Prize : CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Transformation: Patient Engagement
CIHR's Gold Leaf Prize for Transformation recognizes that transformation is an essential element to building a strong Canadian health research enterprise. The focus area for 2018 is Patient Engagement. CIHR is looking for examples of extraordinary leadership within research that demonstrates an unwavering commitment to realizing collaborations with patients in order to advance patient-identified priorities and improve patient outcomes, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes and enhanced healthcare systems and practices.
Note that patient is an overarching term that includes individuals with personal experience of a health issue and informal caregivers, including family and friends. Patient engagement is defined in the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Patient Engagement Framework as meaningful and active collaboration of patients in governance, priority setting, conducting research and knowledge translation. This can represent a major culture shift in the way research is done; effective patient engagement occurs throughout the research process and improves the relevance of the research and its translation into policy and practice. For additional information regarding how CIHR further defines patient engagement, please read the SPOR Patient Engagement Framework.
Funds Available
CIHR's financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR funding levels not be available or are decreased due to unforeseen circumstances, CIHR reserves the right to reduce, defer or suspend financial contributions to funds received as a result of this prize.
- The total amount available for this prize is $100,000, enough to fund one prize for one year.
- The prize consists of a medal and a grant.
Objectives
The purpose of the CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Transformation: Patient Engagement is to bestow accolades to leaders within health research who are at the forefront of realizing meaningful and active collaborations with patients, researchers, health practitioners, administrators and policy-makers in order to advance patient-identified priorities and improve patient outcomes.