Research Operating Grants Program

This one-time program offered funds to answer specific research questions. It required partnering of researchers and policy and/or program decision makers and a plan for supporting dissemination to and uptake of findings by the target audience(s).

Grants of up to $50,000 per year for a maximum of two years were offered to support relevant high quality health services and policy research that evaluated the effects of health redesign and change initiatives or informed health care process redesign and innovation in eight priority areas:

• Acute Care Redesign
• Chronic Disease Management
• Clinical Outcomes Measurement
• Differential Impact of Changes in the Health System on the Health of Specific Population
• Health Human Resources
• Home and Community Care
• Mental Health
• Patient Safety

Seven grants were approved for funding in 2005 and eight grants were approved for funding in 2006. Read about the research outcomes of these studies in the Who We Fund section: HSPRSN Operating Grants 2005 and HSPRSN Operating Grants 2006

In 2007, the HSPRSN Steering Council struck a task force on Future Directions for Research & Capacity Building. This initiative reflected the HSPRSN commitment to ensuring that programs are changed or augmented as necessary to build capacity for and undertake health services and policy research that is relevant to the BC health authorities and the Ministry of Health Services. The steering council subsequently endorsed the task force report, including a recommendation to discontinue the HSPRSN open operating grants program in favour of a more iterative process to narrow and select priority areas for attention.

Last updated November 20, 2009