Target Health Research Areas: Many industries and organizations have developed disability prevention programs which have strong indicators of demonstrated success in improving business and employee health. This industry-partnered award provides opportunities to more rigorously evaluate program successes and failures and share implementation tools and resources.

Number of awards up to eight Master's Awards

The focus of these awards are to investigate primary prevention programs and its interplay with secondary and tertiary prevention programs, and impact on workplace culture, innovation and productivity. Primary prevention in this context is the creation of a work environment that reduces risk of injury or illness before an incident occurs. Once an injury has occurred, secondary prevention aims to reduce unnecessary disability by early identification of factors contributing to the injury, taking remedial action to mitigate re-injury, and the application of appropriate early intervention disability management strategies. Tertiary prevention involves preventing further disability and restoring a higher level of functioning in someone who has sustained a chronic disability.

Special conditions: The following sectors are of priority interest: forestry, transportation, construction, warehousing, health care and small business. This program is open to Master’s Level graduate students from various fields and disciplines including health services research, rehabilitation, population health, disability prevention and management as well as business schools with an interest in program evaluation.

Applications are submitted through the Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Awards - February 2007 competition http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/24190.html

CIHR's contribution to the amount available for this initiative is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them.

• The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $17,500 for up to one year.
• Awards are valued in Canadian dollars and are taxable.
• This award is non-renewable.
• Applications receiving a rating of less than 3.5 will not be considered for funding.

The award must be held in Canada.

Launched July 7, 2006. Full applications must be courier stamped by February 1, 2007. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. Earliest start date September 1, 2007 or January 1, 2008

Or contact:

Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability

204 – 916 West Broadway Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K7 Canada
www.cirpd.org
Tel: 604 684 4148 North America 800 872 3105
Fax: 604 684 6247

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