BRIC NS, in conjunction with the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, was pleased to present 5 Student Research Awards on Thursday, September 14th, 2017 at the Dalhousie University Club.
BRIC NS Student Research Award Winners
Author: BRIC NS
Operating Grant : SPOR PIHCI Network: Programmatic Grants
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have announced an exciting funding opportunity for BRIC NS and other Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations networks across the country.
The Operating Grant: SPOR PIHCI Network: Programmatic Grants are available for projects of up to 4 years, must include 4 participating provinces, and have a maximum of $1 million available from CIHR in total per funded project (with 1:1 matching funds required).
This competition includes an internal Network-level LOI. The purpose of this LOI process is to formally identify to the PIHCI Networks the projects that intend to apply to the CIHR opportunity so that we can ensure relevance to provincial priorities, facilitate any other cross-provincial collaborations required, and provide adequate support to obtaining letters of support etc.
Application timeline:
- NEW DEADLINE September 6: Network LOI due
- September 26: CIHR LOI due
- November 28: CIHR application deadline
If you are interested in applying to this opportunity, please get in touch with BRIC NS as soon as possible for support with your application.
*This post was updated on July 31 2017 to include the Network LOI details.
BRIC NS Student Poster Award Winner
Congratulations to Laura Miller of Dalhousie University!
BRIC NS Featured in Dal News
On June 22, 2017, The Dal News published an article on BRIC NS highlighting its patient engagement activities and research projects. Read more here.
Expanding Paramedics’ Role in Palliative Care at Home: A BRIC NS Comparative Program and Policy Analysis Project
Nausea, breathlessness, agitation and pain are common symptoms that people suffer near the end of end-of-life, whether they have cancer, heart failure, COPD or another terminal illness.
Ruth Martin-Misener receives award from Northwood Foundation
On April 29, 2017 Dr. Ruth Martin-Misener (School of Nursing, Dalhousie University) received a Live More Distinction Award for Research from the Northwood Foundation for her research on nurse practitioners in long-term care.
Seamless and Supportive Care in the Final Year of Life: A BRIC NS Knowledge Synthesis Project
Few times in life are as fraught with challenge and emotion as the final year of life—whether a person is in the end stages of a fatal illness or is simply failing as they grow older and increasingly frail under the burden of multiple chronic conditions.
BRIC NS seeks community input on research
Members of the public joined some of Nova Scotia’s leading primary healthcare researchers to help set the direction for future initiatives in this vitally important area of health research. BRIC NS, Building Research for Integrated Primary Healthcare, hosted the citizen-engagement event in the community room of the Barrington Street Superstore in Halifax on April 26, 2017.
Upcoming Workshop: Evaluating KT Interventions
Spring Project Incubator
BRIC NS held its first Project Incubator of 2017 on Monday, March 27. With a focus on project development, particularly for projects that will be submitted to one of the upcoming SPOR PIHCI Network funding opportunities, groups divided into three key priority areas:
- Meeting mental health care needs in the community through primary healthcare
- Chronic disease management
- Self-management
- Coordination through a central location (such as a wellness centre)
- Community focused care for seniors and those approaching the end of life
Moving ideas into action, outcomes for the meeting included:
- The development of core project teams and ownership for projects
- Fine tuning of research questions
- The outline of plans and next steps
- Identifying which other team members are needed (e.g. knowledge users, patients, clinicians, policy makers, other research expertise, etc.)
Projects looking for new team members, ways to spread the research, and/or are moving on to the next phase of development were also presented.
Attendees are encouraged to connect with BRIC NS as they move their projects forward.
