Deadline: 31-Oct-22
The Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network (WLN) is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2022-2026 Indigenous Health Research Support Fund.
The Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network (WLN) is one of nine regional networks funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through their Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) Program.
The WLN supports community-led health research that addresses the specific health needs of Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous communities, and aims to improve the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.
Objectives
- Supporting Indigenous communities in addressing their health research priorities
- Generating research that supports improvements to individual and community health and wellbeing
- Advancing self-determination in research and research oversight
- Supporting research governance and data sovereignty
- Supporting research training within Indigenous communities
- Integrating roles for Elders/Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Youth to work together
- Integrating sex and gender components into research program
Funding Information
The maximum amount per Indigenous Health Research Support Fund that can be requested is $137, 500 per year over four years for a total of $550,000. Subject to the renewal of the WLN, the network may launch a funding opportunity to renew each grant for another four years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Indigenous community must be located in the Wabanaki-Labrador region, which is defined as including New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
- The application must include roles for youth and Elders or Traditional Knowledge Keepers (as your community defines it)
- Funded groups may need to demonstrate ability to administer funds (example: financial reporting). They will work with all funded groups to offer support where needed.
- CIHR policy indicates that the team lead is not permitted to use the project funds for their own salary unless they apply for a work time release
- An Indigenous community is defined as an Indigenous organization, collective or government that holds as part of its mandate the advancement of health and/or well-being”
- WLN Indigenous Health Research Support Fund grantees are eligible for a work release time from their current salaried (non-academic appointments) position if they want to be paid by the grant. To do so, they must submit an application for release time approval. The funding can be used to pay the employee or the organization for his/her/their time spent engaged in the research program.
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For more information, visit https://www.wabanaki-labradornetwork.ca/call-for-applications