Healthy and Productive Work (Partnership Development Grant)
Sponsors: CIHR and SSHRC
Deadlines:
Brescia Research Officer: 1 week before agency deadline (allow for 2 weeks before if you wish to receive feedback on your application, and/or if you require additional materials or signatures)
Agency: November 30, 2015
Notice of Decision: March 15, 2016
Phase 1:
Estimate Maximum grant amount: $75,000 (approx 20 grants expected to be funded)
Duration: up to 2 years
Phase 2 (to be launched 2017):
Estimate Maximum grant amount: $325,000 (expected to fund 8 Partnership grants)
Duration: up to 4 years
*additional year will be funded for connection activities (workshops, colloquiums, conferences, outreach activities, other events), up to $125, 000
Canadian workplaces are a reflection of our society. The number of people with disabilities, chronic conditions, and work-related health issues is growing. Further, more and more working Canadians are devoting considerable time and energy to caregiving responsibilities. For some Canadians, physical and mental health issues and disabilities are a barrier to entering the workforce; for those who are already employed, they can be a barrier to sustaining meaningful work.
Employers are grappling with changing skills requirements and the challenges of accommodating their employees’ needs as they strive to develop and retain their workforces. Responding to these challenges demands expertise from across disciplines and fields of research and requires linkages with academic and non-academic stakeholders. Workers, employers, policy-makers, regulators, clinicians, insurers, service providers, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, professional associations, and other stakeholders face challenges and opportunities as they adapt to the unique health needs and characteristics of the 21st century workforce.
Healthy and Productive Work, a joint initiative of CIHR and SSHRC, reflects the interplay between health and social sciences in responding to the growing interest in maintaining a healthy, productive and inclusive Canadian workforce.
The goal of the Initiative is to develop, implement, evaluate and scale-up innovative, evidence-informed and gender-responsive solutions to foster the labour force participation of men and women with health issues (e.g., injuries, illnesses, chronic diseases, mental health challenges, and other conditions) and disabilities, as well as older workers and workers with caregiving responsibilities outside of their paid work. We aim to accomplish this by bringing together researchers, workers, employers, policy-makers, regulators, clinicians, insurers, service providers, workplace safety and insurance boards, unions, professional associations, and other stakeholders across sectors.
The Healthy and Productive Work initiative focuses on interventions which may include but are not limited to accommodations, tools and policies that address modifications to work and work environments designed to enable participation in meaningful work. Both formal and informal interventions at various levels will be considered (individual workers, organizations, workplaces, sectors, policy/regulatory, educational institutions, the health care system, etc.). Flexible work arrangements, physical modifications to the work environment, and structured processes intended to enable an employee to return to or remain at work, as well as policy interventions aimed at supporting accommodation, are all meaningful examples.
Researcher – Stakeholder Partnership Requirements
Funded partnerships must enable reciprocal flow and uptake of research knowledge between researchers and stakeholders (both within and beyond academia) by integrating stakeholders throughout the entire research process. Researchers and stakeholders will collaborate to develop the research questions, decide on methodology, collect data, interpret the findings, and disseminate the research results. This collaboration should increase the likelihood of adoption and uptake of research results.
Funding Approach
A two-phased approach will be used to fund teams responding to this call.
In Phase 1 of this funding opportunity, CIHR and SSHRC will provide Partnership Development Grants to support new and/or existing partnerships to foster new research and related activities.
In Phase 2 (to be launched in November 2017), Partnership Development Grant applicants who were successful in Phase 1 will be invited to submit an application for a Partnership Grant. This will provide support for partnered initiatives that advance research and related activities pertaining to the Healthy and Productive Work joint initiative. Note that under this initiative, successful Partnership Development Grant award holders will be permitted to forego the usual SSHRC Letter of Intent (LOI) process and directly submit a full Partnership Grant application.
How to Apply:
Phase 1 applicants are invited to submit their application to SSHRC’s Partnership Development Grants by November 30, 2015. In completing the application form, applicants will be required to indicate their willingness to be considered for funding under the Healthy and Productive Work Joint Initiative by selecting the initiative in the appropriate drop down list.
All applicants must comply with SSHRC’s Regulations Governing Grant Applications.
For information on How to Apply please consult SSHRC’s Partnership Development Grant funding information page.
Three webinars will be held to communicate details of the initiative. Please register by selecting one of the following presentations:
– September 9th, 2015 12:30-13:30 EDT (https://gts-ee-fr.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=556487221&t=a) – In English
– September 28th, 2015 12:30-13:30 EDT (https://gts-ee-fr.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=557098919&t=a) – In French
– October 13th, 2015 12:30-13-30 EDT (https://gts-ee-fr.webex.com/gts-ee/onstage/g.php?d=558800773&t=a) – In English