Team Grant : Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness = LOI

Aboriginal Peoples
Arctic and Northern Regions
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

Deadlines

Academic Unit: Inquire with your unit

Memorial Deadline: No RGCS review required for LOI

External Deadline: Wednesday 26th, May 2021

Description

In 2021, Canada will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, for which Drs. Banting and Macleod received a Nobel Prize – an illustrious moment for Canadians and one of the most dramatic examples of rapid translation of a discovery in basic science into a benefit for patients. Despite this discovery and the subsequent progress that has been made in treating diabetes, the burden of diabetes on individuals, families, communities and health care systems is increasing in Canada and around the world, as are the related complications. Indigenous Peoples (i.e., First Nations, Inuit and Métis), in particular, are diagnosed at an increasingly younger age, have greater severity at diagnosis, develop higher rates of complications, and experience poorer treatment outcomes1. For this reason, CIHR has developed an Indigenous-led team grant opportunity within the CIHR 100 Years of Insulin: Accelerating Canadian Discoveries to Defeat Diabetes Initiative.The Team Grants in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness will support Indigenous-led and community-driven research that aims to reverse the upward trajectory of diabetes and associated co-morbidities (e.g. cardiometabolic disease) among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and their communities. The objective of this component is to define and integrate models of resilience and wellness into diabetes prevention and treatment approaches among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.The inclusion of an Early Career Researcher and/or trainees who either self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples, is strongly encouraged.Research Areas

The Team Grants in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness will support Indigenous-led and community-driven research to define and integrate models of resilience and wellness into diabetes prevention and/or treatment approaches among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, covering at least one of the following research areas:

  • Mental wellness, spiritual health, ceremony, and connection to community, the land and culture
  • Social determinants of health
  • Health promotion and prevention research, especially among children and youth
  • Supporting the health of community health workers/workforce
  • Integrating Indigenous knowledges and Western science (Indigenous and non-Indigenous research paradigms)
  • Related diabetes complications and co-morbidities e.g. heart failure/coronary artery disease, stroke, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis

These research areas may be considered at the individual, group and structural levels (e.g. governance structures, educational systems, institutions, research infrastructures, policy apparatus, etc.).

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 grants received as a result of this funding opportunity.

  • The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $8,420,000. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate.
  • Of this $8,420,000:
    • $420,000 is available to fund up to twelve (12) development grants of up to $35,000 per grant, if requested, to successful applications at the Letter of Intent (LOI) stage. It is anticipated that up to twelve (12) fundable LOI applications will be invited to the full application stage.
    • $8,000,000 is available at the full application stage, enough to fund up to four (4) grants. The maximum amount per grant is $400,000 per year for up to 5 years, for a total of $2,000,000 per grant.
    • For more information on the appropriate use of funds, refer to Allowable Costs.

Objectives

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

  • To define and integrate models of resilience and wellness into diabetes prevention and treatment approaches among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.
  • To support Indigenous-led and community-driven efforts to reverse the upward trajectory of diabetes in Indigenous communities.

Additional information can be found at ResearchNet.

Funding Sources

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)



This opportunity was posted by: RGCS

Last modified: November 30, 2020