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Personalized Health Catalyst Grants
Information Webinar:
Friday January 27, 2017Â Â
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
(meeting number 550360858, password CIHR)
Toll-free number: 1-877-413-4781
Conference code: 769 622 9
The purpose of the funding opportunity is to support researchers to maximize and leverage previous collaborative investments in personalized medicine, e-health and data platforms by driving evidence-based implementation of personalized health solutions that can contribute to more cost-effective and sustainable health care.Â
Objectives:
The specific objectives of this Funding Opportunity are to:
- Optimize patient empowerment in personalized health care approaches;
- Develop data integration and analysis tools that will optimize personalized health interventions;
- Assess the value of personalized health care for effective implementation and delivery.
- Increase researcher awareness about the importance of integrating sex- and gender-based analysis in assessing relative costs and benefits.
Research Areas:
This Funding Opportunity will support projects relevant to the following three identified priority areas:
- Development of novel e-health apps in the field of personalized medicine in partnership with a health information technology vendor for end-users to improve patient empowerment and facilitate shared decision-making.
- The development of predictive analytic models that can stratify patients by expected outcome and risk; and
- Identification of sex-drug-gene relationships associated with potential harm and benefit.
Funds Available:
The total amount available for this Funding Opportunity is $8,200,000 enough to fund approximately 41 grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant is $100,000 per year for over a period of up to 2 years. Mitacs and CIHR are partnering together to provide additional funding and training for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in personalized health projects.
Important Dates:
Registration deadline: February 14, 2017
Application deadline: June 13, 2017
Funding start date: September 1, 2017
Contact information :
For more information please contact:Â
613-954-1968 or support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
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