KEY DATES & LINKS
Application deadlines: July 15, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. EST
Application package | Online submission form
This initiative will provide a maximum of $10,000 in funds to facilitate innovative training initiatives that will complement ongoing Patient-Oriented Research (POR) activities that focus on childhood brain-based developmental disabilities. With this opportunity we intend to support the development of innovative tools and resources that develop capacity in the areas of Knowledge Mobilization (KM), Implementation Science (IS), or Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization & Indigenization (EDI-DI). We invite applicants to address one or more of the following areas of focus:
Key Terms & Definitions
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Knowledge mobilization refers to getting evidence and knowledge to appropriate stakeholders when they need it and in a format that is suitable to them. For example, one way to ensure the material is suitable for families is to co-create knowledge mobilization products with families. Integrating new evidence into practice and policy is critical for advancing the latest innovations into care.
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Bringing evidence-based interventions from a research setting into the real world is a substantial challenge. Implementation science is a field of research that studies how a novel, evidence-based intervention will interact with real-world settings with the ultimate outcome of understanding what needs to be in place for the intervention to succeed in practice and at scale.
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Equity is an approach that ensures that all people have access to the same opportunities in society through identifying and eliminating barriers that exist.
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Diversity refers to the existence of differences within a given setting. These differences may include gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, Indigenous identity, age, class, family status, and/or social-economic class. It recognizes the ways in which people are different and also similar at individual and group levels. Diversity focuses particularly on groups who remain underrepresented within research.
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Inclusion is an active, intentional, continuous process and practice in which different groups or individuals with varying identities (including, but not limited to, gender, sexual orientation, disability, Indigeneity, social-economic class, and health literacy level) are able to fully participate in society through addressing inequities in power and privilege.
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Decolonization is the divesting of colonial power in all aspects of society. Decolonization is achieved by deconstructing colonial influences on knowledge and education, eliminating its gendered hierarchies, and recognizing and respecting the sovereignty of each Indigenous nation. Decolonization also calls for decentering the narrative that settlers have held in regards to Indigenous Peoples and their Ways of Knowing and Being.
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Indigenization recognizes the importance of Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) worldviews, knowledge and perspectives, and brings to the forefront Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being in all aspects of society.
Develop tools and resources that mobilize and apply research findings to improve healthcare practices and/or reduce health inequities
Improve capacity to create a more inclusive approach to research that values the principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization and Indigenization (EDI-DI) within the research team and research project
Support for partnership-building with equity deserving groups and Indigenous Peoples and communities in the context of childhood brain-based developmental disability research
Competency-building activities that generally support Knowledge Mobilization/ Implementation Science initiatives within POR projects focused on childhood brain-based developmental disabilities.
Tools to improve cross-stakeholder comprehension and communication on interdisciplinary research teams.
Training programming exploring the ethical engagement of youth as partners on patient-oriented research teams and/or subjects on POR projects.
Applications should demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary cooperation and employ accessible language to promote authentic cross-partner (i.e. patients & families, trainees, decision-makers, researchers and community members) comprehension and collaboration.
Proposals will be reviewed by a selection committee and up to 3 projects will be approved for funding.
Please relay any further inquiries to pierre.zwiegers@child-bright.ca.
Who is eligible to apply?
Any patient-partner, trainee, or researcher
Applicant(s) should be affiliated with a Canadian post-secondary institution/healthcare research institution, or collaborate with a principal applicant that is. Should this not apply to you, please contact us as alternate arrangements can be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Application process
Propose a unique project/activity addressing a demonstrable gap in training/knowledge within the area of Patient-Oriented Research (POR), Knowledge Mobilization (KM), Implementation Science (IS), or Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization & Indigenization (EDI-DI)? (download the application package).
Provide a preliminary budget (up to $10,000[1] for a period of 12 months) in support of a project addressing the identified training/knowledge gap.
Submit your completed application via our online submission form by 11:59 p.m. EST on July 15, 2022.
A review panel will evaluate the applications (view the evaluation framework) and successful applicants will be notified by late August.
[1] Note that no more than $2,500 of travel expenses can be requested
The successful applicant(s) will (where applicable):
Create synergies with SPOR entities or groups with mutual interests.
Incorporate elements from CHILD-BRIGHT’s EDI-DI Framework.
Provide CHILD-BRIGHT with a one-page update (including multimedia where possible) every six months for a period of up to two years.
Acknowledge CHILD-BRIGHT funding support of the project on all public-facing materials, according to CHILD-BRIGHT’s branding guidelines
Grant CHILD-BRIGHT permission to promote the project through CHILD-BRIGHT communication channels.
Make freely available for use the finalized training output with CHILD-BRIGHT Network members and other stakeholders with an interest in pediatric-focused POR.
Examples of projects addressing gaps which are eligible for support through the TIF
Develop a suite of creative strategies to share research findings from your POR project (i.e. a podcast, videos, infographics, etc.), and strategies for how the material will be shared for maximal impact.
Create practical guides and/or training materials that support research teams when applying the principles of knowledge mobilization/implementation science to their POR work.
Create a series of training outputs or a toolkit to support researchers and patient-partners to effectively collaborate on knowledge mobilization or implementation science projects.
Develop practical resources to support researchers and patient-partners when meeting with key decision-makers to help drive the implementation of findings.
Develop practical approaches/strategies on how to connect with groups not typically engaged in research.
Develop resources (e.g. a video, animation, pamphlet, etc.) that promote cross-stakeholder comprehension of common research terms and methodologies, knowledge mobilization, implementation science, or patient-oriented research, and strategies for how these materials will be used.
Develop tools/resources to support use of existing implementation science theories, models, frameworks, and approaches in current POR projects.
Develop strategies to support the delivery of existing training materials to encourage implementation of new knowledge/skills.
What will NOT be funded?
Activities & initiatives that share similarity with work already being done by CHILD-BRIGHT.
Hiring a project worker to generally assist work within your project/program.
Capacity-building activities that do not fit within the scope of patient-oriented research (e.g. a thesis-writing workshop or exploring post-graduate employment opportunities).
Addressing an issue/gap that is not relevant to CHILD-BRIGHT’s stakeholder groups