CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants

The goal of the CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grant program is to improve the health outcomes for cancer survivors of all ages (pediatric, adolescent, young adult and adult) from the time of their cancer diagnosis until the time of their death or entry into palliative care. This program is not intended to focus on improving end-of-life care.

 

The program goal will be achieved through the support of a network of multidisciplinary teams, each led by a nominated Principal Investigator and at least 2 co-Principal and/or co- Applicants, one of whom must be within their first five years as an independent researcher, drawn from at least 3 different regions of Canada (Atlantic Provinces, Central Canada, Prairie Provinces, West Coast, Northern Territories). 

 

In addition, each team will be required to develop a well-designed plan for integration within their team of:

Implementation science approaches aimed at facilitating the development of strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up and/or sustainability of evidence-based interventions. Strategies designed to integrate evidence-based interventions into specific settings are strongly encouraged.

 

A research model that embodies the values of community-based participatory research (CBPR), in which survivors and their family/friend caregivers are engaged throughout the entire research process from the development of the initial research questions to the dissemination and application of research findings.

 

Each team should include (have a balance of) investigators across the continuum of a research career (early, mid and late), (Assistant, Associate, Full) professorship, and diversity, with a built-in plan for mentorship and sustainability.

 

The program goal will be achieved through regular networking events/activities designed to support and augment individual teams’ capacities to catalyze survivor/caregiver engagement and knowledge mobilization.