Health Equity Research Grants

Sponsor’s Website

Visit the Canadian Cancer Society website for more information on the Health Equity Research Grants.

Internal Contact

Katie Harriman: katie.harriman@carleton.ca

Deadlines

To be determined.

Overview

The purpose of this funding program is to support research projects that seek to advance cancer-related health equity. Projects must be collaborative, co-created by people both affected by cancer and by structural marginalization, and designed to address the systemic, structural and institutional factors that sustain health disparities in Canada. Applications should take a social determinants of health perspective in identifying and defining both the health equity need and the community of focus, taking care to consider the intersectionalities of such communities.

Value and Duration

• Letter of Intent (LOI): Up to $8,000 per team will be awarded to successful LOI applicants for the development of the full application.
• Full application: $450,000 per grant over three years (maximum $150,000 per year). Appropriately justified equipment costs of up to $10,000 may be included in the application budget.

Eligibility

Research teams must include relevant partners as integral members from the outset:

• A principal investigator (PI) and team — co-PI(s), co-applicant(s), people affected by cancer, implementers and decision makers, additional authors and collaborators — whose clear focus is on health equity and who collectively bring the appropriate level of experience and expertise to achieve the research objectives.
• People affected by cancer are people both impacted by structural marginalization and at risk of cancer, as well as patients, survivors and/or caregivers.
• Implementers and decision makers include professionals (healthcare, community-based, administrators, policymakers) who may be involved in implementing the proposed approaches to enhance health equity.

Special Considerations

• Applicants are encouraged to involve Canadian Cancer Society mission leaders to explore mutually beneficial opportunities to leverage the Society’s priority areas.
• Applications for authentic team building initiatives (up to one year of funding) will be considered with a subsequent application (in a future competition) for the research itself.

Submitting Your Application

1. Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch. Consult the user’s manual for guidance.
2. Submit an external application to the Canadian Cancer Society through their online portal.