McGrail, Kimberlyn M

$14,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $0.34 for every person in Canada ≈ 181 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Program
Research in Priority Areas
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2026-2027
Agreement period
April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2028
Reference
cihr-irsc:236-2026-2027-Q1-00475

Published purpose

The original objectives of the SPOR National Data Platform, as outlined in the 2017 SPOR National Data Platform Funding Opportunity were to: 1. Create efficiencies in data collection and reduce the time required for researchers to access multi-jurisdictional data. 2. Establish systems of retrieval, standardization/harmonization and linkage of high-priority clinical data to administrative and social data to enable richer population-based multi-jurisdictional studies. 3. Establish valid and reliable methods for linking primary research data (e.g., cohorts, clinical trials) to health administrative, social and other data to create efficiencies in data collection. 4. Inform and provide innovative and ethical solutions to data access and its use through patient and partner engagement. 5. Facilitate access to data analytic and data storage services, as needed, for multi-jurisdictional studies. The intent of this funding opportunity is to continue activities that support these objectives and maintain the CDP’s existing core operations, governance, and partnerships during the extension period thereby ensuring stability and continuity, preserving national coordination capacity and preventing disruption of services.

In plain English AI-generated

This grant supports the continued operations of the SPOR National Data Platform, a Canadian initiative to improve access to and linkage of health and social data for multi-jurisdictional research.

Category: Health Primarily funds activity in Canada

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