Team Grant: THINC Implementation Science Team Grants

Eligibility

For an application to be eligible, all the requirements stated below must be met:

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be:
   1. An independent researcher affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation);
      OR
   2. An individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate;
      OR
   3. An Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate;
2. The NPA (individual) must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
3. The Institution Paid must be authorized to administer CIHR funds at the time of funding (see Administration of Funds).
4. The core leadership team must include each of the following among its NPA, PKU(s), Principal Applicant(s) (PA), and Knowledge User(s) (KU), who together will comprise the team's quadripartite leadership responsible for co-leading the team and funded activities.
   Note: An individual can represent no more than one (1) role:
   1. Researcher: A scientific lead with expertise in integrated care and/or implementation science (must be an independent researcher). The NPA is the scientific lead when they are an independent researcher (1a.);
      • Teams with a senior researcher as the scientific lead must also include an early or mid career researcher within its core leadership team.
   2. Decision-maker: A health system decision maker or policy maker holding an active leadership position at a health system organization that will be involved in the implementation of the intervention and have the authority to make decisions about implementing, evaluating and/or scaling the intervention. If this individual is not the NPA, they must be listed as a PKU;
      • The decision maker must have expertise in the relevant research area and knowledge of the intervention being investigated.
   3. Provider: A currently practicing health care provider with experience in integrated care and using research to inform practice; or
   4. PWLE: A patient/family/caregiver/person/community representative with lived or living experience of integrated and/or fragmented care.
5. The team must have a Sex and Gender Champion and an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Champion:
   1. Combined, the champions must have experience in (i) sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) or with gender diversity in the community; (ii) fostering EDI in research and/or applied settings (e.g., promoting equitable access to research participation or inclusion of typically underrepresented population groups in decision making), and (iii) creating Sex and Gender and EDI plans for diversity of team composition;
   2. These individuals may hold other roles within the team in addition to standing as the team's Sex and Gender and EDI champions;
   3. The Sex and Gender and EDI champion roles may be served by the same individual or different individuals.
6. The NPA* and the quadripartite leaders and the Sex and Gender and EDI champions must have each successfully completed at least one of the sex and gender-based analysis training modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and have submitted a Certificate of Completion. See How to Apply for more details. For additional information on sex, gender and health research, applicants are encouraged to review the How to integrate sex and gender in research section on the CIHR website.
   *Organizations as NPAs: For organizations applying as the NPA, a representative of the organization must complete the training module on the organization's behalf.
7. At least one participant must be identified as the Knowledge Mobilization (KM) and Impact Champion acting as the key liaison with the members of the Impact Hub [4]. As an intermediary between the IST and Impact Hub, the KM and Impact Champion will participate in relevant meetings and activities on behalf of the IST to advance KM and liaise with the Impact Hub:
   1. The KM and Impact Champion must have experience in KM, collaboration, and evaluation (e.g., impact assessment, outcome measurement);
   2. This individual may hold other roles within the team in addition to standing as the team's KM and Impact Champion.
8. At a minimum, the organization affiliated with the decision maker or policy maker from the core leadership team must be identified as an application partner.
9. For applications involving research with Indigenous Peoples the research team must include:
   1. The NPA, a PA or a PKU who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples (see How to Apply for more details);
   2. A PWLE with lived or living experience who self-identifies as Indigenous; and
   3. For applications focused on Indigenous Health Research, one team member who is an Indigenous Elder or Knowledge Keeper.
10. For applications to the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Integrated Care funding pool:
    1. The team must include social science and humanities researchers.

Summary

THINC Implementation Science Team (IST) Grants will inform the implementation, evaluation, adaptation and/or spread/scale (share) of evidence-informed integrated care policies and interventions that encompass intersectoral collaborations within and/or beyond the formal health care delivery system in order to advance the Quadruple Aim and health equity for Canadians. For the purpose of this funding opportunity, evidence-informed integrated care policies and interventions are defined as policies, programs, services, and models of funding or care delivery that (a) are implemented with the primary goal of integrating care and (b) have been piloted or tested in a setting or population and show promise (i.e., published evidence) for spread and scale through local adaptation in a different context, population, or jurisdiction (Note: This funding opportunity does not support the development of new or pilot interventions).

Submission Process

Please note that the full application stage to this competition will be part of the Research Management System (RMS), and approvals will be obtained electronically. See Submission Process below.

Full applications, plus approval in the Research Management System (RMS) (https://research.ucalgary.ca/conduct-research/additional-resources/research-management-system-rms), will be required by RSO by noon, Thursday, November 24, 2022.  Please be sure to select "Submitted for approvals" (Under Save & Progress) in RMS in good time to allow for approvals from your Department Head and/or ADR prior to the Research Services deadline. Consult your department and faculty for more information on their approval processes and timelines. A step sheet for creating an application record in RMS is available in the Resources section below.

A Research Funding Application Approvals (RFAA) form is not required - as approval are collected electronically in RMS.

Do not submit through ResearchNet until RSO's signature has been granted.

Once institutional signature has been obtained, RSO will return a scanned copy of the CIHR signature page to NPA via email.  Upload the CIHR signature page including the routing slip in the Print/Upload Signature Pages task in ResearchNet by 6:00PM Calgary time on November 29, 2022. 

Resources

Creating an application record in RMS

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.