2017 Convening & Collaborating (C2)
Awards
Program Scope and Eligibility Criteria
October 11, 2016
Webinar Agenda
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Purpose of the Program
Objectives
Award Amount and Duration
Eligibility Requirements
Review Process
Key Competition Dates
How to Apply
Contact Information
Purpose of the Program
The MSFHR C2 Awards:
• Further research by promoting
knowledge exchange between health
researchers and research users.
• Provide support to plan research
programs, projects, and/or activities
between researchers and research
users.
• Contribute to the advancement of KT by
providing health researchers the
opportunity to collaborate with research
users.
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Objectives of C2 Awards
Primary:
To support health researchers and research users to come
together to plan and/or conduct activities for the
development and use of research evidence in practice and/or
policy.
Secondary:
To build capacity in KT experience and skills for research or
health professional trainees.
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Award Amount and Duration
The budget envelope for this funding opportunity is $225,000
- enough to fund about 15 awards.
Maximum amount per award is $15,000 over 12 months.
Funding Decisions:
• MSFHR will aim to fund at least one award in each of
the five BC health system priority areas.
• Final allocation contingent on applications received and
outcome of review process.
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Eligibility Requirements
The proposal must directly address at least one of the Five BC
health system priorities:
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Enhance access to effective primary care
Services for seniors with complex medical conditions
Mental health/substance use care
Services for patients needing surgery
Rural and remote health care services
Eligibility Requirements (cont’d)
Your team must include:
• A minimum of one BC-based researcher AND one BC-based
research user as the co-leads.
• A minimum of one BC research or health professional
trainee included in a meaningful way to enhance their KT
experience and skills.
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Eligibility Requirements (cont’d)
• At least one co-lead (either researcher or research user) must be
affiliated with a BC host institution that has a signed
memorandum of understanding with MSFHR to administer
award funds.
• One in-person meeting must be part of the proposed work and
must take place in BC within the 12-month period of the award.
• All award funds must be used in BC.
• Co-leads are limited to two applications per competition but may
hold only one C2 award at a time.
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Definitions
Researcher: an individual who holds, or has recently held, research
operating funds as either a principal or co-investigator at the time
this competition closes.
Research User: is the target audience(s) of research evidence.
Research users are experts on their needs, environment and local
context. Including research users as equal members of the research
team will ideally result in more relevant research evidence and an
increased likelihood of its use for the purpose of making informed
decisions about health policies, programs and/or practices.
Research/Health Professional Trainee: can include undergraduate,
graduate, post-doctoral and/or clinical fellows.
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Word of Advice
• If you have acquired or plan to acquire additional sources of
funding, upload letter(s) of support to confirm in-kind or other
resources.
• Co-Lead(s) and team member(s) MUST complete their task in the
MSFHR ApplyNet for the Lead to submit the full application.
• Multiple research user team members from the same
organization submit only one letter of support.
• Research user team members from multiple organizations
submit a letter of support from each organization.
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Review Process
Following an initial internal screening, eligible applications will
undergo review by an external panel for funding recommendations.
Applicants will be assessed against the following criteria:
Impact
20%
Merit,
Relevance
and
Feasibility
40%
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Quality and
Engagement
of the Team
40%
Key Competition Dates
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Action
Target Date
Competition Launch
September 26, 2016
Competition Deadline
October 21, 2016
Anticipated Notice of Funding Decision
Mid-December 2016
Anticipated Start of Funding
January 1, 2017
How to Apply
All applicants applying for the first time to MSFHR will need to register on MSFHR
ApplyNet and create a system account email and password.
Applicant
Completes
the
eligibility quiz
prior to host
institution
deadline
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Applicant
Third Parties
Applicant
Completes the
full application
and notifies all
third parties to
complete their
tasks on MSFHR
ApplyNet
Co-lead(s) and
team members
complete their
respective tasks
on MSFHR
ApplyNet
Completes the
full application
and submits on
MSFHR
ApplyNet
prior to host
institution
deadline
prior to host
institution
deadline
By host
institution
deadline
Host Inst.
Reviews and
approves the
full application
and submits on
MSFHR
ApplyNet
prior to MSFHR
full application
deadline
MSFHR
Receives
applications by
the full
application
deadline
October 21,
2016
11:59 p.m. PST
Contact Information
Questions regarding the application and submission process
Rashmita Salvi
Manager, Research Competitions
604.714.2779
Zach Tanner
Coordinator, Research Competitions
604.714.2777
Email: [email protected]
Questions regarding the MSFHR ApplyNet system
MSFHR Help Desk
604.714.6609
Email: [email protected]
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