Sponsor

Brain Canada Foundation, in partnership with Heart and Stroke Foundation

For More Information

See the sponsor's full application guidelines [1].

Description

The third Research Network of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health, is focused on rehabilitation and recovery following acute heart-brain health events such as stroke, heart attack and cardiac arrest.
 
Women recovering from heart-brain events—such as stroke, heart attack or cardiac arrest—often encounter delays in accessing rehabilitation, lower referral rates and reduced participation in recovery programs compared to men. These inequities are further compounded by social determinants of health including income, geography, ethnicity, disability and caregiving responsibilities, which can limit access to culturally safe, gender-responsive care. 

The network will receive $5 million over five years to establish a Canada-wide collaboration of researchers. Its priority is to improve access to heart-brain rehabilitation and recovery programs for women using a whole-person approach that considers physiological, psychological, emotional, social and environmental factors. The launch of this funding opportunity marks a continued commitment to addressing systemic inequities in women’s health and driving forward research that leads to change. 

Eligibility

The Network must be interdisciplinary, multi-institutional and have representation from at least three (3) different provinces across Canada. The Network must have a minimum of three (3) Teams but may include more. Each Team must collaborate on a different Program Area and include Team Projects which may vary in size, complexity and cost. The Teams will bring their own lab/program, equipment, and areas of expertise; labs/programs may or may not be in the same physical building. The Teams are expected to meaningfully integrate Indigenous health, as well as sex and gender into the research and design of the Team Projects. Team members must have a track record of collaboration.

Funding Availability

$5,000,000 over five years

Indirect Costs

0% per sponsor guidelines