Call for Applications: SHRF Align Grant Program (Canada)

Objectives

• Proposed activities must address all three of the following Align Grant objectives:
  • Increase research relevance, coordination, and potential for impact by:
    • Enabling development and engagement of robust interdisciplinary research teams that include stakeholders outside academia.
    • Providing funding to complete activities that shape research to align with the Saskatchewan context and respond to Saskatchewan stakeholder needs.
• Increase quality and success of Saskatchewan applications to: peer-reviewed funding competitions at the regional (e.g.; western Canadian- minimum two provinces), national and international level, as well as to SHRF.
• Support the development of Saskatchewan research and health professional trainees through opportunities to gain experience in collaborative team building and engagement outside academia, co-development of research questions and approaches, and other research and professional skills related to proposed activities.

Focus Area

• Applications may address any area of human health.

Funding Information

• Grants: Up to $10,000 is available from SHRF.
• Duration: The grant provided is for up to one year (12 months).

Eligible Activities

• Below are examples of eligible activities.
  • Community needs assessment
  • Determining scope or scale of a health issue in Saskatchewan
  • Determining next steps and needs to move successfully from pilot to implementation, uptake and/or sustainability
  • Identifying initiatives already underway in Saskatchewan and looking for opportunities to align, work together, and reduce duplication of efforts
  • Connect with Saskatchewan stakeholders such as patient groups, community organizations, decision makers, Knowledge Keepers, etc. Undertake culturally appropriate engagement and relationship building
  • Co-develop research questions and approaches with input from stakeholders
  • Ensure research is relevant and appropriate to those directly impacted
  • Identify outcomes important to stakeholders
  • Answer feasibility questions related to the Saskatchewan context
  • Identify and connect with target audiences, who may provide leters of support for future funding applications
  • Engage with potential private sector investors
  • Showcase your research’s practical applications, commercial value, and market opportunities to potential investors
  • Identify knowledge sharing avenues outside academia

Eligibility Criteria

• Individuals applying to this funding opportunity as Principal Applicant must meet the requirements as defined in the SHRF Funding Guide definition of Principal Applicant.

For more information, visit SHRF.