On February 15, 2022, the call for proposals for the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards opens to faculty members at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. 

UBC Health is offering up to $25,000 to faculty members who are collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new teams, pursue new ideas, or translate findings from innovative health-related research.

Health is produced by a complex interplay of individual, social, political, and economic factors. Interdisciplinary and cross-faculty collaborations have the potential to lead to more innovative solutions to improve health and address health inequities. The HIFI Awards are intended to catalyze these collaborations by supporting cross-faculty and cross-campus research at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. 

There will be two calls for proposals in 2022:

Spring Call for Proposals

Opens: February 15, 2022
Closes: April 15, 2022

Team-Based Care Funding Stream
For the spring call, in addition to the general, open call for HIFI, we are inviting applications that focus on initiatives that contribute to provincial efforts to establish and enhance team-based care. The call is open to all innovative ideas, particularly in areas that address education and pedagogy or system change and outcomes. Examples of relevant initiatives include, but are not limited to, efforts to advance research on educational models intended to prepare learners for team-based care and advance research about the system readiness or outcomes of implementation of team-based care. 

Fall Call for Proposals

Opens: August 15, 2022
Closes: October 15, 2022

More information

For information on eligibility criteria, key dates, FAQs, and how to apply, visit the HIFI page.

Posted on February 7, 2022