Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Health Services and Policy Research (Spring 2009 Competition) – Funding Decisions Notification (June 2009 Competition: 200906ILM)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Health Services and Policy Research ( Spring 2009 Competition) competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

CIHR-IHSPR "Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Health Services and Policy Research (Spring 2009 Competition)" funding opportunity will fund meritorious research development and knowledge translation and exchange activities (e.g., workshops, symposia, background papers) to facilitate collaboration among individuals from a variety of fields, disciplines, backgrounds and roles (e.g., Canadian health researchers and research users such as program managers, decision makers and practitioners) with the objective of developing and/or enhancing:

• Collaborative research development and knowledge translation and exchange initiatives to address at least one or more of the research and knowledge exchange priorities identified in this funding opportunity
• Canadian networks of researchers and research users across institutions and geographic regions dedicated to address one or more of the research and knowledge exchange priorities identified in this funding opportunity
• The health services and policy research community in Canada to become increasingly successful in investigator-initiated and strategic research competitions;
• Consensus on priority policy issues and research questions in the research and knowledge exchange priorities identified in this funding opportunity where such common understanding is currently lacking or requires further development;
• Support for activities intended to assist CIHR-IHSPR and its community in identifying new and emerging priorities and issues.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 17 applications were received of which 6 were approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-948-2024
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: MPD-SRPD@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

For further information about this initiative and the objectives of this funding opportunity please contact:

Christian Brochu
Associate, Strategic Initiatives
Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-952-4539
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: christian.brochu@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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