pm (EST) on December 16th, 2020 for consideration and
evaluation.
Contact
CIMVHR is available to discuss the feasibility of your proposed research prior to completing and
submitting the proposal.
For further information, please contact:
Madelaine Meehan
Project Manager
Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research
Queen’s University
E-mail: madelaine.meehan@queensu.ca