Grant: Research in Priority Areas
Ganesh, Aravind
$100,000.00
Catalyst Grant: Digital Health - Early to Mid-Career Research
FY 2025-26 · 2025-07-01
Summary
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:
• Support original, high quality research in digital health that has the potential to generate pilot data for future research (e.g. Project Grant and funding at other Agencies/Councils), including research into evaluation, scale up, or implementation of a digital health product, platform or application.
• Incentivize research that focuses on digital health solutions for the CIHR-IMHA mandate areas.
• Foster a community of CIHR-IMHA digital health researchers that partner with Canadian leaders in equitable digital science.
• Provide research leadership, stimulate innovative research and practice, and strengthen research capacity by dedicating funds to early and mid-career researchers as part of CIHR-IMHA’s commitment to Nurture Leaders.
• Strengthen health research through the incorporation of patient and/or community engagement.
Department
Program
Research in Priority Areas
Recipient
Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Individual or sole proprietorship
Type
Grant
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Agreement End Date
2026-06-30
Agreement Number
186587
Agreement Start Date
2025-07-01
Agreement Title
Catalyst Grant: Digital Health - Early to Mid-Career Research
Agreement Title (French)
Subvention Catalyseur: Santé numérique - Recherche en début/milieu de carrière
Agreement Type
Grant
Agreement Value
$100,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:
• Support original, high quality research in digital health that has the potential to generate pilot data for future research (e.g. Project Grant and funding at other Agencies/Councils), including research into evaluation, scale up, or implementation of a digital health product, platform or application.
• Incentivize research that focuses on digital health solutions for the CIHR-IMHA mandate areas.
• Foster a community of CIHR-IMHA digital health researchers that partner with Canadian leaders in equitable digital science.
• Provide research leadership, stimulate innovative research and practice, and strengthen research capacity by dedicating funds to early and mid-career researchers as part of CIHR-IMHA’s commitment to Nurture Leaders.
• Strengthen health research through the incorporation of patient and/or community engagement.
Description (French)
Les objectifs de la possibilité de financement sont les suivants :
• Soutenir la recherche originale et de qualité en santé numérique qui a le potentiel de générer des données pilotes pour la recherche future (p. ex. subvention Projet et financement d’autres organismes ou conseils), notamment la recherche sur l’évaluation, l’adoption à plus grande échelle ou la mise en œuvre d’un produit, d’une plateforme ou d’une application de santé numérique.
• Encourager la recherche portant sur les solutions de santé numérique dans les domaines du mandat de l’IALA des IRSC.
• Favoriser une communauté de chercheurs et chercheuses en santé numérique de l’IALA des IRSC qui collabore avec les chefs de file canadiens de la science numérique équitable
• Assurer le leadership en recherche, stimuler la recherche et la pratique novatrices et renforcer les capacités de recherche en consacrant des fonds aux chercheurs en début ou en milieu de carrière, respectant ainsi l’engagement de l’IALA des IRSC à soutenir les chefs de file.
• Renforcer la recherche en santé en y intégrant la participation des patients ou des collectivités.
Expected Results
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
Expected Results (French)
Ce programme offre des subventions et des bourses ciblées dans les domaines prioritaires. Les priorités sont établies par les IRSC en consultation avec d’autres ministères et organismes gouvernementaux, des partenaires et des intervenants. Le programme mobilise des chercheurs, des patients, des fournisseurs de soins de santé et des décideurs afin qu’ils participent à la conduite de travaux de recherche, favorisent l’application des connaissances et renforcent les capacités dans les domaines prioritaires. Il nécessite souvent des collaborations intrasectorielles et intersectorielles.
Organization Code
cihr-irsc
Organization
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Program Name
Research in Priority Areas
Program Name (French)
Recherche priorisée
Program Purpose
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
Program Purpose (French)
Ce programme offre des subventions et des bourses ciblées dans les domaines prioritaires. Les priorités sont établies par les IRSC en consultation avec d’autres ministères et organismes gouvernementaux, des partenaires et des intervenants. Le programme mobilise des chercheurs, des patients, des fournisseurs de soins de santé et des décideurs afin qu’ils participent à la conduite de travaux de recherche, favorisent l’application des connaissances et renforcent les capacités dans les domaines prioritaires. Il nécessite souvent des collaborations intrasectorielles et intersectorielles.
Recipient City
Calgary
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Ganesh, Aravind
Recipient Postal Code
T2N 1N4
Recipient Province or Territory
AB
Recipient Type
P
Reference Number
236-2025-2026-Q2-00716
Research Organization
University of Calgary