The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB) at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo) are partnering with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) Common Research and Technology Development Hub on Healthcare (CRTDH), and we are pleased to announce the Joint Seed Funding Program on Health Technologies and Knowledge Mobilization.
This funding is designed to kick-start research to foster new interdisciplinary and interjurisdictional research collaborations between international partners. In this program, the aim is to promote the development of new health technologies for the betterment of health and wellness for all.
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Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program on Health Technologies and Knowledge Mobilization |
Background & Rationale: |
Universal access to good healthcare systems and technology is at the forefront of the challenges faced by a large portion of today’s population. Advancements in nanotechnology and microengineering and their applications to medical and healthcare fields are helping meet these needs with novel medication systems, diagnosis and treatments. Knowledge mobilization is also a very important aspect of health- and wellness research, ensuring end-users are aware of new technological developments that are optimized for ease of use and wide adoption by society, which will ultimately help democratize healthcare. As equitable access to health care is often a challenge in limited resource communities, collaboration across jurisdictions is critical to ensure health equity between “haves” and “have nots”. The intent of the program is to support research teams as they obtain preliminary results and insights that will enhance their applications to various external national and international funding programs. As large-scale funding programs increasingly require a knowledge mobilization strategy to be incorporated into the research program, this fund will help support the integration of researchers from the different academic and research units into balanced interdisciplinary and interjurisdictional teams. |
Target Research Areas: |
This call will support outstanding joint projects in the following key theme areas of health technology:
Each project must include a Knowledge Mobilization and Technology Translation component, to engage end users, informing them of new technological developments and/or adaptation of the same as alternatives to existing practice. |
Eligibility: |
For this program, the team must consist of at least one core WIN member and one CBB member who will serve as co-principal investigators (co-PIs) on the project. Lead applicants are encouraged to bring together an interdisciplinary team of co-applicants and collaborators, and preference will be given to applications with at least one co-applicant from Waterloo’s Faculty of Health. Applicants are encouraged to include IIT-KGP member(s) in their team to foster research collaboration. Awarded projects that include IIT-KGP collaborator(s) as part of the team will be able to access matching funds from IIT-KGP. The list of researchers from IIT-KGP can be found at this link: Potential Collaborators from IIT-KGP. |
Funding: |
To support joint projects, WIN and CBB are each contributing $30,000 CAD to this seed funding initiative for a total available funding pool of $60,000 CAD. Up to three (3) awards of $20,000 CAD will be awarded. Awarded projects with one or more collaborators from IIT-KGP will receive matching funds from IIT-KGP through its CRTDH and/or any other Sponsored Research Project in the respective domain. |
Duration: |
Project funding duration will be one (1) year |
Application: |
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Deadline for Submissions: |
18 March 2024 at 11:59pm EST |
Announcement of Results: |
29 April 2024 |
Project Start Date: |
1 May 2024 |
Contacts and application submission: |
CBB Members to contact CBB at cbb@uwaterloo.ca WIN Members to contact Lisa Pokrajac at lisa.pokrajac@uwaterloo.ca General inquires to be sent to both CBB and Lisa |