Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation’s Align Grant (Canada)

Applications may address any area of human health.

Objectives

• Applications must meet each of the following three objectives:
  • Increase research relevance, coordination, and potential for impact by:
    • ​Enabling development and engagement of robust interdisciplinary research teams, including stakeholders outside academia; ​
    • Providing funding to complete activities that shape research to align with the Saskatchewan context and respond to Saskatchewan 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; and
  • 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.

Funding Information

• Amount
  • Up to $10,000
  • Values requested must be reflective of a justified and fiscally responsible budget and in balance with the expected deliverables and outcomes of the proposed activities.
• Term
  • The grant provided is for up to one year (12 months)

Eligible Activities

• Below are examples of eligible activities. Please note this is not an exhaustive list. Please contact the program manager if you have questions regarding 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 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 letters of support for future funding applications
  • Identify knowledge sharing avenues outside academia

Eligibility Criteria

• Principal Applicant Requirements
  • Individuals applying to this funding opportunity as Principal Applicant must meet the requirements as defined in the SHRF Funding Guide definition of Principal Applicant.
• Team Requirements
  • At least one Saskatchewan-based trainee must be named either as personnel or as a co-applicant and their roles and responsibilities adequately described.
  • As this grant is available to assist in connecting with stakeholders outside academia, it is not required that teams include knowledge-users.
  • For this funding opportunity, there are no Contribution Forms or additional documents that will need to be shared from Applicants or Personnel invited to this application. Supporters must provide a letter of support.

For more information, visit Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.