Grants and Contributions

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) has a mandate to support innovative research, capacity-building and knowledge translation initiatives designed to improve the way health care services are organized, regulated, managed, financed, paid for, used and delivered, in the interest of improving the health and quality of life of all Canadians. The CIHR-IHSPR also recently launched its Strategic Plan for 2021 to 2026, entitled “Accelerate health system transformation through research to achieve the Quadruple Aim and equity for all”. More information about the strategic plan can be found here.
Funding will be provided for applications that specifically align with IHSPR’s mandate and one or more of the following priority areas:
Models of care that optimize inter-professional collaboration and/or integration of services across sectors and that achieve the Quadruple Aim (namely improved value, improved patient and provider experiences, and better health outcomes), and health equity for all Canadians.
Health care system transformation (i.e., organization, management, funding and delivery of care, health care workforce) in primary, home, and community care.
Organization and delivery of long-term care in Canada. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, innovation in care delivery, health care workforce planning, funding models, and regulatory approaches to assure quality and safety (e.g., legislation, regulation, accreditation).
The health care workforce, including, funding and remuneration, training and support, licensing, accreditation, scopes of practice, interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration, and data systems for planning.
Integration of upstream prevention within health care delivery settings (e.g., primary health care teams) to improve health, health equity and well-being, and addresses the social determinants of health
Implementation and evaluation of virtual care technologies, referral and coordination mechanisms (such as e-referral and e-consult), and remote monitoring solutions, that aim to improve health and patient/provider experience outcomes
Advancing the science (methods, theories, frameworks, measures) of real-world impact in health services and policy research (HSPR), including concepts of impact, pathways to HSPR impact, enablers and barriers of HSPR impact, and strategies to demonstrate and communicate HSPR impact.

The CIHR Institute of Aging Voluntary Sector Knowledge Mobilization Support Grant is a knowledge mobilization award that recognizes and supports up to two exceptional groups working in non-profit and voluntary sector in their knowledge mobilization efforts in the area of aging

This is a directed grant funding opportunity to the Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot grantees, for funding for patient engagement enhancement activities to be funded through the SPOR ring-fenced budget

This is a directed grant funding opportunity to the Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot grantees, for funding for patient engagement enhancement activities to be funded through the SPOR ring-fenced budget

This is a directed grant funding opportunity to the Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot grantees, for funding for patient engagement enhancement activities to be funded through the SPOR ring-fenced budget

The objective is to invest in research areas related to COVID-19 in the Fall 2021 project grant competition.

The objective is to invest in research areas related to COVID-19 in the Fall 2021 project grant competition.

The objective is to invest in research areas related to COVID-19 in the Fall 2021 project grant competition.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Generate data and evidence to monitor and evaluate the potential benefits, harms, and unintended consequences of alcohol regulation on population health and health equity;
• Generate intervention-related evidence to address the needs of knowledge users in this space, including for regulatory aims;
• Facilitate consideration and application of new evidence to inform ongoing and future development of policies, practices and programs related to alcohol;
• Support partnerships between researchers and knowledge users to rapidly inform policies and practices related to prevention, harm reduction, and treatment of alcohol use;
• Encourage evaluation of interventions, population health intervention research, and implementation science approaches that consider sub-populations and/or the biological, structural, and social determinants of problematic alcohol use.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Generate data and evidence to monitor and evaluate the potential benefits, harms, and unintended consequences of alcohol regulation on population health and health equity;
• Generate intervention-related evidence to address the needs of knowledge users in this space, including for regulatory aims;
• Facilitate consideration and application of new evidence to inform ongoing and future development of policies, practices and programs related to alcohol;
• Support partnerships between researchers and knowledge users to rapidly inform policies and practices related to prevention, harm reduction, and treatment of alcohol use;
• Encourage evaluation of interventions, population health intervention research, and implementation science approaches that consider sub-populations and/or the biological, structural, and social determinants of problematic alcohol use.