Catalyst Grant: Digital Health | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

For an application to be eligible, all the requirements stated below must be met:

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be:
   1. An independent researcher, or a knowledge user, affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge translation);
      OR
   2. An individual who is affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate;
      OR
   3. An Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
2. The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
3. The Institution Paid must be authorized to administer CIHR funds by the funding start date.
4. Any research applications involving Indigenous Peoples (including all applications to the Indigenous Health Research Area) must include at least one Principal Applicant or Co-Applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) and/or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples (see How to Apply section for more details).
5. For the Early to Mid-Career Research Area, the research must be co-led by an Early- or Mid-Career Researcher and a Patient Partner (individual at any career stage or organization), as follows:
   1. If the NPA is an Early or Mid-Career Researcher, each applicant team must also include at least one (1) Patient Partner of any career stage in the role of PKU or KU
   2. If the NPA is a Patient Partner, each applicant team must also include at least one (1) Early or Mid-Career Researcher in the role of Principal Applicant or Co-Applicant
6. The NPA must have completed at least one of the sex and gender-based analysis training modules available online through CIHR-IMHA and submit a Certificate of Completion for each (see How to Apply section).
7. The NPA must have completed all four modules for Patient Engagement available online through the CIHR-IMHA and have submitted their Certificates of Completions (see How to Apply section).
8. A NPA can submit a maximum of one (1) application under this funding opportunity. If the NPA submits more than one (1) application, CIHR will automatically withdraw the last application(s) submitted based on time-stamp of submission.Note: NPAs applying as an ECR or MCR can identify participants (Principal Applicants and/or Co-Applicants) at other levels of seniority (ECRs, MCRs, Senior Researchers).