Preparing for Research by Engaging Public and Patient Partners (PREPPP) award
Patient and Community Engagement
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About the PREPPP award
The Preparing for Research by Engaging Public and Patient Partners (PREPPP) award provides financial and advisory support to researchers, students, and community organizations so they can engage patients and members of the public as partners in the early stages of their health research (including the priority-setting, design, and grant development phase of a project).
Five awards of $4,000 each are available through this funding opportunity. Funding is for 18 months. Successful applicants will attend a one-hour consult with CHI’s Patient and Public Engagement Team to refine their engagement plan and ensure it is meaningful and inclusive. Additional fee-based services from CHI (e.g. facilitation) are available. Successful applicants will be expected to participate in CHI’s Patient & Public Engagement Lunchtime Learning Series and PREPPP Award evaluation activities.
Eligibility
This award is open to Manitoba researchers, students, and community organizations. Previously unsuccessful applicants are encouraged to submit revised applications.
Your research must:
Be in the preparation and planning stage of a health research project that has not yet received funding (the applicants may hold funds generally, or for other projects)
Involve patients (i.e., people with lived or living experience of a health issue, family, community, and informal caregivers) and the public in decision-making around research priority-setting, questions, design and/or grant development
The engagement will help inform future funding applications for the health research project
Assessment Criteria
Reviewers will assess applications based on the following:
Overall quality of the proposal (clarity, scope and originality)
Appropriateness of the proposed methods and approaches, and the proposed level of engagement
Evidence of commitment to the development of meaningful two-way relationships with partners and communities, using trauma-informed approaches (e.g. providing spiritual and emotional supports, establishing safe spaces), and deliberate approaches for ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion (e.g. anti-racist, decolonizing and anti-oppressive approaches)
Potential impact of engagement on research decisions and decision-making processes (e.g. openness and flexibility to focus on the research priorities of people with lived/living experience of a health issue), the people involved (research teams and partners), the community (e.g. social change, addressing health inequities), and the broader contexts of research and health services delivery (e.g. policy change, improved patient outcomes)
Feasibility of proposed engagement activities considering time, financial resources, and context
Alignment of proposed research with principles of patient-oriented research (POR) and local priorities for health research identified by patients, the public and communities and/or identified in the Shared Health Strategic Plan
Sponsorship
- The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba will contribute $2,000 to a successful application that focuses on paediatrics and child health.
- The Paul Albrechtsen Research Institute CancerCare Manitoba will contribute $2,000 to a successful application that focuses on cancer and cancer-related blood disorders.
- The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy will contribute $2,000 to a successful application that focuses on using administrative data held at MCHP.
We are grateful for their support.
How to Apply
Applications will be assessed by a team of reviewers, including researchers, patient engagement professionals, and patient and public partners.
Applications must:
- Address all components of the application. Letters of support are optional.
- Be written in lay language (at a grade 6 level of comprehension) so they are accessible for reviewers without extensive healthcare or health research experience. Guides for writing in lay language are available from Elsevier, CIMVHR, and others by searching for “lay language guide for researchers.”
- Avoid the use of medical jargon and acronyms. A useful resource is this list of medical terms in lay language
- Limit responses to the requested word limits, excluding references.