Grants and Contributions

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• Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of trainees, researchers, healthcare professionals and clinical research professionals across sectors, by integrating training on:
o approaches to advance rigorous and responsible research (e.g., product development from discovery to commercialization; best practices in clinical trial design, recruitment, conduct and reporting; sex- and gender-based analysis plus [SGBA+] (WSC:#moreInformation); research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias, life cycle/life stage approaches to clinical trials);
o grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
o best practices in knowledge translation and implementation science; and
o diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (private/for profit, public and not-for-profit)

Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of diverse trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on:
o Approaches to advance rigorous, responsible, and impactful research (e.g., EDI considerations and analysis – including sex- and gender-based analysis, embedding inclusive patient and persons with lived or living experience (PWLE) engagement in all stages of research, knowledge mobilization, research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias);
o Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
o Applying knowledge mobilization strategies (e.g., priority-setting and co-production, dissemination and communication, evidence synthesis, implementation of high-quality evidence, embedded research, etc.) and advancing knowledge mobilization science (e.g., implementation science, embedded research, evaluation of KM strategies) and,
o Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (academia, private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).

Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of diverse trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on:
o Approaches to advance rigorous, responsible, and impactful research (e.g., EDI considerations and analysis – including sex- and gender-based analysis, embedding inclusive patient and persons with lived or living experience (PWLE) engagement in all stages of research, knowledge mobilization, research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias);
o Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
o Applying knowledge mobilization strategies (e.g., priority-setting and co-production, dissemination and communication, evidence synthesis, implementation of high-quality evidence, embedded research, etc.) and advancing knowledge mobilization science (e.g., implementation science, embedded research, evaluation of KM strategies) and,
o Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (academia, private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).

Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of diverse trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on:
o Approaches to advance rigorous, responsible, and impactful research (e.g., EDI considerations and analysis – including sex- and gender-based analysis, embedding inclusive patient and persons with lived or living experience (PWLE) engagement in all stages of research, knowledge mobilization, research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias);
o Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
o Applying knowledge mobilization strategies (e.g., priority-setting and co-production, dissemination and communication, evidence synthesis, implementation of high-quality evidence, embedded research, etc.) and advancing knowledge mobilization science (e.g., implementation science, embedded research, evaluation of KM strategies) and,
o Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (academia, private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).

Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of diverse trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on:
o Approaches to advance rigorous, responsible, and impactful research (e.g., EDI considerations and analysis – including sex- and gender-based analysis, embedding inclusive patient and persons with lived or living experience (PWLE) engagement in all stages of research, knowledge mobilization, research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias);
o Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
o Applying knowledge mobilization strategies (e.g., priority-setting and co-production, dissemination and communication, evidence synthesis, implementation of high-quality evidence, embedded research, etc.) and advancing knowledge mobilization science (e.g., implementation science, embedded research, evaluation of KM strategies) and,
o Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (academia, private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).

Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of diverse trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on:
o Approaches to advance rigorous, responsible, and impactful research (e.g., EDI considerations and analysis – including sex- and gender-based analysis, embedding inclusive patient and persons with lived or living experience (PWLE) engagement in all stages of research, knowledge mobilization, research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias);
o Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
o Applying knowledge mobilization strategies (e.g., priority-setting and co-production, dissemination and communication, evidence synthesis, implementation of high-quality evidence, embedded research, etc.) and advancing knowledge mobilization science (e.g., implementation science, embedded research, evaluation of KM strategies) and,
o Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (academia, private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).

To be eligible to the competition, applications must address ALL objectives AND key design components:

• Establish central coordination and collaboration activities with Collaborating Sites located across Canada to increase the availability of high-quality and real-time evidence to support research on the effectiveness and relative safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in children and youth;
• Generate research evidence related to COVID infection and vaccination in diverse children and youth population(s), including (but not limited to):
o Equity considerations;
o Health and well-being status (e.g., historically excluded or underserved populations, individuals with complex health needs and/or a disability);
o Sex and gender; and/or
o Racialized and Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Urban Indigenous) populations.
• Identify children and youth populations at the highest and high risk for negative outcomes related to COVID-19 vaccination, and other determinant of health factors (e.g., social, economic, behaviour, etc.) that are associated with this increased greater risk.
• Harmonize data collection, and improve open and real-world data sharing with relevant knowledge-users in an accessible, useful and relevant format to support a timely and effective COVID-19 public health response within and across all jurisdictions in Canada as it relates to children and youth;
• Collaborate across Sites to establish resource and data sharing policies, increase efficiencies in research and related processes (including but not limited to ethics review; privacy considerations; contracts; informed-consent; common protocols; developing applications for trial funding; consistent and valid patient-oriented outcomes), reduce duplication, and maximize research and surveillance activities related to COVID-19 vaccination of children and youth; and
• Provide research evidence to inform clinical and health system management and public health response, and/or decision-making and planning within and all across jurisdictions in Canada and internationally.

For example, how standards are relevant to, or implemented across diverse groups, such as populations marginalized by racism and/or underserved populations (e.g., LGBTQ2S+, gender diverse youth), or groups significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For example, how standards are relevant to, or implemented across diverse groups, such as populations marginalized by racism and/or underserved populations (e.g., LGBTQ2S+, gender diverse youth), or groups significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For example, how standards are relevant to, or implemented across diverse groups, such as populations marginalized by racism and/or underserved populations (e.g., LGBTQ2S+, gender diverse youth), or groups significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.