Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) aims to enhance health care quality and accessibility by integrating innovative interventions through a collaborative network involving patients, decision-makers, and clinicians. The initiative promotes cross-jurisdictional research on integrated health care models and supports capacity building among stakeholders to improve policy decision-making. Programmatic grants are available, requiring a 1:1 funding match with non-federal partners, focusing on patients with complex needs across various life stages.

1. Canada’s Strategy for Patient-
Oriented Research (SPOR)
SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated
Health Care Innovations (PIHCI)
Programmatic Grants
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2. Overview
• Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research
(SPOR)
• PIHCI Network
• Programmatic Grants Funding Opportunity
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3. Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research
(SPOR)
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Ensuring that the right patient receives the right intervention at
the right time.
Objective
Foster evidence-informed health care by bringing
innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to
the point of care, so as to ensure greater quality,
accountability, and accessibility of care.

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SPOR Principles
• Patients, decision-makers and clinicians need to
be involved in all aspects of the research to
ensure questions and results are relevant and
ensure integration into policy and practice;
• Funding under SPOR is based on a 1:1
matching formula with non-federal government
partners to ensure relevance and applicability;
• Effective patient-oriented research requires a
multi-disciplinary approach; and
• SPOR is outcome driven and incorporates
performance measurement and evaluation as
integral components of the initiative.

5. Core Elements of SPOR
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Support for People and Patient-Oriented
Research and Trials (SUPPORT) Units
SPOR Networks
Capacity development
Clinical Trials
Patient engagement

6. Pan-Canadian SPOR Network in Primary
and Integrated Health Care Innovations
Distributed network of networks
Strategic scope: delivery of primary and integrated
health care (including primary prevention) both
horizontally and vertically across the care continuum
to address:
• Individuals with complex needs across the life
course, including age groups from children to
older adults; and,
• Multi-sector integration of upstream prevention
strategies and care delivery models.

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Pan-Canadian Network Objectives
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• Create cross-jurisdictional opportunities to conduct research on the
comparative efficiency, cost-effectiveness and scalability of innovative and
integrated models of care that build on the foundations of CBPHC and
facilitate transitions into and along the care continuum.
2 • Accelerate the timely investigation of new interventions and approaches in
integrated care across multiple jurisdictions and sectors.
3 • Catalyze research on and scale-up of cost-effective and innovative
approaches to integrated health care delivery.
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• Support capacity building among researchers, clinicians, decision-makers and
citizens/patients/families for timely generation and use of integrated health
care knowledge.
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• Foster the exchange of information and evidence on successful and
unsuccessful interventions and innovative models of integrated health care
across jurisdictions to inform policy development.

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AB
Network
SK
Network MB
Network
ON
Network
QC
Network
BC
Network
NS
Network
Newfoundland
and Labrador
Network
Network
Leadership Council
and National
CoordinationNWT
Network
NB
Network
PEI
Network
Primary and Integrated Health Care
Innovations (PIHCI) Network
Tripartite Leadership of PIHCI Networks /
Leadership Council:
• Researcher
• Policy/Decision Maker
• Clinician
• Patients (on Leadership Council)

9. Member Network Contacts
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N.B.: It is required that applicants interested in applying to
this funding opportunity consult with the relevant member
networks prior to conceptualizing an application.
Province/Territory Manager Province/Territory Manager
Newfoundland and
Labrador
Nicole Porter
Nicole.Porter@med.mun.ca
Manitoba Gayle Halas
gayle.halas@umanitoba.ca
Nova Scotia Beverley Lawson
Bev.Lawson@dal.ca
Sara Wuite
sara.wuite@dal.ca
Saskatchewan Janice Braden
Janice.braden@usask.ca
Prince Edward Island Angela Riveroll
anriveroll@upei.ca
British Columbia Melody Monro
melody.monro@ubc.ca
New Brunswick Andrea Elizabeth Bowes
andrea.bowes@unb.ca
Northwest Territories Kimberly Fairman
kimberly.fairman@ichr.ca
Quebec Danielle Schirmer
danielle.schirmer@usherbrooke.ca
Shandi Miller
shandi.miller@usherbrooke.ca
Saskatchewan Janice Braden
Janice.braden@usask.ca
Ontario Dilzayn Panjwani
dilzayn.panjwani@wchospital.ca
Ivy Wong
Ivy.wong@wchospital.ca
Alberta Cliff Lindeman
clindema@ualberta.ca
Anh Pham
anh.pham@ualberta.ca

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PIHCI Network Timeline
2015
2015-2016
Provincial/Territorial Networks
Established
Management & Operations
Grants rolled out over the year
to 11 networks
Interim Leadership Council
begins meeting to coordinate
across networks – made up of
all tripartite leads
2017 →
Leadership Council
Established
September Each network
invited to nominate a primary
and secondary member
October Network meetings at
SPOR Summit to formalize
network structure
November Inaugural
Leadership Council Meeting
Fall 2016
Multi-year Funding
Opportunity &
Sustainability
Larger 4 year
programmatic grants to
be launched and
Network Coordinating
Office established
Early 2017
PIHCI Network Funding
Opportunities
Quick Strikes, (initial) National
Coordinating Office, Knowledge
Syntheses and Comparative
Policy Analysis grants rolled out,
funding start dates between
09/01/15 and 12/01/16
Pan-Canadian Network Events
Leadership Council supports
process to update provincial
priorities and collaborates to
plan and host the PIHCI
Research Day at the CAHSPR
Pre-conference Day

11. PIHCI Network – Quick Strike Projects
Playing Telephone: Exploring
the potential for
interdisciplinary shared
decision making for
medication therapy in shared
electronic health records
Let's Discuss Health: implementation
and assessment in primary care of a
web strategy to motivate patients to
self-manage their health and support
collaboration with health care providers
Evaluating the implementation and impact of an
online tool used within primary care to improve
the income security of patients with complex
health and social needs in Ontario and Manitoba
Characterizing high system
use across the primary-
tertiary care continuum:
parallel analyses of select
Canadian health datasets
Improving End-of-life
Care in the Community
Validation of Administrative and
Primary Care Electronic Medical
Record derived Frailty
algorithms
Improving care and outcomes of
patients with CKD managed in
primary care
A Comparative Analysis of
Centralized Waiting Lists for
Unattached and Complex
Patients Implemented in Six
Canadian Provinces
Improving Outcomes for Youth with
Type 1 Diabetes in Transition to Adult
Care Through Strengthening
Integration with Primary Care: An
Exploratory, Cross-Provincial Study
Creation of a Comprehensive
Health Profile of Children in New
Brunswick and Prince Edward
Island and Development of Intra-
Provincial Population-Based Birth
Cohorts
Children with complex health
conditions: Let's learn who they
are and their needs to better
serve them!
Examiner les innovations pour
soutenir les patients defavorises
ayant des besoins de soins de
sante communautaires complexes
et integres
HOTSPOTTING: Identifying
superusers of health care
services with mental health
and addiction problems

12. PIHCI Network – Comparative Policy Analyses
Integrating paramedics into primary
care to optimize patient time in the
community at end of life
Policies and program innovations that connect
primary health care, social services, public
health and community supports in Canada: A
comparative policy analysis
What are the impacts of being formally
enroled with a GP on continuity and
integration of care? Evidence from a
comparison of Quebec and British
Columbia

13. PIHCI Network – Knowledge Syntheses
Integrating end of life care to help
people stay in the community: The
essentials for success
Case management in primary care to improve
outcomes among frequent users of health care
services with chronic conditions: a realist synthesis
of what works, for whom and in what circumstances
Dimensions of Quality for Mobile
Applications in Chronic Disease
Management.
Interventions and Policies
Influencing Primary Healthcare
Professionals Managing Chronic
Diseases: An Evidence Synthesis
Building Cross-Generational Wellness and
Resilience in Multi-Generational Indigenous
Households: A Scoping Review Identifying and Understanding the Health
and Social Care Needs of Older Adults
with Multiple Chronic Conditions and
their Caregivers: A Scoping Review
Evaluating the comparative effectiveness
of comprehensive geriatric assessment
for improving patient and healthcare
system outcomes: A systematic review
and network meta-analysis
Evaluation of primary
health care integration
strategies for adults with
chronic health conditions:
A systematic review

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SPOR PIHCI Network –
Programmatic Grants

15. Objective
To support cross-jurisdictional programs of
research that respond to the priorities of the
Primary and Integrated Health Care
Innovations (PIHCI) Network in order to
generate findings that will guide evidence-
informed policy decision-making, with the
intent of having an impact on the health
system for all Canadians within four years.
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16. Research Areas
• Cross-jurisdictional research projects must respond to one
or more of the Network priorities, which were determined in
consultation with the PIHCI member networks and their
stakeholders.
• Research questions must focus on patients with complex
needs across the life course (a relatively small subgroup
of the population with high health needs that accounts for a
significant amount of health care utilization and costs – from
children to older adults)
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Funding Opportunity Timeline
Activity Date
Funding Opportunity Launch 2017-07-25
PIHCI Network Common LOI Deadline 2017-08-11
CIHR Letter of Intent Deadline 2017-09-26
Application Deadline 2017-11-28
Anticipated Notice of Decision 2018-02-28
Funding Start Date 2018-01-01
CIHR Deadline Network Deadline

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PIHCI Network
Common Letter of Intent (LOI)
Accessible at: https://goo.gl/FcRaCj
(in Eng and Fr)
Purpose: to access PICHI Network resources
• Developmental support from PIHCI member networks
• Letters of Support from member networks
• Matching funds from some member networks
Developmental support examples
• Facilitate cross provincial partnerships
• Provide patient feedback on early draft of proposal
• Assistance in applying for/finding matched
contribution
• Alignment of network priorities

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PIHCI Network
Common Letter of Intent (LOI)
... Cont’d
Content:
• List of each member of the project team indicating
researcher, clinician, policy maker, or patient;
• Identification of how the application aligns to PIHCI
Network priorities in each participating jurisdiction;
• Project title;
• Brief description;
• Indication of non-federal matching fund sources;
• Identification of established cross-jurisdictional
collaborations;
• Description of intersectoral and interdisciplinary project
components; and
• Details of the patient/community engagement plan.

20. • Total amount available from CIHR is $4,000,000
(approximately four (4) grants).
• The maximum amount per grant is $250,000 per year
for up to four years for a total of $1,000,000.
• Only one project may be funded per
grouping/combination of jurisdictions. An exception
will be made in the event that there are no remaining
un-funded applications in the fundable range.
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Funding under SPOR is based on a 1:1 matching
formula with non-federal government partners to ensure
relevance and applicability.
Funds Available

21. Eligibility
• The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must
be an independent researcher or knowledge
user affiliated with a CIHR eligible institution.
• All research projects must be cross-
jurisdictional in scope:
̵ A minimum of four member networks must
be involved
̵ A letter of support from the tripartite
leadership of each member network
involved is required if one of the leads is not
listed as a Principal Applicant.
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22. Eligibility (Continued)
• Each member network involved must have at
least one Principal Applicant or Knowledge
User listed on the application
• Patients must play a key role on the research
team; a minimum of one Principal Applicant or
Principal Knowledge User must be a patient
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23. Application Process
• Please read all instructions in THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY to
familiarize yourself with the application process before applying.
• An overview of CIHR’s application processes can be found under
Application Process.
• The application process for these funding opportunities is
comprised of two steps: LOI and Application.
• To complete your Letter of Intent and full application, follow the
instructions in the Grants – Application Guidelines along with any
additional instructions found below under “Specific Instructions
• All participants listed (other than Collaborators) will require a CIHR
PIN.
• Reminder to applicants: Please ensure that your application is
complete (includes all required signatures) and is submitted on time
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24. Evaluation Criteria
To support the strategic objectives of this funding
opportunity, the *following factors will be
considered:
1. Research Approach
2. Potential Impact
3. Patient Engagement and Partnership
*Please review the funding opportunity for the detailed evaluation criteria
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25. Peer Review
• The peer review committee will be created
specifically for this funding opportunity.
• Multidisciplinary International panel Members
will include, but are not limited to, patients,
patient engagement experts, researchers,
health professionals and policy makers.
• For further information on CIHR’s peer review
principles, see Peer Review: Overview section
of CIHR’s website.
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26. For more information
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For all questions on the Funding Opportunity
and How to Apply:
CIHR Contact Centre
Telephone: 613-954-1968
Toll Free: 1-888-603-4178
Email: support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
For questions related to Network proposal
development and support :
Contact the manager of the member network
(contact info on Slide 9)