Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity (2023)

Eligibility

For an application to be eligible at the LOI stage, all of the requirements stated below must be met:

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
   • an independent researcher or a  knowledge user 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
   • an individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
     OR
   • an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
2. The NPA 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 before the funding can be released (see Administration of Funds).
4. Research teams must be comprised of no more than 4 Principal Applicants (PAs) or Principal Knowledge Users (PKU) in addition to the NPA. Inclusion of other applicant roles (i.e., Co-Applicants, Knowledge Users (KUs), and collaborators) is optional.
5. The research team (including NPA, PKU, PAs, Co-Applicants and KUs) must be interdisciplinary and must include each of the following participant types. Note that an individual can fulfill multiple participant types.
   • an Early Career Researcher (ECR) in the role of NPA or one of the PAs or a Co-Applicant. ECR eligibility status must be met by the full application deadline date.
   • a Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Champion who will act as the liaison between research teams and the KM Hub in any role except collaborator.
   • at least one PWLLE representative of the population(s) being studied, in the role of PKU or KU, as appropriate for the proposed research.
6. For any research applications involving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Indigenous populations, Research Teams must include at least one applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples (see How to Apply for more details).

   In addition to meeting the requirements above, for an application to be eligible at the full application stage, all the requirements stated below must also be met:

7. The research team (including NPA, PKU, PAs, Co-Applicants and KUs) must include each of the following participant types. Note that an individual can fulfill multiple participant types:
   • a knowledge user in the role of KU or PKU.
   • an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Champion with expertise in sound EDI practices and principles in the role of NPA, PA or Co-Applicant. See Additional Information for wise practices on including an EDI Champion and defining their potential roles in the research.
   • A minimum of two PWLLE representatives of the population(s) being studied, in the role of PKU or KU, as appropriate for the proposed research
8. The NPA, all PAs, and EDI champion must have successfully completed one of the sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) training modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a Certificate of Completion by the full application deadline (see How to Apply for more details).

KM Hub Supplement

At the full application stage, in addition to the requirements listed above:

• Teams applying for the KM Hub supplement must include:
  • At least one KM Hub Champion with demonstrated knowledge mobilization expertise
  • At least one applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples. (see How to Apply for more details).
• Note that to be eligible for the KM Hub Supplement, the Research Team must successfully receive funding for the full application.

For supplemental partner funding eligibility see funds available.

Summary

The Team Grants: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision and Increase Health Equity aims to inspire a paradigm shift in health research whereby biological, behavioural, social and environmental diversity and structural determinants of health are considered and integrated. This approach will lead to a better understanding of how individuals stay healthy and help develop effective interventions and policies to improve the health of all people in Canada. This funding opportunity emphasizes health equity and inclusion of a diversity of populations who have historically experienced inequitable health outcomes in Canada.

This funding opportunity is composed of two types of grants:

• Research Teams (RT) Grants
• Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Hub Supplement (KMH)

The objectives of this funding opportunity are to fund new research that will improve health and achieve more equitable outcomes in nutrition, metabolic health, and chronic high burden diseases, as well as STBBI, across the life course of diverse groups of people in Canada by:

1. Developing precision medicine approaches to characterize the variability that underlies mechanisms of disease, to prevent, detect, and intervene effectively in terms of disease susceptibility, progression, resilience and reversibility, and treatment
2. Increasing our understanding of interactions between structural, social, environmental, and biological determinants of health in Indigenous communities that underlie heterogeneity in health and disease
3. Increasing our understanding of interactions between structural, social, environmental, and biological determinants of health with particular emphasis on a diversity of populations who have historically experienced inequitable outcomes in Canada and at-risk groups that underlie heterogeneity in health and disease

Note that applicants will not be required to meet all the objectives in their respective application, but all objectives will be met through the funding opportunity.

Overhead

n/a

Pre-application deadlines

RSO internal deadline

Pre-application program deadline

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.

Submission Process

LOIs, plus approvals in RMS, will be required by RSO by noon, January 29, 2024. 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 LOI record in RMS is available in the Resources section below.

Once RMS approval and institutional signature have been obtained for your LOI, you may proceed with submitting to CIHR through ResearchNet by 6:00PM Calgary time on February 1, 2024.

Invited to Full Application

Full applications, plus approvals in the Research Management System (RMS), will be required by RSO by noon, October 17, 2024. 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.

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

Once institutional signature has been obtained, a copy of the CIHR signature page will be available via the RMS record, under Documents (must be in 'Edit' view). Upload the CIHR signature page including the routing slip in the Print/Upload Signature Pages task in ResearchNet by 6:00PM Calgary time on October 22, 2024.

RESOURCES

Support for projects involving Indigenous Research:

Support with the development of your grant application is available internally through the Indigenous Research Support Team (IRST). Applicants can reach out by email to IRST at IRST@ucalgary.ca in advance of the RSO internal deadline. For more information about IRST, please visit the IRST webpage.

Support for Knowledge Engagement:

Support for knowledge mobilization/engagement/translation is available internally through the Knowledge Engagement Team. Applicants can reach out by email to the KE team at knowledge.engagement@ucalgary.ca in advance of the RSO internal deadline. For more information, please visit the KE team webpage.

Support for Research Data Management:

For information on research data management plans, processes, or best practices for your research program, please contact research.data@ucalgary.libanswers.com and/or visit https://libguides.ucalgary.ca/researchdatamanagement.

Support for EDI in Research:

RSO can provide resources and support to research teams on the integration of equitable and inclusive practices in research design and research practice. Contact Erin.OToole@ucalgary.ca for more information.

RMS: Creating a Pre-Award LOI

RMS: Creating a Pre-Award Application