Other: Network Grants in Skin Health, Bone Health, and Muscular Dystrophy

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Support the creation and/or further development of inclusive, formal networks to address selected priority issues related to Skin Health, Bone Health, and Muscular Dystrophy;
• Encourage national (and if feasible, international) collaboration, methods development, and resource sharing (people and platforms) among multidisciplinary experts;
• Engage researchers and other network members who have historically faced barriers in the research ecosystem, including but not limited to those marginalized by gender, Indigenous Peoples, racialized minorities, persons with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ2S+ communities;
• Develop and strengthen research capacity by connecting and engaging current researchers and training the next generation of researchers;
• Facilitate the mobilization and uptake of existing knowledge and the new knowledge generated by research evidence; and
• Ensure meaningful patient engagement with a goal of influencing impact beyond the time of this network.