The Alberta Contribution provided funding to leverage research excellence in Alberta by sharing resources and building national linkages to accelerate translation of new knowedge into best practices. $480,000 was dedicated to supporting Alberta participation in the RH SCI Registry (see separate post). $1,500,000 was dedicated to Alberta Researcher Development. A further $1,000,000 was protected to support Alberta participation in the Canada-wide network of researchers, clinicians and scientists to improve functional recovery and qualiyt of life of people with SCI.
An Alberta SCI Research Team has been formed to advise The Alberta Paraplegic Foundation on investment of these funds.
The intent is to allocate all of the $2,500,000 for researcher development and Alberta specific projects by the end of the 2009/2010 fiscal year. Progress to date is summarized below:
- criteria were developed to establish an appropriate threshold of excellence for translational research, the basis for review of submissions for support
- a request for letters of intent was issued in July 2009
- on September 11, 2009 a formal meeting of the Alberta SCI Research Team was held to review letters of intent - 19 were submitted
- 12 of the applicants were invited to submit full proposals.
The full proposals will be reviewed early in 2010 and allocation decisions made by the end of March. Successful projects will be monitored over the two year period 2010 and 2011, with impact evaluation conducted in 2012.
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