Deadline: 23-Nov-22
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is pleased to invite organizations to submit Letters of Intent (LOIs) for projects and initiatives that address the objectives and priorities of the 2022 fall Dementia Community Investment solicitation.
Objectives
- The objective of this current funding opportunity is to support advanced, community-based projects that meet one or both of the following objectives:
- Improve the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia (PLWD) and/or their family/friend caregivers, and/or
- Increase knowledge of dementia and its risk/protective factors to improve health behaviours.
- In addition, all projects must undertake intervention research to assess the effectiveness of the program or initiative and promote/apply this knowledge to support expansion of the project’s reach to new communities, sectors, populations and/or jurisdictions.
- Advanced projects must have a high quality evidence base indicating effectiveness; have demonstrated quality and diversity of partnerships; and have demonstrated the capacity to sustain the intervention beyond federal funding.
- Applicants will seek to expand the reach and impact of the intervention, to new communities, sectors and/or population groups, over a shorter-term timeframe.
Funding Information
- Amount: up to $400,000 per year.
- Funding maximum: $800,000.
- Duration: up to 2 years, beginning in 2023/2024 and concluding in 24 months.
Eligible Expenses
- Eligible costs include such expenses as:
- Personnel
- Travel and accommodations
- Materials and supplies
- Equipment
- Rent and utilities
- Evaluation/dissemination
- ‘Other’ costs related to the approved project
- No project expenses may be incurred prior to the acceptance of the contribution agreement by all parties.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following types of organizations are eligible for funding:
- Not-for-profit voluntary organizations and corporations
- For-profit organizations, provided they partner with a not-for-profit organization
- Unincorporated groups, societies and coalitions
- Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and agencies
- Organizations and institutions supported by provincial and territorial governments (regional health authorities, post-secondary institutions, etc.)
- Indigenous organizations working with First Nations, Inuit or Métis
- Partnerships between organizations with complementary areas of expertise are strongly encouraged.
Ineligible Activities and Expenses
- The following activities and expenses are not eligible for funding:
- Statutory and extended benefits exceeding the 20% ceiling
- Personnel payments related to performance, maternity leave, and severance
- Pure research in any discipline
- Provision of services that are the responsibility of other levels of government
- Costs of ongoing activities for the organization
- Stand-alone activities, which could include conferences, symposia, workshops, audio visual production or website/smartphone application development and maintenance
- Such activities are considered stand-alone when they are unrelated to the delivery, evaluation and dissemination of the program or initiative
- Capital costs, such as the purchase of land, buildings or vehicles
- Ongoing operational support or overhead/administrative fees expressed as a percentage of ongoing activities of an organization
- Unidentified miscellaneous costs
- Travel and hospitality expenses that exceed the National Joint Council rates
- Renting charges for space and computer use when already owned by the recipient organization
- Membership fees.
For more information, visit PHAC.
For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/funding-opportunities/grant-contribution-funding-opportunities/dementia-community-investment-fall-2022.html
