Title:
Chair: Implementation Science Chairs in HDCYH - General Pool
Agreement Value:
$1,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030
Description:
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:
• Build capacity in the current and next generation of Implementation Science researchers in human development, child, and youth health to facilitate the integration of evidence into health-related practice and policy.
• Advance the field of Implementation Science in human development, child and youth health through building the evidence base of what works best, for who, where, and with what impact in implementation efforts.
• Strengthen research excellence and ensure maximum research impact through:
o Co-production of research with knowledge users to ensure that evidence-based practices and/or policies and implementation strategies address barriers and facilitators (e.g., societal, structural) to implementation, respond to needs, and promote health equity.
o Consideration of diverse biological and/or socio-cultural identity factors in research design, including diverse research methods such as those based in Indigenous ways of knowing.
Organization:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Expected Results:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
Location:
Hamilton, Ontario, CA L8N 3Z5
Reference Number:
236-2025-2026-Q1-00969
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Individual or sole proprietorship
Recipient's Legal Name:
Chu, Derek K
Research Organization:
McMaster University
Program:
Research in Priority Areas
Program Purpose:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.