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Finding a Place within CIHR: A
guide for social sciences and
humanities health researchers
May 25, 2011
Danika Goosney, PhD, Director, Program
Planning and Process, Research Portfolio, CIHR
Welcome to CIHR
CIHR welcomes all researchers and stakeholders involved in the
generation and/or application of health knowledge.
This presentation will focus on where social scientists andhumanists involved in health-focused research will find fundingopportunities at CIHR:
1. CIHR Institutes and Pillars
2. Open vs. Strategic Grants
3. Knowledge Translation (SSHRC: Knowledge Mobilization)
4. Examples of Research
And, how Peer Review is managed to ensure fair and appropriateadjudication of ALL applications, including those from the socialsciences and humanities
Perspectives on Health
If medicine is to fulfill her great task,
then she must enter the political and
social life. Do we not always find the
diseases of the populace traceable to
defects in society?Dr. Rudolf Virchow (1848)
Knowledge Translation is Part of our Mandate
CIHR Institutes
Aboriginal Peoples’ Health
Aging
Cancer Research
Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Gender and Health
Genetics
Health Services and Policy Research
Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Infection and Immunity
Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
Population and Public HealthC
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How CIHR Operates
CIHR Institutes*
Total Expenditures 2000-01
vs. 2009-10 ($M)
$27
$61$75
$8
$119
$11
$32
$93
$25
$78 $74
$7
$31
$122
$159 $160
$51
$241
$111$123
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$211
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Open and Strategic Grants
70% of research funding is investigator-driven (open); 30% is reservedfor strategic initiatives
Open Competitions ~70%:
•Operating grants, salary awards, training awards, etc
•Researchers develop proposals in any area of health and submitapplications to the appropriate open competition
•Regular competition cycle
Strategic Initiatives ~30%:
•Target: major health challenges, strategic priorities
•Developed by Institutes/Branches/Initiatives
•Fluctuating competition cycle
Selecting the Appropriate Federal
Granting Agency
FIRST STEP:
Investigators whose proposal is health-related should consult CIHR’s mandate first to explore eligibility.
CIHR has policies and procedures in place to adjudicate the full range of social science and humanities research proposals.
Research eligible under the mandate of CIHR will not be considered by SSHRC.
For more details, see:
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/apply-demande/background-renseignements/selecting_agency-choisir_organisme_subventionnaire-eng.aspx
CIHR’s Programs for all Health-focussed
researchers (Visit our web site for a complete list of funding opportunities)
SSHRC CIHR CIHR Description
SRG / Insight
Grants
Open Operating Grant PA Operating funds for all areas of
health research.
New Investigator Salary Award PA Salary contribution for new
investigators holding a full time
research appointment.
PDG / PG Team Grant / Emerging Team
Grant
Support for research
established by new or emerging
teams
PDG / PG Partnerships for Health Systems
Improvement (PHSI)
PA Strengthen Canada’s
healthcare system via
collaborative, applied and
policy-relevant research.
PDG /
Outreach &
Tools
Knowledge Synthesis Grants PA Support teams of researchers
and knowledge users to
produce knowledge syntheses
and scoping reviews.
IDG / PDG Catalyst Grants Seed money towards future
grants
Workshops &
Conferences
Planning Grants and
Dissemination Events Grants
PA Meetings, planning and
dissemination activities
consistent with CIHR mandate.
Peer and Merit Review
CIHR Principles of Peer Review:
• Confidentiality
• Absence of conflict of interest
• Fairness
Merit review:
• Used to assess research projects that engage knowledge-users throughout the research process (e.g. PHSI applications)
• Equal representation of researchers and knowledge-users in review committee membership.
Peer and Merit Review
Potential reviewers are identified and prioritized in consultation with many sources, including:
• CIHR Institute staff
• The strategic lead(s) for the funding opportunity
• The Peer Review Committee Chair and Scientific Officer
• Research institution administrators
• Applicants (dedicated section in applications)
Applications are assigned to committee members based on required expertise
Committee meets face-to-face or by teleconference
Peer and Merit Review
Reviewers will use the following set of criteria for the evaluation
of most CIHR grant applications:
Research Approach
Originality of the Proposal
Applicant(s)
Environment for the Research
Impact of the Research
The criteria are consistent for CIHR open programs
Strategic programs or programs using merit review, may adapt the
criteria to fit the objectives of the Funding Opportunity
Example: CIHR Open Operating Grant
Program
Examples of Open Operating Grant Peer Review
Committees:
Aboriginal Peoples’ Health
Gender, Sex & Health
Health Policy & Systems Management Research
Health Services Evaluation & Interventions Research Humanities,
Law, Ethics & Society in Health
Palliative & End of Life Care
Public, Community & Population Health
Social Dimensions in Aging
Example of CIHR-funded Social Research
proposals
• An ethnographic study of adolescents’ conceptualization of cancer andcancer prevention (Operating Grant, $328,342)
• Young men’s responses to the accidental death of a friend (OperatingGrant, $ 97,141)
• The role of housing in promoting and maintaining the health of victims ofdomestic violence (Operating Grant, $168,408)
• Patient Narratives (History of Medicine) (Operating Grant, $ ---)
• Marginalized Youth in Contemporary Educational Contexts (Meetings,Planning and Dissemination Grant, $15,000)
• The Culture and Context of Adolescent Marijuana Use (Operating Grant,$366,011)
Example: social sciences and
humanities health research initiative
Strategic Initiative on Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC)
Mandate: to promote the study of health determinants and specific needs on these two communities, increase the number of researchers interested in these issues and to ensure that newly created knowledge is transmitted to researchers and clinicians with the view of improving health of Canadian populations.
Nationwide role in strengthening OLMC research capacity and developing partnerships between the Institutes and health research organizations focused on an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and context-based approach.
This approach aims to promote collaborative research projects, train new researchers, increase knowledge dissemination and application and promote the official language minority communities.
OLMC – strategic plan: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39495.html
Example: Evidence on Tap
Objective
To produce high-quality, timely, and accessible
evidence that is of immediate interest and use
to provincial/territorial and federal decision
makers
1. Expedited
Knowledge
Synthesis
2. Best Brains
Exchange
Rationale
• There is demand from federal,
provincial/territorial and regional health
officials for accessible and timely “user-
friendly” evidence to help inform their
decision making
• Decision makers need evidence faster
than traditional funding approaches allow
• The CIHR Act requires CIHR to work with
provinces/territories on research needs
and to inform policy making
Expedited Knowledge Synthesis
• This program generates syntheses that respond to decision-maker identified priorities in a 6-9 month timeframe
• Two stages of application and peer review
• Final workshops will be held where the researchers debrief the decision makers on key findings and potential policy implications
Best Brains Exchange
What is a Best Brains Exchange?
A one-day meeting that brings together the “best brains” of research and
decision-making on a ministry-identified, high-priority issue for a closed-door
“brain dump”.
• In-camera discussions
(Chatham House Rule)
• Researchers
summarize the relevant
evidence and suggest
what it implies about
possible policy
directions
• Researchers and
decision makers
discuss the
implications of the
research
CIHR and SSHRC Partnership in
Transition
CIHR and SSHRC are monitoring the transition:
Communication on program material and
eligibility guidelines.
Consultation on potential committee members
from the SSH.
Monitoring eligibility problems.
Exchange of info on rules and practices at staff
level.
Thank you
Please contact me if you have any questions: