Deadlines:
- Building a Foundation: 1 April 2019
- Enhancing Knowledge: 1 April 2019
- Moving the Marker: 22 April 2019
Public Health Agency of Canada is seeking applications for its Infectious Disease and Climate Change Fund.
The purpose of this fund is to address the impact of climate change on human health by building, and increasing access to, infectious disease based evidence, education and awareness.
Objectives
The following three objectives will be the areas of focus for this solicitation.
- Moving the Marker
- Solutions to enhance capacity and address the epidemiology and burden of illness related to climate-driven tick-borne and mosquito-borne diseases in at-risk communities. They’re seeking innovative projects on tick-borne and/or mosquito-borne infectious diseases that address one or more of the following activities:
- Carry-out surveillance and monitoring activities in underserved or at-risk communities and/or populations
- Enhance/ build capacity and/or tools in at-risk communities
- Enhance understanding of epidemiology and burden of illness
- Solutions to enhance capacity and address the epidemiology and burden of illness related to climate-driven tick-borne and mosquito-borne diseases in at-risk communities. They’re seeking innovative projects on tick-borne and/or mosquito-borne infectious diseases that address one or more of the following activities:
- Building a Foundation
- Helping Canadians and health professionals understand the risks and opportunities associated with health and climate change adaptation through knowledge translations/exchange, capacity building, and collaboration mechanisms. They’re looking for innovative projects that could address one or more of the following activities:
- Knowledge based platform to translate and disseminate information to the public about the link between health and climate change adaptation
- Enhance capacity for specialized skills and knowledge (e.g. entomologists, veterinary epidemiologists)
- Integrate climate change and infectious disease into existing health professional forums to disseminate information and facilitate collaboration
- Build new communities of practice
- Helping Canadians and health professionals understand the risks and opportunities associated with health and climate change adaptation through knowledge translations/exchange, capacity building, and collaboration mechanisms. They’re looking for innovative projects that could address one or more of the following activities:
- Enhancing Knowledge
- Novel approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact climate-driven infectious diseases have on human health:
- Domestic zoonotic diseases including vector-borne disease beyond tick and mosquito vectors
- Climate-driven food-borne illness
- Environmentally mediated infectious diseases, including infectious agents within recreational waters
- Novel approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact climate-driven infectious diseases have on human health:
Funding Information
Funds will be disbursed through a combination of single-year or multi-year funding agreements. Multi-year projects are not to exceed three years and a maximum of $150,000 per year of funding.
The total amount available for this funding opportunity per fiscal year is:
- 2019/20: $700,000
- 2020/21: $1,300,000
- 2021/22: $2,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
Canadian applicants who fall under one or more of the following categories will be considered for funding:
- Not-for-profit voluntary organizations and corporations
- Unincorporated groups, societies and coalitions
- Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and agencies
- Indigenous organizations
- Organizations and institutions supported by provincial and territorial governments (regional health authorities, schools, post-secondary institutions, etc.)
- Applicants deemed capable of conducting activities that meet the scope, objectives and priorities of the IDCCF
How to Apply
Please contact the Public Health Agency of Canada by e-mail at the address given on the website for additional information:
- on how to apply
- about the fund
- to obtain an application package
- A bilingual webinar session will be held March 11, 2019 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (EDT) to provide information on the Infectious Disease and Climate Change Fund, this solicitation as well as the application process.
For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2S0mowg
