End Date (year)
2020

Funding Organization

Announcement Type
Funding

Research Category

Internal Deadline
Body

This funding opportunity is part of the Government of Canada's continued response to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding will enable the coordination, prioritization, and development of rapid and timely knowledge syntheses and evidence-based products to ensure the Canadian and international response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be informed by the best available science. 

 
The objective of this funding opportunity is to support a knowledge synthesis network designed to collaborate and rapidly respond to the need for synthesized evidence across the full breadth of Canada's COVID-19 pandemic response (including public-health measures, clinical management, health-system arrangements, and economic and social impacts). Through a highly collaborative approach, the knowledge synthesis network is expected to:
  • Produce rapid knowledge syntheses and associated evidence-based products (e.g., evidence profiles) related to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on current evidence and that responds to an identified evidence need;
  • Provide decision-makers with high-quality, timely, accessible and relevant evidence for the rapid translation of knowledge into policy, practice and/or clinical guidelines to address the immediate response to the pandemic; and
  • Address evidence gaps and build the evidence base for the response to COVID-19;
  • Enhance national and international coordination across knowledge synthesis experts and organizations involved in producing COVID-19 related products.
Please note, the collection of primary data or activities related to primary research are not meant to be supported through this funding opportunity.
 
The maximum amount available through this funding opportunity is for one grant of up to $1,000,000 for one year.
 
Application Process:

Expression of Interest
Applicants are required to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by email to EHTRF-FRNMS@cihr-irsc.gc.ca no later than 8:00 p.m. (ET) on November 5, 2020, prior to beginning their full application. Note that this task is mandatory to be eligible to submit a full application.
Applicants are requested to send a copy of their EOI to lcudmore@upei.ca to facilitate communications with potential applicants.

Application Stage
1) UPEI internal approval
Applicants must submit a penultimate copy of their application using the UPEI Romeo Researcher Portal for internal review and approval by November 12, 2020 and ensure that it reaches Research Services for review by November 16, 2020.  Ensure that your submission includes the CIHR signature pages in order to obtain the institutional signature.
2) Online submission
Applicants are requested to submit using ResearchNet by November 18, 2020.  Research Services will forward the application to CIHR by the agency deadline of November 19, 2020.