Research Grants Program Call Description
The IPHCPR Network’s Research Grants Program opportunity is intended to spark and seed early-stage community driven research that facilitates Indigenous primary health care (PHC) system innovation and transformation within Alberta. It is designed to support research and knowledge sharing activities within Indigenous-led PHC and policy.
The Research Grants Program’s funds are offered as time limited (up to 18 months) awards for aligned research-related activities.
ELIGIBILITY
This program is open to community-based PHC and policy researchers as well as those with academic appointments with partnership with the community.
The primary applicant needs to have the capacity to hold the research funds through their affiliated organization.
Applicants do not need to have a faculty appointment at a research organization (i.e. a University).
Trainees are eligible to apply as long as they are partnered with an independent academic researcher or a community-based researcher (as co-applicants).
IPHCPR Network Principal Applicants are ineligible to apply directly.
Applications are to be in partnership with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) primary health care and policy stakeholders.
Please note that our rating system will give preference to emerging community-based PHC and policy researchers.
Applicants may apply for one or more categories based on their needs.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Successful projects will be required to submit a project report at the end of the term and complete IPHCPR impact and quality improvement surveys. For more information, please email iphcpr@ucalgary.ca
RESEARCH SUPPORT
IPHCPR will provide support to successful applicants and teams (if interested or need identified) through mentorships and research-related activities and events including:
Match interested applicants with potential partners (e.g., academic or community-based) to grow capacity for research partnerships
Collaborative meetings with IPHCPR investigator and grant holders
Consultation with academic researcher from network for specific method direction and support
Invitation and support to present at the IPHCPR’s knowledge exchange activities (including the Annual Scientific Meetings)
Assistance with identification of where ethics should be submitted and provide support if submitted through University of Calgary
GRANT CATEGORIES
Applications should focus on research-related activities that have the potential to inform PHC and/or policy, recognizing that PHC encompasses a broad approach to wellness promotion and disease prevention, that incorporates a comprehensive understanding of complex factors that impact health.
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Initial planning of research idea/ project among potential team members including researchers, knowledge-users and/or partners to assess the viability of the research project and partnership.
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Execution of early-stage community driven Indigenous PHC focused research.
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Organization of events with stakeholders to share and disseminate knowledge.
Application Requirements
To apply for the IPHCPR Network’s Research Grants Program, applicants will need to provide the following information using the application webform:
Applicant Details: Name(s) of the primary applicant(s) and affiliated organization.
Project Information: Grant category, project title, and total funds requested.
Project Description: A summary (8500 characters max. including spaces) outlining the proposed research or knowledge-sharing initiative.
Alignment with Program Goals: Short responses (2000 characters each max. including spaces) on how the project promotes equity, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, and primary health care transformation for Indigenous peoples.
Feasibility: Please use the templates provided to prepare the following tables to be uploaded in the application webform:
A table of Timeline of Objectives and Anticipated Outcomes (click here for template)
A table detailing the Budget for the Requested Grant Amount, and if applicable, a table describing other funding sources for your project* (click here for template)
*For any non-IPHCPR funds that are not yet secured, explain your contingency plans if those funds are not received.
Team Capacity: A summary of team experience and potential support needs from the IPHCPR Network.
(Optional) Applicants may also choose to upload a CV and an additional supporting document.
application process
Review the Research Grants Program’s Call Description to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria.
A confirmation email will be sent for all applications received within 48 hours of submission.
Received applications will go through administrative review to ensure completeness.
Complete applications will then be reviewed by the Network Grant Adjudication Committee.
Funding decision will be provided within 2 months.
If you have any questions, please email iphcpr@ucalgary.ca
submission deadline
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing yearly basis until the Network has reached its budget maximum.
2020-2021 Awardees
Danika Goveas
Danika is a non-Indigenous graduate student and second-generation settler. She completed her undergraduate degree in Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where she had the opportunity to work as a research assistant and collaborate on several projects focused on Indigenous health, infectious disease, and food security.
Currently, Danika is an MSc Candidate in Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. In collaboration with Indigenous communities, her current research aims to explore how Indigenous ways of knowing can be integrated into primary health care policy development in Alberta to inform strategies that promote healing and health equity.
Lene Jorgensen
Lene Jorgensen is the Executive Director for the Diabetes, Obesity and Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network at Alberta Health Services. Lene is an Athletic Therapist and Kinesiologist by background and has worked extensively in the areas of chronic disease prevention & management and system & service planning. Over the past 6 years, Lene has worked on numerous Indigenous health projects and initiatives, such as zone specific Indigenous health action plans, an organizational approach to Indigenous health planning, and the Alberta Health Services Indigenous Health Strategy.
Of specific note, in 2018 and 2019 Lene worked directly with the Blood Tribe Department of Health to co-design the Bringing the Spirits Home Addiction Framework. This framework is a community-wide, comprehensive, full continuum of care addiction framework specific for the Blood Tribe community and the Blackfoot culture. This collaboration and co-design has resulted in increase in the Government of Alberta’s funding to the community, specifically to the locally operated safe withdrawal management site. This framework has also just received the gold award for innovation from the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
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Kate Dunn
Kate Dunn is an Anishinaabe woman who works in a collaborative role increasing access to Hepatitis C treatment and cure for Indigenous communities in Alberta. Bringing a background in nursing, and a master’s in public health she is pursuing a doctorate in social sciences at Royal Roads University focusing on Indigenous Health. Kate’s Wisdom Seeking research project spends time with Indigenous Knowledge Holders listening to memories, stories, and perspectives on traditional health and liver wellness. These conversations will guide co-creation of a respectful and culturally relevant awareness approach or DocuStory (short documentary movie) sharing perspectives on wellness shaping positive awareness of Hepatitis C. Moving forward to the goal of altering the approach to this disease from one of cultural barriers, fear, and stigma; to a wholistic story of wellness and healing framed in a way that Indigenous Peoples understand, directed by the voices and experiences of Knowledge Holders. This work has potential to influence creation of culturally relevant resources impacting primary health care and provincial policy while incorporating wholistic and traditional wellness approaches to Hepatitis C and liver health.