Sunday, May 21, 2006
Grants for Community-Based Research on Income and Income Distribution - Letters of Intent Due June 30
LETTERS OF INTENT DUE JUNE 30, 2006
Continuing in its commitment to support innovation in community-based research (CBR) on the Social Determinants of Health, the Toronto-based Wellesley Institute will award 4 grants of up to $80,000 to support CBR on the impact of income distribution on health.
They are looking for research that focuses on community level interventions and/or approaches for addressing these issues. Priority is given to research projects that meaningfully involve community members in all aspects of the research process, are policy-relevant and are methodologically rigorous.
They encourage applications that are submitted in partnerships between community agencies, policy makers and academics. They ask that grantees be willing to engage in constructive conversations with policy advisors at the municipal, provincial and/or federal levels.
Examples of relevant research questions might include:
How have disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities built up their own resources and networks to lessen the adverse effects of inequality? What factors contribute to the health disparities experienced by comparably disadvantaged neighborhoods? (i.e. Why do some low-income neighborhoods do better than others?)
Community Health Centres, neighborhood agencies and other providers address the health impact of poverty in their service delivery. What have been the most promising policy and program directions that put social determinants of health perspective into practice? How do you measure success?
What are successful models for reducing barriers to health care access for low-income people?
How do capacity building programs (e.g. job skills training, social enterprises, etc) affect individual and/or community health? What are the relevant explanatory pathways?
They also welcome other innovative CBR proposals focusing on alleviating the impacts of poverty and income inequality on health.
Advanced Community-Based Research Awards are available for projects of up to two years in length. Letters of intent are no more than 5 pages.
For more information on this granting program and how to apply, please visit
http://www.wellesleycentral.com/advancedgrants.csp ¶ 9:44 p.m.
Continuing in its commitment to support innovation in community-based research (CBR) on the Social Determinants of Health, the Toronto-based Wellesley Institute will award 4 grants of up to $80,000 to support CBR on the impact of income distribution on health.
They are looking for research that focuses on community level interventions and/or approaches for addressing these issues. Priority is given to research projects that meaningfully involve community members in all aspects of the research process, are policy-relevant and are methodologically rigorous.
They encourage applications that are submitted in partnerships between community agencies, policy makers and academics. They ask that grantees be willing to engage in constructive conversations with policy advisors at the municipal, provincial and/or federal levels.
Examples of relevant research questions might include:
How have disadvantaged neighborhoods or communities built up their own resources and networks to lessen the adverse effects of inequality? What factors contribute to the health disparities experienced by comparably disadvantaged neighborhoods? (i.e. Why do some low-income neighborhoods do better than others?)
Community Health Centres, neighborhood agencies and other providers address the health impact of poverty in their service delivery. What have been the most promising policy and program directions that put social determinants of health perspective into practice? How do you measure success?
What are successful models for reducing barriers to health care access for low-income people?
How do capacity building programs (e.g. job skills training, social enterprises, etc) affect individual and/or community health? What are the relevant explanatory pathways?
They also welcome other innovative CBR proposals focusing on alleviating the impacts of poverty and income inequality on health.
Advanced Community-Based Research Awards are available for projects of up to two years in length. Letters of intent are no more than 5 pages.
For more information on this granting program and how to apply, please visit
http://www.wellesleycentral.com/advancedgrants.csp ¶ 9:44 p.m.
