The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives
University College, University of Toronto
And the Wellesley Institute
Announce the...
2007 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH AWARD OF MERIT
The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI) is a Canadian urban health
research centre (funded by the Institute of Population and Public Health,
CIHR) located in University College at the University of Toronto. CUHI
facilitates research that examines how the social and physical conditions in
cities affect the health of the people who live there. In close partnership
with the Wellesley Institute, our mission is to work with policy makers,
community partners and academics from many disciplines to make great urban
health research happen - research that leads to social change and improved
public policy.
The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives and the Wellesley Institute, in
partnership with University College at the University of Toronto, are
pleased to announce a call for nominations for a Community Based Research
(CBR) Award of Merit. The award will recognize Principal Investigators who
have demonstrated exemplary academic participation in the field of community
based research, as defined by Minkler and Wallerstein.
CBR is a collaborative approach to research that equitably
involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique
strengths that each brings. CBR begins with a research topic of importance
to the community with the aim of combining knowledge and action for social
change to improve community health and eliminate health disparities.
The Objectives of this award are to:
* Address the community's need for greater academic interest and
participation in community research agendas
* Increase academic respect for CBR as a field of research; Advance
the cause of CBR
* Motivate academics to pursue CBR
* Assist recipients in their pursuit of tenure and promotion
Nominations are invited from community, policy, or academic project partners
who are working (or who have worked) with the nominee on a recent CBR
project. The submission deadline is Friday, March 5th, 2007. Further
details are given below.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The award is open to Principal Investigators of CBR projects based in the
Greater Toronto Area who meet the following eligibility requirements:
* Completed formal training in research (usually a PhD, MD, or
equivalent)
* Have an academic appointment at a teaching or research institution
* Have a research appointment
* Engaged in CBR research that exemplifies the principles of CBR as
described by Minkler and Wallerstein (2004).
* Note: Nominations that include past award recipients are not
eligible for the award
NOMINATION PROCESS
o Complete and submit a nomination form plus letter of recommendation
from a community partner on the CBR project, outlining why the nominee is an
excellent candidate for the award. This can be found on our website:
http://www.cuhi.utoronto.ca/funding/competitions.html
o Deadline: 5:00pm on Monday, March 5th, 2007.
o Please submit nominations by e-mail or fax to the Centre Coordinator
at [log in to unmask] or 416-946-0669 (fax).
The successful PI will be notified no later than March 30, 2007. The award
ceremony will take place at breakfast at the Community-Campus Partnerships
for Health "Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change" Conference on Friday
April 13, 2007.
AWARD DETAILS
The award will be presented to an individual Principal Investigator but will
honour the whole project team.
The successful Principal Investigator's project team will receive:
* Invitations to the award ceremony
* Award Certificates: Each member will receive a personalized award
certificate.
* A copy of, "Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for
Health", edited by Barbara A. Israel, Eugenia Eng, Amy J. Schulz, and Edith
A. Parker.
* Registration fees (for one project team member) to attend the
Wellesley Institute's CBR Workshop Certificate Program toward the completion
of a CBR Certificate.
* Organizational membership to Community Campus Partnerships for
Health (CCPH).
* Project dissemination facilitated by the Centre for Urban Health
Initiatives
* An invitation to present the project at the Centre for Urban Health
Initiatives' monthly seminar series, Spotlight on Urban Health Research
Runners Up will receive:
* Invitations to the award ceremony
* Certificates of Recognition: Each project member will receive a
personalized certificate in recognition of their contributions to CBR
* An invitation to display a project poster at the award ceremony
(created with support and funding from CUHI)
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The review committee will consider whether:
- The research responds to a community identified issue or need
- The community has been involved in the majority of stages of the
research (generation of research question, development of methodology, data
collection, analysis, interpretation of results, and dissemination of
results)
- There has been ongoing community participation in decision making
- The project has enabled community partnership
- The project has contributed to meaningful social change and improved
community health
Nominations will be judged on the following criteria: "excellence innovation
and importance/relevance"
* Excellence = quality of research; can include quality of partnership
* Innovation = can include partnering, methodologies, research
questions, etc.
* Importance/ Relevance = contribution to knowledge that has
significant effect on improving community health and eliminating health
disparities
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact:
Alexis Kane Speer
Centre Coordinator
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives
www.cuhi.utoronto.ca
Ph: 416-978-7223
Fx: 416-946-0669
Alexis Kane Speer
Centre Coordinator
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI)
University College, Room 259
University of Toronto
15 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7
416-978-7223
FAX: 416-946-0669
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