The CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative along with its Partners will be hosting a webinar on Friday, October 30th from 12:30pm – 2:00pm EST to discuss the recently launched Implementation Science for the Prevention of HIV, HCV and STBBIs – Component 1: Adaptation Grants Funding Opportunity.
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The webinar will focus on:
• A review of the CIHR Funding Opportunity;
• Presentations by the Health Canada- First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIB), Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC); and
• Answering any questions from participants.
The CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative and its partners have developed an Implementation Science initiative in order to address the gap that exists in the application of evidence into health policy and programs. The goal of the initiative is to reduce the incidence of HIV, Hep C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) within and across key populations in Canada.
Teams supported through this initiative will meaningfully engage decision makers, community leaders and researchers from different research disciplines. Together, these multi-sectoral teams will focus on the identification, adaptation and equitable scale-up of promising or effective interventions for populations in greatest need and across diverse settings/contexts. By integrating expertise and skills from different sectors and disciplines, teams will contribute important knowledge regarding program design and implementation and address ‘real-world’ programming issues and challenges faced by decision makers, communities and service providers across Canada.
Two complementary funding opportunities have been developed within the framework of the initiative:
- Component 1 – Adaptation Grants: will support the development of multi-sectoral teams, identification of promising or effective interventions and the development of multi-faceted programs through intervention adaptation.
- Component 2 – Implementation Grants: will support multi-sectoral teams in multi-year investigations of program implementation and scale-up across multiple heterogeneous communities.
This funding opportunity will support Component 1 – Adaptation Grants. It is anticipated that a funding opportunity for Component 2 – Implementation Grants – will be launched in 2016 in order to support the transition of Component 1 projects into longer-term implementation studies. Teams will not be required to hold Component 1 grants to be eligible for the Component 2 funding opportunity. Teams that are ready to investigate the scale-up of a multi-faceted prevention program may apply directly to Component 2 when it is launched.
For any questions regarding the webinar, please contact Jennifer Ralph at [email protected]