Yeates, Keith O

Purpose

This funding opportunity is expected to: • Support the creation and/or further development of formal networks by encouraging national and international collaboration, resource sharing, capacity building and dissemination in priority research areas. • Identify and establish novel connections across Canada. This will bring together a collaborative multidisciplinary group of technical and scientific experts; • Develop and strengthen research capacity by connecting and engaging current researchers and training the next generation of researchers; • Develop and provide health research leadership across Canada, linking to related international initiatives (as appropriate); • Facilitate translation of new knowledge generated by research evidence; and • Ensure patient engagement to increase the outcomes and health impacts for Canadians.