Call for Applications: IDRC-CIHR-Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases – 2023 Competition

Deadline: 15-Mar-23

The IDRC and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding opportunity launched under this Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) program will support projects that examine how to implement one or more evidence-based interventions known to prevent or reduce exposure to non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factor(s) associated with city environments across the following three themes presented in the GACD call:

• Behavioural change interventions.
• Interventions that focus on modifying the built environment.
• Interventions that improve access to primary and secondary prevention services.

Priority Research Area: Climate change and NCDs in cities.

• Projects in this research area must take an approach that includes interventions focused on reducing the impact of climate change on NCDs across one or more of the above three themes.
• Projects including a focus on populations facing conditions of vulnerability in Canada must also include an equivalent focus on populations in LMICs.

Open Research Area

• Projects in this research area are open to any of the above three themes.
• Projects including a focus on populations facing conditions of vulnerability in Canada must also include a focus on populations in LMICs and/or international Indigenous Peoples (including Indigenous Peoples in other HICs).

Objectives

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• To enhance evidence regarding the adaptation and successful implementation of evidence-based interventions in preventing or reducing exposure to one or more common non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors of city environments;
• To increase understanding of key barriers and facilitators (including contextual factors such as poverty, racism, ethnic discrimination, sex/gender differences) to intervention access, uptake, and effectiveness across demographic groups;
• To improve capacity for implementation research on NCD prevention in cities;
• To foster the incorporation of interventions into local, regional or national health policies and programs, including their scale-up and sustainability, with a focus on equitable outcomes; and
• To support implementation research teams that actively engage partners (i.e., decision makers, Indigenous Peoples, community groups, and service delivery partners) as an integral part of the entire research process.

Funding Information

CIHR and partner(s) financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR or partner(s) funding levels not be available or are decreased due to unforeseen circumstances, CIHR and partner(s) reserve the right to reduce, defer or suspend financial contributions to grants received as a result of this funding opportunity.

• The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $4,000,000, enough to fund approximately two (2) grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant is $400,000 per year for up to five (5) years, for a total of $2,000,000 per grant.
• Of this $ 4,000,000:
  • $ 2,000,000 from IDRC is available to fund one (1) grant in the Priority Research Area: Climate change and NCDs in cities. Applications relevant to this research area will be funded top down in order of ranking. Any remaining fundable applications will be combined with the Open Research Area (see below). If this area of research is undersubscribed or lacks fundable applications, the remaining IDRC funds may be used to fund applications under the Open Research Area (relevance and eligibility identified in Priority Research Area will apply).
  • $ 2,000,000 from CIHR is available to fund one (1) grant in the Open Research Area.

Eligibility Criteria

For an application to be eligible, all the requirements stated below must be met:

• Priority Research Area: Climate change and NCDs in cities – Specific Eligibility Criteria
  • The Research Team must be co-led by:
    • A Canada-based Nominated-Principal Applicant (NPA) who is:
      • An independent researcher affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation).
      • OR (only applicable to projects involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada)
      • An individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
      • OR (only applicable to projects involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada)
      • An Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
    • AND
    • An LMIC-based Principal Applicant (PA) who is an LMIC researcher (citizen or permanent resident of an LMIC country/territory) based in the LMIC Lead Applicant Organization and residing in an eligible LMIC country/territory where the research is proposed.
• Open Research Area – Specific Eligibility Criteria
  • The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be:
    • An independent researcher affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation).
    • OR (only applicable to projects involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada)
    • An individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
    • OR (only applicable to projects involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada)
    • An Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.

For more information, visit Canadian Institutes of Health Research.