• Supporting people by attracting the best and creating an environment where they can excel;
• Working across academic, health and government systems to foster collaborations that enhance health research productivity, competitiveness, and impact;
• Building partnerships within BC and across Canada to leverage BC’s health research potential and create better returns on research investment;
• Demonstrating fairness, accountability and transparency in all our activities.

Our Vision
MSFHR:

• works to create a vibrant and sustainable British Columbian health research environment that is recognized for excellence and:


• has the human resources, infrastructure and research space to compete effectively for national and international funding across all sectors;
  
• anticipates and responds to BC health needs; and
  
• builds the BC economy;


• networks for critical mass across Western Canada, nationally and internationally.

Our Role
As British Columbia's provincially mandated health research organization, MSFHR builds BC's capacity for excellence in health research by:

• leading, partnering and serving as a catalyst to advance provincial, inter-provincial and national initiatives that expand health research support and opportunities;
• working with health research stakeholders to identify, prioritize and respond to provincial priorities; and
• delivering innovative programs to address the key building blocks of a vibrant, sustainable research effort.

• attract, train and retain excellent researchers (Career Investigator Program and Research Trainee Program);
• enhance investigators' productivity and ability to bring in national and international sources of funding through support of research teams, networks and health research organizations (Research Unit Infrastructure, Team Start-up Infrastructure, Team Planning Infrastructure, Networking Infrastructure, and Institution Infrastructure).