Knowledge Mobilization at IHDCYH

IHDCYH develops and invests in funding opportunities that support implementation science, knowledge sharing, and research co-production to address practice and policy gaps to create real-world benefits for society. Examples include:

• Mental Health in the Early Years Implementation Science Team Grants (Archived)
• Implementation Science Chairs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (Archived)
• IHDCYH Talks Competition

Please visit the CIHR Funding Opportunities Database to view all active funding opportunities.

IHDCYH supports the research community to strengthen skills and increase knowledge in both the practice and science of knowledge mobilization. Examples include:

• Co-hosting a capacity building opportunity with Research Impact Canada to strengthen skills in communicating research impact
• Spotlighting leaders in research co-production through webinars, (e.g., IHDCYH and NIH-NICHD Webinar Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Promoting Health Equity Among Children, Adolescents, and Families in Canada and the United States)
• Supporting leadership, training, and mentorship in KM practice and science through our partnership with the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research in the Health System Impact (HSI) program

IHDCYH advances health research impact by addressing barriers to KM practice and science. Examples include:

• Funding research that incorporates a tri-partite leadership team (i.e., an independent researcher, a knowledge user, and a youth with lived or living experience of the topic of study) to ensure that the research is meaningful, relevant, and actionable through our Healthy Youth Initiative
• Increasing capacity for Indigenous-led research through our Indigenous Path activities
• Championing brokering activities that help foster partnership between researchers and knowledge user or holder partners, and communities through our engagements in CIHR's Best Brains Exchange program
• Collaborating with CIHR's Program Design and Development team to engage youth as peer reviewers on grants

IHDCYH engages in evaluative activities to inform improvements to our approach to KM as a funder. Examples include:

• Taking a learning approach to guide how we enable KM (e.g., embedding performance measurement into the IHDCYH-supported Knowledge Development and Exchange Hub [KDE Hub] for the Mental Health in the Early Years Implementation Science Team Grants)
• Engaging with other funders and knowledge brokering organizations to exchange lessons learned and advance KM best practices