The MSFHR COVID-19 Research Response Fund – Funding Call #1 will provide award amounts of up to $150,000, for a maximum duration of 12 months.
Extraordinary requests above $150,000 will be considered but will require additional justification to exceed the limit.
Eligibilities
Researchers or research teams interested in applying to this first call should have projects that address one or more of the following:
Rapid evaluation and/or modeling of public health measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to support decisions around when to withdraw these measures or redeploy them at a future date.
BC population-specific epidemiologic support for decision-makers including the identification of strategies to prevent high burdens of illness among key/vulnerable groups (e.g., residents of long-term care facilities, inner-city populations, Indigenous people, health care workers, etc.).
Human geographic considerations in BC including rurality, community, culture and population movement with a view to preventing transmission and mitigating effects.
The identification and mitigation of the impacts of the pandemic and pandemic response including the secondary effects on the health of the population of BC.
The impacts of rapid health service redesign and redeployment on health outcomes in BC.
