Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement – Funding Decisions Notification (February 2009 Competition – 200902KTB)
(Alternate title: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: End of Grant Knowledge Trans Suppl.)The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement competition.
Funding Opportunity Summary
The objective of the "Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement (Winter 2009 Competition)" was to facilitate the dissemination and uptake of research results through appropriate KT strategies/activities based on the best evidence of effectiveness for the identified target audience(s) following the successful completion of a CIHR grant/award or component of a grant/award.
Examples of dissemination/implementation activities eligible for funding are provided below. These examples are not intended to be exhaustive and there is no intent to imply that applications for these types of activities would be more successful than for activities not captured in the list below.
- Dissemination of research results through specialized publications
- Development/maintenance/updating of websites
- Production and distribution of written materials in various formats
- Travel costs for a series of meetings/presentations (linkage and exchange activities)
- Hiring of a knowledge broker or implementation facilitator/change agent
- Development of plain language summaries
- Development of knowledge exchange tools e.g. educational CD-ROMs, decision support tools
- Any combination of above, or related, activities
KT strategies/activities must be appropriate to the degree of generalizability of the research findings and the justification for the activities must include how the research results fit in the context of available literature.
Funding Competition Summary
A total of 6 applications were received and all 6 were approved for funding.
Contact Information
For further information about this competition, please contact:
Stephanie Rasia
Program Delivery Coordinator
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-948-2024
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: stephanie.rasia@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
For further information about this initiative and the objectives of this funding opportunity please contact:
Adrian Mota
Senior KSE Specialist
Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange Branch
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-954-1944
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: adrian.mota@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Funding Decisions Data Report
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