Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity – Operating Grants: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment

Introduction

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes in partnership with JDRF Canada is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the Operating Grants: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment.

Overview

The goal of this funding opportunity is to enhance knowledge mobilization in the field of diabetes, focusing on evidence integration into health services, programs, and policies.

Objectives

The objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Increase and enhance bi-directional mobilization of knowledge and integration of evidence into policies and practices related to diabetes prevention, remission, screening, diagnosis, management, treatment, and delivery of care for all types of diabetes as well as screening and prevention of diabetes complications.
• Support researchers and knowledge users in the development and implementation of a knowledge mobilization plan to address a health system priority and/or identified evidence needs or gaps.
• Facilitate uptake of evidence to improve the lives of people at risk of or living with diabetes in Canada.

This funding opportunity will support projects relevant to the following areas:

• General Pool: projects relevant to the overall objectives of the funding opportunity.
• Territorial Regional Pool: projects focused within the Canadian Territories.
• Atlantic Regional Pool: projects focused within the Canadian Atlantic Region.

Competition Partner

JDRF Canada will support projects with a substantial focus on type 1 diabetes. For projects related to the screening and prevention of complications of type 1 diabetes, JDRF Canada support will be considered for the following complications: kidney disease, eye disease, cardiovascular disease, and psychosocial aspects of type 1 diabetes. JDRF will also fund projects contributing to health technology assessments for technology used to manage type 1 diabetes.

Webinar(s)

CIHR will be hosting a webinar to inform participants about the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions. Find out more information on the webinars page once the funding opportunity is launched.

Partner Linkage Tool

CIHR is providing a Partner Linkage Tool that is intended to facilitate connections between researchers and knowledge users, which include healthcare providers, policy and decision makers, and non-governmental organizations with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate. This is not a mandatory tool. Information is provided on a volunteer basis and does not confer any advantages in the evaluation and funding of applications. The table will be updated weekly until the application deadline. If you would like to use this tool, please complete a short survey. The information you provide will appear on CIHR’s website. Please note that potential applicants are not required to use the linkage tool or contact those who have submitted their information.

Funds Available

The total amount available for this funding opportunity is anticipated to be $2,000,000, enough to fund approximately 16 grants. The maximum amount per grant is anticipated to be $125,000 per year for up to one year.

• Of this $2,000,000:
  • $875,000 is available to fund up to seven (7) applications relevant to the General Pool.
  • $250,000 is available to fund up to two (2) applications relevant to the Atlantic Regional Pool.
  • $375,000 is available to fund up to three (3) applications relevant to the Territorial Regional Pool.
  • Up to $500,000 ($250,000 by JDRF Canada and $250,000 by CIHR) is available to co-fund up to four (4) applications with a substantial focus on type 1 diabetes (See JDRF Canada competition partner paragraph above) in any of the pools.

Anticipated Timelines

Launch: January 2024
Webinar Date: February 2024
Application Deadline: May 2024
Funding Start Date: November 2024

The official CIHR funding opportunity will be posted on ResearchNet in the coming weeks.

For a full list of CIHR funding opportunities, please visit ResearchNet.

Date modified:

2024-01-12