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This Call is Now Closed

For almost a decade Health Canada has been funding important and innovative research on linguistic issues in healthcare provision, through HCALM (Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities) Network – an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional community of researchers. The project comprises the research capacity of the larger Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), based at the Institute for Health and Social Policy at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ.

The HCALM Network issues regularly a call for proposals for research projects whose focus is to investigate the relationship between language and access to health care or social services. Research themes include but are not limited to the following:

• Economics of language in health care
• Cultural and linguistic competency
• Health or social inequalities
• Health geography and spatial statistics
• Retention of health professionals in remote or rural communities
• Second language instruction
• Linguistic minorities in medical education and practice
• L2 capacity creation and development among health professionals

Application Deadline:

March 3, 2019

Thematic priority area: In the 2019-2020 funding competition, the topic of Language-Aware Healthcare: Challenges, Opportunities, Horizons has been identified as a thematic priority area. The topic is broadly construed, and eligible proposals may consider it from a variety of theoretical, conceptual and methodological perspectives.

Proposals must focus on access to health care for linguistic minorities in Quebec. Researchers may propose a study on any of the aforementioned research themes including comparative studies. In addition, proposals for studies aiming to measure the cost of language barriers in Quebec's health and social services system are encouraged. Collaborative projects with academic institutions outside Quebec (including outside Canada) are eligible, provided that at least one of the Principal Investigators is based at a Quebec university, and that the funds are managed and disbursed by a Quebec university.

For the 2019-20 funding competition, two funding streams are offered:

1. Seed Money Stream: a maximum of $10,000 allocated per research project for a period of either 1-year or 2-year duration, with the intention of providing seed money for new research that expands the body of knowledge on language and health.

2. Enhanced Support Stream: a maximum of $20,000 allocated per research project for a period of either 1-year or 2-year duration, with the intention of supporting and developing research that expands the body of knowledge on language and health, and which requires greater financial support to fulfill that objective (for example, travel to remote communities, longer and more complex research designs). Applications submitted for this stream must include an additional 1-page justification demonstrating the need for greater support.

No carry overs are permitted from one fiscal year to another. The fiscal year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31. Award of the funds is contingent upon the availability of funds through a contribution agreement between Health Canada and ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ.

Selection of research proposals takes place in March. Funded applicants become members of the HCALM Network and will be referenced as such in all formal communications. An approval package will be sent to selected candidates and will define roles and responsibilities, payment schedule and a reporting template based on Health Canada requirements. A subaward agreement between ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ and the researcher’s institution will follow.

For additional information and to apply, please consult: Call for Research Proposals

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