The 2025 Working Group Research Funding Call - CLOSED APRIL 11, 2025

The CRISM Atlantic Node is pleased to support the Working Group funding call open to CRISM Atlantic members.

Projects must align with one of the following three themes: (1) Concurrent Disorders; (2) Youth and Substance Use; or (3) Rural Access and Telehealth.

The top application for each theme will be awarded $40,000 in funding, for a total of three funded projects across all applications. Submissions may only be considered under one theme. If your project aligns with multiple themes, submit to the primary theme.

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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Research projects in this funding call may take various approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods designs, and can focus on a wide range of goals, including one or more of the following:

Enhance Understanding: Advance knowledge of the risks, protective factors, and consequences of substance use (SU) matters and related interventions
Identify Key Priorities: Determine critical targets for intervention, harm reduction services, and/or substance use policy
Develop and Evaluate Interventions: Co-develop and -evaluate novel, meaningful, and accessible interventions (psychosocial, pharmacological, policy) within priority populations to improve health outcomes
Bridge Research & Practice: Strengthen bidirectional collaboration between research and practice to ensure provider- and community-identified service and policy needs inform the research agenda

CRITERIA

Projects considered must prioritize the following criteria:

Alignment with at least one or more of the three themes: (1) Concurrent Disorders; (2) Youth and Substance Use; or (3) Rural Access and Telehealth
Consideration of the following three priority groups: (1) Persons with Lived and Living Experience (PWLLE)); (2) Indigenous Peoples; and (3) Sex and Gender
Capacity-building potential
Novelty and scientific merit
Potential to improve the likelihood of securing additional funding from other agencies
Inherently Atlantic in:
- the population studied;
- investigators/partners involved; and
- has the potential to or does impact 2+ provincial jurisdictions in the Atlantic Region

If you have any questions, please email crismatlantic@gmail.com and reference ‘Working Group Funding inquiry’ in the subject line.

For commonly asked questions, check out our 2025 Funding Call questions and answers page.

The 2025 Working Group Research Funding Call - CLOSED APRIL 11, 2025

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