Soutien à la recherche et concours FR/EN - Soutien à la publication et au partage de ressources : approches participatives ou de co-développement en santé des populations et éthique / Support for the Publication + Resources Sharing: Participatory or Co-Development Approaches in PH & Ethics

Financial Support for the Publication and Sharing of resources: Participatory and/or Co-Development Approaches to Population Health and Ethics

Introduction

The Quebec Population Health Research Network (QPHRN) aims to enhance population health research in Quebec, emphasizing participation, co-creation, and community involvement. Recently, there has been increased interest in participatory approaches, co-construction, and deliberative methods, particularly within ethics research. It is crucial to support the development of knowledge on ethical dimensions of research methods on sustainable population health and applied population health ethics.

Creating new research opportunities and developing ethical approaches that engage patients, citizens, and the community can help identify promising practices in the ethics of healthcare, healthsystems, and population health policy.

Objectives of the competition and eligible project

The QPHRN Ethics Axis invites proposals to share experiences, resources, and innovations using deliberative, participatory, or co-constructive approaches related to ethics and population health. Projects should:

1. Focus on theoretical developments, innovative methodologies, or field experiences.
2. Explore, investigate, and share ethical issues related to these methods in practice, policymaking, or research in population health.

Submissions should include or link to innovations, resources, methodological development, knowledge transfer tools, or other open-access resources to stimulate discussion and reflection.

Format

• Article to be published in a scholarly journal of the candidate's choice.

Budget and amount

Regular researchers, members of the Network: Please submit a budget outlining the project costs. See Section 8 of the FRQ Common General Rules for eligible expenses. Total budget must not exceed $2500.

Students, members of the Network:  Successful applicants will receive a $2500 bursary, and are not required to provide a budget.

Eligibility

• Open to all “Regular researcher” or “Student” members of the QPHRN.
• The same project cannot receive QPHRN support more than once.
• Individuals may submit or collaborate on multiple applications However, for equity reasons, an individual cannot be funded more than once per year in any given competition. If an individual appears in multiple applications, priority may be given to the application that gets the highest evaluation score.
• Master’s students cannot be awarded more than $5,000 per year, and PhD or postdoctoral students cannot be awarded more than $10,000 per year.

Evaluation Criteria

• Relevance to the competition objectives.
• Feasibility and presentation of a clear, realistic timetable.
• Scientific quality: problem clarity, objectives, methodology and analytical rigor.
• Expected results and impacts.

Commitments

• Recipients are to submit their article for publication in a scholarly journal and send a confirmation of their submission by February 1st, 2025 at the latest.
• Recipients are to present their draft article (provisional analysis) in autumn 2024 (date to be confirmed) at a QPHRN Ethics Axis workshop.
• Recipients are to acknowledge QPHRN’s financial contribution in all related communications and publications. The following acknowledgement is suggested: “The authors thank the Quebec Population Health Research Network (QPHRN) for its contribution to the financing of this publication”.
• The laureates agree to publish the title and a summary of their project (in French and in English) on the QPHRN's website as soon as the competition results are announced;

Application deadline and content

Applications must be submitted by e-mail to tzvetelina.tzoneva@mcgill.ca in one PDF file with the subject line “Competition - Participatory approaches in ethics” by July 29, 2024, 5:00 p.m.  

Evaluation

Applications will be evaluated by a committee established by the Ethics Axis. Results will be communicated within one month of the submission deadline, subject to evaluators' availability.

Information

For further information, please contact Tzvetelina Tzoneva, Ethics Axis Coordinator, at Tzvetelina.tzoneva@mcgill.ca.