In accordance with the mandate of CIHR to promote and facilitate the dissemination and application of new knowledge, IGH supports the gender, sex and health community in the creation of new knowledge and the translation of that knowledge into relevant practice, policy and community settings. CIHR is committed to a greater focus on solutions-based research that involves collaborations between researchers and users of research knowledge to increase the uptake of research findings. Likewise, IGH aims to assist the gender, sex and health research community through providing useful tools and information related to KT.

Some of IGH's current and past initiatives related to KT include:

• Funding the Gender, Sex and Health Chair award. Objectives for the chair award program include: to foster formal linkages with KT stakeholders to support the timely and effective application of research into policies, programs and practice in health related sectors; and to stimulate innovative approaches in gender and sex health research and KT.
  
• Funding the Centres for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Addictions, a program that promotes an integrated research and knowledge translation agenda and encourages the development of innovations in KT.
  
• Funding the Cochrane Collaboration.
  
• Offering a range of funding opportunities with a strong KT component.
  

Links and resources

• CIHR's Knowledge Translation & Commercialization Branch
  The Knowledge Translation & Commercialization Branch at CIHR aims to engage stakeholder communities in the funding and translation of research for effective and innovative changes in health policy, practice or products.
  
  
• The Source: Women's Online Health Data Directory
  The Source-Survey-Synthesis Tool is a bilingual web-based resource portal where researchers, health planners, policy makers, community groups, students, and the public can access Canadian women's health data sources, reports, and synthesis documents.
  
  
• Cochrane Collaboration
  The Canadian Cochrane Centre is part of the international Cochrane Collaboration, which strives to improve healthcare decision-making globally through systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions. The reviews are published in The Cochrane Library.
  
  
• ResearchImpact
  ResearchImpact, a partnership between York University and the University of Victoria, is an institutional strategy designed to connect university researchers with community and government organizations to support the use of research in decision-making about social programming, public policy, and professional practice.
  
  
• Centres for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Addictions
  • CIHR Centre for Intercultural Research on Prevention of Gender Violence: Preventing Gender Violence 
  • Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health: Reducing social inequities and improving mental health
  • Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence Across the Lifespan: Preventing Gender Violence
    
    
• Women and HIV: Past, present and future. Implications for Research, Policy and Practice
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Funding opportunities related to KT

All CIHR funding opportunities call for researchers to address KT in their grant applications. The opportunities listed below have a special emphasis on KT.

• Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grants (MPD)
  Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grants are intended to provide support for meetings, planning and/or dissemination activities consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR institutes, initiatives, or branches. Search for opportunities
  
  
• Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)
  This initiative supports teams of researchers and decision-makers interested in conducting applied health research that is useful to health system managers and policy makers. Successful teams will conduct health services, systems and policy research projects. Search for opportunities
  
  Please note that funding is only available for MPD and PHSI grants during specific periods.
  Watch for launch dates in late spring, and sign up for the IGH list serv for the latest funding announcements.
   
• IGH Travel Awards for Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
  The mission of CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of gender and sex on the health of women and men throughout life and apply these research findings to identify and address pressing health challenges. Visit the IGH Travel Awards page for more information and to apply.