CALL FOR PROJECTS – CRIR « New Initiatives » Program 2018-2019

Call for projects open to CRIR regular researchers and healthcare/professional members for the development of research in the clinical rehabilitation milieu

The program aims to “encourage the formulation of a project, that is, either for the drafting of a research protocol dealing with an original problem, or for the start-up of a new research team working on an original problem”.
Recipients will receive a maximum amount of $10,000 per project.

The deadline for receiving projects is February 15, 2019. All themes will be considered.

In case of an equivalent ranking, multi-site applications (i.e., research activities involving more than one CRIR research site) or inter-axis projects will be favored. We would like to receive an email signed by the person authorized by the concerned institution, explicitly stating the financial contribution and support the site intends to make.

An evaluation grid will be used to analyze projects.

An activity report form must be completed 18 months following the receipt of the letter confirming the grant.  Awarded recipients will receive a form to complete at a later date.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Spyridoula Xenocostas at 514 340-2085 # 4780.

Please send your application to the attention of Spyridoula Xenocostas at the CRIR administrative email: administration.crir@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

 

 

COMPETITION ADJUSTMENT

• Easing of procedure 

In the spirit of maximizing clinician-researcher collaboration, and more specifically in situations where clinicians may approach the same CRIR researcher, the procedure of the New Initiatives Program 2018-2019 has been relaxed. Researchers may collaborate on more than one proposal in the capacity as a Principal Investigator.

• Addition of an additional funding source

We are pleased to announce an additional funding source for the New Initiatives Program 2018-2019.

Thanks to the financial support of the Fondation En Vue de l’Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille, two awards, each in the amount of $7 000, will be granted according to the following criteria:

• The proposed project must comply with the New Initiatives Programme 2018-2019 criteria (Please refer to the email and documents received on November 21, 2018), and
• The objective of the proposed project must target specifically clinical needs of persons with a visual disability.

What follows are some examples of possible topics: the impact of visual disability, braille, technology use for people with visual disability, hemianopia, etc.