Jones, Nicola L

Published purpose

The specific objective(s) of this funding opportunity are to: • Support the development of structured, openly accessible and sustainable training and mentoring platforms that build capacity in areas of major health issues, scientific opportunities and critical gaps by: o Supporting the engagement of trainees and ECRs in collaborative research across institutions, disciplines, jurisdictions and sectors; o Incorporating diverse training approaches, including experiential training opportunities; o Including diverse and inclusive paradigms of research training and mentoring (e.g. Indigenous Ways of Knowing) in a meaningful and culturally-safe manner; and o Implementing recruitment, training, and mentoring strategies to attract high-caliber trainees and ECRs, including embedding and applying Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) best practices. • Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on: o Approaches to advance rigorous and responsible research (e.g., sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA), research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias); o Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review; o Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.); o Best practices in knowledge translation and implementation science; and o Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).