Deadline: 2-Oct-20
Health Canada has been funding important and innovative research on linguistic issues in healthcare and social service provision, through HCALM (Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities) Network – an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional community of researchers.
HCALM regularly posts calls for research proposals that address interrelationships between language and access to health care and related social services.
Proposals must focus on access to health care for linguistic minorities in Quebec. Proposals aiming to address either digital innovation or the economics of unaddressed language barriers in Quebec’s health and related social services systems are encouraged. Collaborative projects with academic institutions outside Quebec and Canada are eligible, provided that the Principal Investigator is based at a Quebec university and that the funds are managed and disbursed by a Quebec university.
Thematic Area
- For the 2020-2021 funding competition, “Reducing language barriers to enhance access to health and social services while optimizing outcomes” has been identified as a thematic priority area. The topic is broadly construed, and eligible proposals may consider it from theoretical, digital, methodological, evidence-informed perspectives.
Funding Information
- For the 2020-2021 competition, HCALM invites proposals (max. $30,000) for projects funded up to 18 months (October 2020 – March 2022).
Research themes include but are not limited to:
- Innovation addressing language and health/social services (e.g., digital solutions, artificial intelligence, economic modeling)
- Cultural and linguistic competency
- Health or social inequalities/inequities
- Health geography and spatial statistics
- Retention of health/social professionals (in urban, remote, and/or rural communities)
- Second-language instruction for healthcare/social service professionals
- Linguistic minorities in professional education and practice
- Second language (L2) capacity creation and development among health/social professionals
Eligibility Criteria
- The principal applicant must be a researcher based in, or formally affiliated with, a Quebec institution such as a university or a research institute.
- Affiliation must be established prior to submitting the proposal.
- Successful applicants will be required to provide an ethics certificate issued by the university, health care/social services institution, or research institute.
For more information, visit https://www.mcgill.ca/dialoguemcgill/trhpp/research/research-funding/call-research-proposals-2020-2021