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Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research Team Grants

This funding opportunity is now available on

ResearchNet

. Application deadline: September 04, 2024

Introduction

CIHR is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research (CBR) Team Grants.

Overview

The purpose of the funding opportunity is to support a diversity of CBR teams to build and strengthen capacity for CBR and knowledge mobilization activities that are centred in the self-determined priorities of the communities and will lead to improved health outcomes for key populations disproportionately affected by STBBI in Canada. Funds will be made available in two stages: Letter of Intent (LOI) stage to support building community-centred teams and developing full applications; and Full Application Stage for applicants successful at the LOI stage.

Research Areas

To improve health equity and capacity building across a diversity of communities, applications MUST identify a key population below of primary focus for the team:

Gay, bisexual men and other MSM

People who use drugs

African, Caribbean and Black People

Racialized people and migrants, particularly from regions with high HIV or HCV prevalence

Sex workers and their clients

People living in or recently released from correctional facilities

Transgender and non-binary people

Young women (~16-25 yrs)

Youths

Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis People)

Footnote

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Applications for the CBR Team Grants must focus on addressing the self-determined STBBI-focused priorities of the community/ies, and strengthen community capacity for research.

Funding will be made available to support general and distinctions-based approaches for Indigenous Peoples.

Objectives

The objectives the CBR Team Grants are to:

Strengthen and build capacity within communities for CBR and KM that delivers impactful, useful, and timely results for populations at greatest risk of STBBI in Canada;

Advance community-centred approaches to STBBI research by establishing meaningful partnerships between communities and researchers from academic or other research institutions; and

Improve health equity by conducting, enabling and/or facilitating access to research that addresses structural, social, behavioural and biomedical determinants of health for key populations affected by STBBI.

Webinar

CIHR will be hosting a webinar to inform participants about the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions. To find out more information and to register, visit the

Webinars

page.

Funds Available

The total amount available for this funding opportunity is anticipated to be $22,500,000.

The total amount available at the LOI stage is anticipated to be $2,500,000, to fund approximately 25 grants at a maximum amount of $100,000 per grant for a total of 1 year.

The total amount available at the full application stage is anticipated to be $15,000,000, to fund approximately 15 grants at a maximum amount of $200,000 per year for up to 5 years, for a total of $1,000,000 per grant.

An additional amount of up to $5,000,000 in supplementary funding is anticipated to be available at the full application stage to teams whose

primary

research focus is in northern, remote and/or geographically isolated communities; or for implementation science or other large-scale intervention community-based research projects requiring additional operating funds or for large teams with participating community organizations located across at least 5 provinces/territories.

Dedicated funding pools will be available for each key population listed above.

Anticipated Timelines

These timelines are estimates and subject to change.

Launch:

December 2023

Webinar:

February 2024

LOI Application Deadline:

June 2024

LOI Funding Start Date:

October 2024

Strengthening workshop:

Winter 2025

Full application Deadline:

September 2025

Full application Funding Start Date:

January 2026

The official CIHR funding opportunity will be posted on

ResearchNet

in the coming weeks.

For a full list of CIHR funding opportunities, please visit

ResearchNet

.

CIHR Contact Centre

For general inquiries please contact:

613-954-1968

support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Disclaimer:

The information contained herein is anticipatory only and does not represent an official funding commitment by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Accordingly, the information, contained herein may differ from the official funding opportunity that will be published on

ResearchNet

.

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2024-04-23

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