Funding

You’re a seasoned innovator - you know you have an idea that can be protected as intellectual property, or moved to commercialization but you need financial support to move to the next stage. We can help.

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Funding streams & opportunities for PHC staff & medical staff

There are many different resources available to PHC staff and medical staff who are looking for funding to support their research, innovation or quality improvement initiative. The list below is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all sources. Refer to the websites noted below for the most up-to-date information. Funding amounts can vary depending on the specific project, location and funding organization.

PHC Internal Opportunities: Point-of-Care Staff

  • Research Challenge
  • Knowledge Translation Challenge
  • Quality Improvement Challenge
  • Planetary Health Funding Awards

PHC Internal Opportunities: Medical Staff

  • VCH/PHC Physician Quality Improve (PQI) Initiative
  • VCH/PHC Spreading Quality Improvement (SQI) Initiative
  • Department of Medicine Innovation Platform

Note: for any Quality-related funding streams and opportunities, connect with PHC’s Quality Improvement teams to discuss how to partner and access data. – Liz Flores, Director, Quality Improvement, Patient Safety & Accreditation at lflores@providencehealth.bc.ca  or Beena Parappilly, Senior Manager, Quality Improvement & Accreditation at bparappilly@providencehealth.bc.ca.

St. Paul’s Foundation

  • St. Paul’s Foundation Enhanced Patient Care Grant

External Opportunities: Staff & Medical Staff

  • Ministry of Health Innovation Pathway
  • Healthcare Excellence Canada – Health Workforce Innovation Challenge
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Idea to Innovation (I2I)
  • UBC Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards
  • UBC School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME): Engineers in Scrubs
  • Innovate BC

External Opportunities: Medical Staff-Specific

  • Shared Care Partners in Care (PiC) and Transitions in Care (TiC)
  • Shared Care Spread Networks
  • Specialist Services Committee (SSC)
  • Physician Leadership Training (SSC)
  • UBC Sauder Physician Leadership Program (SSC)
  • Facility Engagement (SSC)
  • Enhancing Access Initiative (SSC)
  • Perioperative Clinical Action Network (PCAN) (SSC)
  • Health System Redesign (SSC)
  • Health Care Quality BC Clinician Fellowship in Health Care Quality
  • Royal College/ Associated Medical Services CanMEDS Research Grant
  • Royal College Medical Education Research Grant
  • Small Steps, Big Idea (Vancouver Physician Staff Association – funding from SSC)

External Research Grants

  • Michael Smith Health Research BC: Health Professional – Investigator (HP-I) Program
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC: Scholar Program
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC: Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC: Reach Program
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC: Co-Fund Opportunities
  • Vancouver Foundation
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Lung Health Research Grants (BC Lung Foundation)
  • Bluma Tischler Postdoctoral Fellowship (UBC)
  • National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)

Unions

  • BCNU
  • HSA
  • HEU