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Competition B – Implementation Study
RFP Frailty 2015 - Application Form
Please read the Program Guidelines and Application Instructions
before completing this application.
TVN funding competitions follow the Tri-Council Guidelines and thus all questions related to partner
eligibility, budget considerations (e.g. in-kind eligibility) and HQP follow the Tri-Council Guidelines
(http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/policies-politiques/index_eng.asp). Applicants should also
direct these and similar questions to their host institution’s research services office/unit for further
assistance.
Full applications will only be considered if an Intent to Apply is received by 5 pm ET on Monday March 23,
2015. Full applications are due by 5 pm ET on Monday, April 27, 2015.
Section 1: Project Overview
Proposal LAY Title (max 15 words):
Term Requested (12 months maximum):
Budget Requested ($100,000 maximum):
Project Leader:
Identify ONE principal investigator responsible for managing the project.
First Name:
Last Name:
Designations:
Email:
Daytime Phone:
Other Phone (optional):
Host Institution that will receive and administer funds:
Secondary Contact Name: (Project Manager, Assistant, etc.)
Secondary Email:
TVN Strategic Objective -- Select the ONE TVN
Theme -- Select the ONE research theme this project
strategic priority this project most closely aligns with: most closely aligns with:
 Matching care to values
 Improved end-of-life care/advance care planning
 Empowering, engaging and supporting patients and  Improved acute/critical care
their families/caregivers
 Optimization of community/residential care
 Improving clinical outcomes
 Optimization of transitions of care
 Improving care across the continuum
Setting of Care -- Select the ONE setting of care that
Focus of Impact -- Select the ONE primary focus of
your project will most significantly impact:
impact for your project:
 Palliative/EOL care
 Patients, their families and informal
 Acute/critical care in hospital
caregivers/support systems (volunteer)
 Long-term care facility
 Health care professionals and caregivers (paid)
 Home care
 Health care facilities
 All settings of care
 Health care system
Knowledge Activities -- Indicate the portion of your project that addresses the following activities on the
knowledge continuum:
____ % Knowledge synthesis
____ % Knowledge creation
____ % Knowledge translation/mobilization
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Project Summary (max. half page)
Provide a non-confidential Executive Summary in lay terms of the proposal, highlighting project
objectives and deliverables and potential socioeconomic impact. (Note: This summary will be
evaluated by lay and scientific reviewers. Furthermore, for successful proposals, this summary may be
used in press releases, communications, and/or posted on the Network’s external web site).
Research Ethics/Environmental Assessment
Please answer the two questions below.
1. Research Ethics: If the proposed research involves biohazards, humans, human embryonic stem
cells or animals, AND is funded by TVN, certification of approval by your institutional
certification committee must be provided to TVN prior to the release of funds.
⃝ Yes, I expect that this research will require an ethics review
⃝ No, I do not expect that this research will require an ethics review
2. Environmental Assessment: Does any phase or part of the research described in this proposal a)
take place outside an office or laboratory, or b) involve an undertaking as described in part 1 of
Appendix B of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Form
101 (http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/OnlineServices-ServicesEnLigne/pdf/F101_e.pdf)?
⃝ Yes, I expect that this research will require an environmental impact review
⃝ No, I do not expect that this research will require an environmental impact review
If you answered yes to this question, and your project is selected for funding by TVN, you will
be required to complete an Environmental Assessment Impact Statement and the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Act Pre-Screening Checklist for review and approval by TVN before
funds will be released.
Section 2: Research Proposal (6 page maximum for this section)
2.1 Background and Research Question
State the proposed research question. Clearly articulate the following components (where relevant to
the proposal): population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes. Provide adequate background
rationale including a systematic or comprehensive review of the literature that identifies the
knowledge gap or rationale for the proposed project. Where applicable, clearly state the underlying
hypothesis.
2.2 Methodological Approach
Describe the methodological research approach including study design, analysis plan, etc.
2.3 Project Relevance and Impact
Describe the relevance and the importance of the proposed project to the TVN`s mission and strategic
research programme goals, priorities, and potential to assist TVN in achieving a positive impact on
policy and practice. Also, identify how the proposed study meets the specific objectives of fostering
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novel or innovative projects or approaches related to implementing frailty measures, which ultimately
may provide significant socio-economic benefit(s) to the seriously ill frail elderly in Canada.
2.4 Research Deliverables and Milestones
Briefly summarize the research deliverables (at the conclusion of the project) and associated
milestones/timeframes over the duration of the project. These milestones will be used to track
progress with the grant and linked to ongoing payments. Identify all feasibility issues and limitations,
and what the investigative team will do to overcome them. Include a summary of how this project will
be managed and deliverables tracked.
2.5 Contribution to HQP
TVN funded proposals must contribute to the development of Highly Qualified Personnel through their
inclusion as fully involved team members. Briefly summarize the number and level of HQP required
and the experience/expertise afforded by involvement in Network-funded research. Specify expected
contributions to HQP studies.
2.6 Project Networking and Engagement
Describe the networking and engagement planned for this project across disciplines, research sites
(universities, hospitals, institutes), and sectors. Projects that represent collaborative efforts of several
Investigators in more than one discipline (e.g., combinations of biomedical science, natural sciences
and/or the social sciences) and/or at more than one Institution and/or with involvement of partners
and stakeholders from other sectors are important to the development of the Network and will be
more favourably reviewed.
The Network is committed to empowering and engaging the seriously ill, and their families. Describe
how your project will engage with these patients, families and/or other knowledge users.
2.7 KT Framework/Platform
Please identify the KT framework that will be used and how it will be implemented. The framework
should be one from the April 2012 Knowledge Translation Framework for Ageing and Health from the
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/knowledge_translation.pdf).
2.8 Potential for Knowledge Translation/Knowledge Mobilization/Commercialization
Describe the opportunities for knowledge translation and exchange and/or technology transfer or
commercialization of the research proposed along a continuum leading to social or economic impacts
or policy and practice change. If there are specific companies or organizations that will be involved, list
in Section 3 (Partnerships) and ensure that a letter of support is included.
Section 3: Partnerships & Letters of Support (No maximum page limits for this section)
List each organization that will partner in the project, their specific roles (i.e. research receptor,
knowledge user, financial/in-kind support), and the cash and in-kind contributions anticipated from the
partner(s) to the project. All financial information provided in the table below should also appear in the
pertinent areas of the project budget, and individuals from these organizations that will be
participating as project team members should also be listed in the Project Team List.
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Applications must demonstrate partnerships which will likely lead to uptake on project results. Only
applications that include funding with committed cash or in kind contributions from NCE eligible
partners valued at a minimum of 25% of the TVN funding request will be considered.
Where a researcher has a “financial interest” (as defined by NCE Conflict of Interest Guidelines) in a
partner, the potential conflict of interest should be declared. This does not preclude the partnership in
any way, but provides transparency to the review process. Please see TVN Conflict of Interest Policy
and Guidelines available on the TVN website for further information
Please see the Application Instructions for guidance on allowable expenses and eligible partners and
contributions.
Partner Organization/
Research Receptor
Potential
Conflict of
Interest
(Yes or No)
Role in Project and Specific Use of
Contribution in Project
Nature of
Contribution
(cash or inkind)
Contribution
Amount (CDN$)
Insert additional rows as needed
Please provide a letter of support on the letterhead of each eligible partner detailing the extent of
their collaboration and/or their cash and in-kind contribution towards the particular project. The letter
should specifically include reference to TVN, the proposed project, and any conditions placed on
funding.
Section 4: Other Funding
Please provide details of other funding applied for that could leverage/support your Network proposal.
By person, for the Project Leader, all other Principal Investigators, and all Co-Investigators, list all
grants currently planned to be applied for, being applied for, pending, about to be submitted, and all
grants received, for the entire period covered by this application.
Status
Funding Source
Amount
Purpose
% Overlap with this
application
Scientific Financial
Include one chart per person, and Insert additional rows as needed
Section 5: Additional Information
References
Tables, Figures
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