Sponsor: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Science, Knowledge Translation and Ethics Branch
Sponsor program link: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1989&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
Value: Maximum amount for a knowledge synthesis is $100,000 for up to one year | Maximum amount for a scoping review is $50,000 for up to one year | $1.5 Million available, enough to fund approximately 15 grants.
Objectives: i) to increase the uptake/application of synthesized knowledge in decision-making by supporting partnerships between researchers and knowledge users to produce scoping reviews and syntheses that respond to the information needs of knowledge users in all areas of health; and ii) to extend the benefits of knowledge synthesis to new kinds of questions relevant to knowledge users and areas of research that have not traditionally been synthesized.
Application deadline(s):
March 26: OGPR for Faculty-level signature
March 28: ORS Deadline for Institutional Signature and e-approval
April 1: CIHR National Deadline
Special notes: For your application to be eligible, it must include 2 Principal Applicants: one independent researcher and one knowledge user. CIHR strongly recommends that each team include a content expert, an expert in synthesis methods and an information scientist/librarian. Applications are submitted via ResearchNet and electronically approved and submitted to CIHR by ORS on behalf of the applicant.