Note: There are eligibility and process changes from last year's competition. Please read the guidelines carefully.
VCHRI Team Grants 2012 Competition Guidelines
PURPOSE The purpose of this competition is to build health research capacity at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) by supporting practice-based research projects across VCH that are directly relevant to current health care issues within VCH and based on the collaboration between health care providers and experienced researchers.
This competition is supported by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI), VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, North Shore Health Research Foundation, and Richmond Hospital Foundation. We wish to address emerging needs & opportunities identified by healthcare providers across Vancouver Coastal Health by supporting research projects that have direct and immediate relevance to health care provision across VCH.
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation is a registered charity that raises funds for the latest, most sophisticated medical equipment, world-class research and improvements to patient care for Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehab Centre and VCHRI.
North Shore Health Research Foundation is a registered charity that provides funding for health research that will benefit the North Shore community.
Richmond Hospital Foundation is a registered charity that raises money to ensure that Richmond Hospital remains responsive to the needs of their diverse, growing community.
RESEARCH TEAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Principal Investigator (PI): You are eligible to be the principal investigator (PI) on an application if you are a VCH staff/physician and you meet all the following criteria:
Your primary work is as a VCH health care provider (e.g. physician, nurse, OT, counsellor, mental health worker, etc), at a VCH site (this does not include Providence Health Care, BCCA, BCCDC or PHSA sites or medical offices not on a VCH site)
you hold and are working in a regular part-time or full-time permanent position at VCH (for staff); or as a physician, VCH is where you do most of your clinical work
you have not held (or currently hold) external*, peer-reviewed research funding as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator
you do not hold any of the following university appointments at any academic institution: assistant professor, associate professor, professor, clinical associate professor or clinical professor. Clinical assistant professor, clinical instructor, and lesser appointments are acceptable
you have identified an experienced researcher who agrees to be your co-PI and actively mentor you throughout the course of the project from proposal development and application submission, to implementation and completion of the project
You are not eligible to be the PI on an application if you meet any of the following criteria:
you are a medical resident or clinical/research fellow
you are a casual, contract or consulting staff
you have an outstanding final report from a past VCHRI internal grant/award competitions
you are the PI/co-PI on a currently funded VCHRI Team Grant
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): The co-PI must be an experienced researcher who is actively conducting their own research. The co-PI not only is part of the investigator team, s/he also agrees to play a mentor role to the PI during for the project, from registration and application through project completion.
The research experience of the Co-PI will be evaluated by the review committee based on the information contained in the CV Module and Research Module.
The co-PI can only be a co-PI on one application only per competition cycle.
The co-PI can be from any organization, but it is expected that the PI and co-PI will work together to design and implement the project.
RESEARCH PROJECT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Projects must address important practice-based research questions, so the results can be directly applicable to the provision of care/service at VCH (e.g. not just a step to a next project).
As the intent of this competition is to support new projects and not to provide additional funding for existing and/or larger projects, all successful projects must have REB approval specifically for this project. Adding the project as an amendment to another existing REB approval is not acceptable.
Multi-organizational projects, led by someone from another organization, where VCH is one 'site' are not eligible.
DEADLINES Registration is mandatory for this competition. Complete the one-page registration form (see the link under "Guidelines and Forms" below) and submit it as an email attachment to Patricia Tait, Manager, HR, Policy & Planning, at . If you use the VCH global email list, note that she is not the first Patricia Tait in the list, so ensure you send to the right person.
Registration deadline (by email): Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Midnight (PST)
Application submission deadline: Thursday, March 15, 2012 - paper copy by 6pm and electronic copy (email) by Midnight (both PST).
Complete applications must be received in the VCHRI administration office by the times specified or they will not be accepted.
GUIDELINES AND FORMS Guidelines and required forms are available below. Please read the competition guidelines for more details on eligibility, application requirements, and deadlines.
