Michael Smith Health Research BC funding through the 2022 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions supports teams that are creating pathways from research evidence to impact; and helping to ensure that cutting-edge research can directly improve the health of people and communities in British Columbia and BC’s health system.
Nine teams led by UBC researchers based at our campuses and affiliated health research institutions received funding through the Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program. The Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 Program promotes knowledge exchange and meaningful collaboration by supporting researchers, trainees and research users in co-developing research that can directly impact patients and a diverse range of stakeholders. Co-developing research by engaging with stakeholders helps ensure the research is relevant, and can increase the likelihood of leveraging the award into additional funding from national and international sources. It also helps build knowledge translation (KT) capacity, experience and skills in BC’s research and health professional trainees.
Six teams led by UBC researchers based at our campuses and affiliated health research institutions received funding through the Reach Program. The Michael Smith Health Research BC Reach Program promotes knowledge translation (KT) activities by supporting researchers and research users in disseminating research evidence through co-developing events, activities and/or tools to “extend the reach” of their work. This helps teams “reach” audiences who can directly use the knowledge to ultimately improve health and care for British Columbians and their communities. Reach awards also help build KT capacity, experience and skills in BC’s research and health professional trainees.
A total of 31 knowledge translation teams were funded through these two competitions.