Team Grant: Intervention Trial in Inflammation for Chronic Conditions 2023

Eligibility

Research Team Grants

For an application to be eligible at the LOI stage:

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be:
   1. 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) at the time of funding.
      • If the NPA is a knowledge user, there must be at least one Principal Applicant who is an independent researcher.
      
      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 before the funding can be released (for more information see Administration of Funds).
4. The NPA* must have successfully completed all four modules for Patient Engagement available online through the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis and have submitted their Certificates of Completions (see How to Apply section) by the LOI stage.
   *Organizations as NPAs: For organizations applying as the NPA, a representative of the organization must complete the training modules on the organization’s behalf.
5. The Research Team must include each of the following roles. Note that an individual can fulfill multiple roles.
   1. An Early Career Researcher (ECR) as NPA, PA or Co-Applicant. The ECR must be eligible at the time of the full application deadline date.
   2. A Sex and Gender Champion as NPA, PA or Co-Applicant. The Champion will be a researcher who possesses or acquires, and provides evidence of, expertise in the study of sex as a biological variable and/or gender as a social determinant of health in relation to inflammation (see How to Apply section for more details).
   3. A knowledge user (KU) as NPA or PA.
   4. A client/patient/family/caregiver/person with lived or living experience (PWLE) as NPA, PA or Co-Applicant.
   5. A Knowledge Mobilization Liaison (KML) as NPA, PA or Co-Applicant (see Additional Information). This person can be (but is not limited to) an investigator, clinician, policy maker, knowledge user, etc.
6. Any research applications involving Indigenous Peoples must include at least one applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) and/or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples (see How to Apply section for more details).
7. Only applications that are successful at the Letter of Intent (LOI) stage will be invited to apply to the Full application stage, and the KM Hub.

In addition to the requirements listed above, for an application to be eligible for the full application stage:

8. The NPA* and the Sex and Gender Champion must have successfully completed 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 WSC Note: #howtoapply section).
   *Organizations as NPAs: For organizations applying as the NPA, a representative of the organization must complete the training module on the organization’s behalf.

KM Hub

1. The NPA of the KM Hub must meet criteria 1-3 for Research Team Grants. In addition, the NPA of the KM Hub must also be a member of a Research Team. If the NPA of a Research Team is also the NPA for the KM Hub, this applicant will be required to submit two applications at the full application stage (one for the Research Team Grant and one for the KM Hub).
2. The NPA* must have successfully completed all four modules for Patient Engagement available online through the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis and have submitted a Certificate of Completion (see How to Apply section).
   *Organizations as NPAs: For organizations applying as the NPA, a representative of the organization must complete the training modules on the organization’s behalf.
3. The KM Hub team must include an ECR, a Sex and Gender Champion, a knowledge user, and a PWLE as detailed in criterion 5a-d. of Research Team Grants. The participants fulfilling these roles may be the same or different than those of the Research Team.
4. The NPA* and the Sex and Gender Champion must have successfully completed 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 section).

Note:

• Participation in the 2020 Team Grant: Preparation to Trial in Inflammation for Chronic Conditions competition is not a prerequisite for an application to be eligible to this competition.

Summary

The overall vision of this funding opportunity is to improve the health outcomes of people living with, or at risk of developing, chronic conditions by advancing the repurposing, development, and optimization of innovative interventions. Interventions are to target biological (e.g., genetic, epigenetic), environmental (e.g., exposure to chemical products, air pollution), social (e.g., socioeconomic status, education) and behavioral (e.g., tobacco or cannabis smoking, vaping, diet) triggers of shared pathways of inflammation across two or more chronic conditions.

This funding opportunity supports the partnership with people with lived/living experience (PWLE), which involves meaningful collaboration between researchers and PWLE. In the context of this funding opportunity, PWLE are individuals with chronic conditions who are representative of the population engaged in the study project. People with chronic conditions can become partners in the proposed research by contributing to identifying research questions and priority-setting, and governance of the research and even performing certain parts of the research itself. This type of meaningful engagement helps to ensure that the research being conducted is relevant and valuable to the people that it affects.  PWLE engaged in research proposals can also collaborate with the research team to analyze and interpret research results, summarize or share the results with target audiences and policymakers or other decision-makers who may apply the results in a health or community setting. For more information about the full scope of patient engagement, please see the SPOR Patient Engagement Framework.

This funding opportunity is composed of two main types of grants:

• Research Team Grants
• Knowledge Mobilization Hub (KM Hub)

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.

Overhead N/A

Webinar:

CIHR will be hosting webinar(s) to support participants with the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions.

When: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 11:00 AM MT | Join
Duration: 60 minutes

Submission Process:

The LOI package, plus approval in RMS will be required by RSO by noon on February 27, 2023. 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.

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

Once institutional signature has been obtained, the NPA will receive an automated message from RMS to their ucalgary email address. The CIHR signature page can then be accessed in RMS. Upload the CIHR signature page including the routing slip in the Print/Upload Signature Pages task in ResearchNet by 6:00PM Calgary time on March 2, 2023. 

Full application, plus approvals in RMS, will be required by RSO by noon on Friday, March 1, 2024. Please be sure to select "Submitted for approvals" (Under Save & Progress) in RMS in enough time to allow for approvals from your Department Head and/or ADR prior to the internal RSO deadline. Consult your department and faculty for more information on their approval processes and timelines.

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

Once institutional signature has been obtained, the NPA will receive an automated message from RMS to their ucalgary email address. A copy of the CIHR signature page will be available via the RMS record, under Documents. Upload the CIHR signature page and routing slip in the Print/Upload Signature Pages task in ResearchNet by 6:00PM Calgary time on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.