Indigenous health research
The International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP)
The ICIHRP aims to address the inequalities in health outcomes which exist for indigenous peoples in New Zealand, Canada and Australia.
In 2002, the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia, the national health agencies for each country, formed a partnership to support research in the area of indigenous peoples' health with the goal of improving the health of indigenous peoples in these three countries.
As part of the agreement, the partners are working to promote multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional and multi-sectoral collaborations between the health research agencies of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The core outcomes of the agreement are to enable information sharing in the international research community concerning:
• Innovative and best practices in research methodology;
• Development of innovative partnerships in research;
• Ethical conduct in research;
• Community ownership, engagement and involvement in research;
• Effective transfer and sustainability of research outcomes, and
• Building and consolidating research capacity and organisations for the development of collaborative programs.
Outcomes also include enabling direct links between researchers and organisations for the development of collaborative programs, to enable international exchange programs, enabling links, skills development and information sharing, facilitating the development of strategic research priorities in indigenous health and international participation in peer review process.
Download the Cooperation Agreement PDF 27KB
International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP) on Chronic Diseases - Request for Application (RFA)
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), in 2002 established a tripartite partnership to jointly invest in research that would contribute to improved health outcomes and a reduction in health inequalities for Indigenous people in each of the partner countries.
The RFA invites applications that have engaged community participation for research which aims to contribute to a reduction in chronic disease in Indigenous populations.
Chronic disease was selected as the theme for the research to be funded because of the significant impact of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes on morbidity and mortality in Indigenous populations. The burden of chronic disease makes a significant contribution to the observed inequalities in health between Indigenous people and the general population.
The Request for Application seeks proposals from multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional and multi-sectoral research teams working in collaboration and involving all three of the partner countries (Australia, Canada and New Zealand).
Each country has committed indicative funding of a total of $5 million over 5 years to the RFA.
The RFA for proposals is a three-stage process with a Registration followed by an Expression of Interest (Letter of Intent) stage preceding a full Application stage. In the case of proposals with leads in Canada or New Zealand, proposal development funds will be available to develop successful EOIs into full applications.
Key dates and timeline
The key dates for the HRC International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership application round are as follows:
| RFA posted on web | 10-11 February 2009 |
| Registrations Close | 5pm, 11 April 2009 (NZ time) |
| Expression of Interest Close | 5pm, 11 May 2009 (NZ time) |
| Expression of Interest Notice of Decision | 24-25 June 2009 |
| Full Application Close | 5pm, 15 October 2009 (NZ time) |
| Review Panel Questions sent to Applicants | 25-26 November 2009 |
| Applicants' Rebuttals Due | 13 December 2009 |
| Full Application Notice of Decision | 27-28 January 2010 |
| Funding Start Date | 1 February 2010 |
The ICIHRP documentation, including the RFA document, expression of interest form, full application form and guidelines for applicants are available below:
RFA Framework PDF 99.2KB
RoI Form
EoI_Guidelines PDF 659KB
EoI_Form
Full Application Form
Full_Application_Guidelines PDF 572KB
Peer Review Guidelines PDF 166KB
Pre-ad PDF 46KB
Information
For more information about this initiative, contact:
Rachel Brown
Group Manager, Maori Health Research
rbrown@hrc.govt.nz
International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP) Grant on Resilience
The ICIHRP grant on Resilience aims to recognise and address the disparity between the health of Indigenous peoples and the health of the general population. Resiliency was chosen as a broad theme as it covers all spheres of the life cycle and can be applied to identify intervention points at various stages of life and /or specific health issues.
Click here for information on projects funded through this grant.
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