Research and Workplace Innovation Program in Canada

Deadline: 31-Oct-22

The Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) to promote and fund projects related to the prevention of occupational injuries, diseases, and return to work of injured or ill workers.

Objectives

RWIP supports and funds high quality research into workplace innovation, and training and education projects that have a high potential of contributing to the long-term prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses, or the long-term reduction in impacts of injury and illness on workers, workplaces and the workers compensation system as a whole in Manitoba.
In particular, RWIP prioritizes projects that will lead to the adoption of innovative, practical, shop-floor solutions to improving workplace health and safety and fostering successful rehabilitation and productive return-to-work of injured or ill workers. For this reason, projects must have a Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) component.

Streams

RWIP projects are funded under two streams:

Training and Education
- The Training and Education funding stream supports and funds projects that:
  - Develop or expand capacity for training that will benefit Manitoba workplaces, industry sectors or occupations;
  - Address gaps in the delivery of training and education;
  - Promote cultural and language sensitive training to immigrant workers and workers at risk;
  - Improve training in workplace risk assessment and hazard identification related to health and safety, injury prevention and safe return to work;
  - Apply new information, technology, work processes or other factors to address injury prevention, safe return to work and occupational illness.
Workplace Innovation
- The workplace innovation funding stream supports and fund projects that:
  - Provide direct benefits to the workplace health and safety of a specific workplace or workplaces, including injury prevention and safe return-to-work;
  - Lead to innovative, practical, shop-floor solutions to improve workplace health and safety or foster successful rehabilitation and return-to-work of injured or ill workers;
  - Apply new information and technology to address workplace safety and health issues;
  - Use existing knowledge in new ways to solve problems in workplace safety and health;
  - Transfer new knowledge to the workplace through the development or provision of education and training materials or programs in workers compensation issues or workplace safety and health.