Training Grant : Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant – Health System Stream
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Friday 2nd, September 2022
External Deadline: Thursday 8th, September 2022
Description
RIS 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.
The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners, including patients (a term inclusive of individuals with personal experience of a health issue and informal caregivers, including family and friends), health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, and others, dedicated to the integration of research into care.
Patient-oriented research (POR), which is foundational to evidence-informed health care, refers to a continuum of research that engages patients, health professionals, decision makers, researchers and other knowledge users and communities as partners: from initial studies in humans to comparative effectiveness and outcomes research, to the integration of research results into the health care system and clinical practice.
The CIHR Strategic Plan 2021-2031 sets a vision of best health for all, powered by outstanding research. Through the objectives of this funding opportunity and the application of a POR approach, SPOR will contribute to the acceleration of several CIHR Strategic Plan priorities, more specifically:
- Strengthening Canada’s health research community by creating supportive environments and career paths conducive to the conduct and uptake of POR (Priority B: Strengthen Canadian Health Research Capacity);
- Enabling Indigenous communities and Indigenous-led organizations to respond to health issues from a position of strength by increasing capacity to mobilize knowledge that is critical for improving spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional health and well-being (Priority C: Accelerate the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples in Health Research);
- Enabling the health system to benefit from existing knowledge and lead to sustainable policies and practices in support of health equity (Priority D: Pursue Health Equity through Research); and
- Building capacity within the health system to mobilize knowledge generated from POR to support health system transformation and decision-making, ultimately leading to better outcomes and improved health care experiences (Priority E: Integrate Evidence in Health Decisions).
Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant – Health System Stream
The Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant – Health System Stream represents one component of the SPOR Capacity Development Initiative launched in May 2019 and aligns with the CIHR Strategic Action Plan on Training.
The aim of the Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant – Health System Stream is to build capacity for the uptake of POR in the health system by providing non-governmental Canadian health systems or related organizations (“the NPA organizations”) with an opportunity to embed POR principles, practices, and findings within Canadian health care contexts. This will be accomplished by implementation specialists employed at the NPA organizations who will receive training, mentorship, and practical opportunities to embed POR within their organizations. These grants are intended to be flexible to meet the specific needs of each NPA organization, its implementation specialist, and their community.
Requirements
To meet the criteria outlined in the Objectives section, applications submitted to this funding opportunity are required to address the following aspects of a POR approach:
Knowledge Mobilization and Integration of Evidence in Health Decisions
- An implementation project must be conducted which embeds POR principles, practices and findings within the mandate, policies, and/or activities of the NPA organization to support the translation of research results into practice. The implementation project must be feasible within the duration of the grant and provide the implementation specialist with opportunities to apply their training toward the project.
- The NPA organization must describe in the application the knowledge mobilization activities that it will undertake.
Training and Capacity Development
- In alignment with the SPOR Capacity Development Framework and CIHR’s Strategic Action Plan on Training (T-SAP), applications must include a mentorship team that is committed to supporting the implementation specialist to build capacity for POR, and must include:
- A Primary Mentor: a supervisor from the NPA organization; and
- A Secondary Mentor: a supervisor from an academic institution (see Eligibility for further details).
- Collaboration with the SPOR National Training Entity (NTE), a key component of the SPOR Capacity Development Initiative, to help the implementation specialist identify their individual training needs and development plan to enhance their knowledge and skills in POR and support knowledge mobilization activities at the NPA organization.
- All aspects of the proposal that involve Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Métis and/or Urban Indigenous communities) must clearly demonstrate that the work is conducted by, grounded in, or engages with Indigenous communities, societies and/or individuals and their wisdom, cultures, experiences and/or knowledge systems, as expressed in their dynamic forms, past and present. Appropriate consideration of TCPS 2: Chapter 9 – Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada and other Indigenous ethical and data governance guidelines, such as OCAP© 1 or the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance, as well as meaningful and culturally safe research designs, practices, plans and activities, and mentorship / community support throughout this grant work must also be demonstrated.
See ResearchNet for additional information.