Catalyst Grant: Avian Influenza One Health Research

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to catalyze urgent research that addresses evidence gaps related to the current outbreaks of HPAI. In alignment with the concept of One Health endorsed by the Quadripartite Organizations' One Health Joint Plan of Action, this funding opportunity will support research activities at the interface of human, animal (including domestic and wildlife), and environmental systems, that is inclusive of diverse perspectives and approaches including Indigenous ways of knowing.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Enable researchers to rapidly generate interdisciplinary, high-quality and real-time evidence that can enhance Canada's response related to the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1);
• Support cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary research collaborations that can support One Health* approaches to sustainably prevent, prepare for, and respond to the current outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1);
• Support rapid mobilization of evidence to support knowledge users including policy-makers, clinicians, public health organizations, animal health professionals, representatives from agricultural sectors, wildlife conservation organizations, and local communities, including Indigenous communities, where relevant.

To be relevant to the competition applications must address all three (3) objectives of this funding opportunity.

*For this Funding Opportunity, research studies must align with the concept of One Health endorsed by the Quadripartite Organizations' One Health Joint Plan of Action