Research - Outline

Research and Education Foundation

Mission

The Research and Education Foundation (REF) is a registered charitable organization (#88828 8669 RR0001) whose mission is to provide funding to support teachers, researchers and family medicine practitioners in the development and dissemination of new knowledge and skills in order to improve the quality of comprehensive, patient-centered community-based health care for all Canadians.  Through this foundation, the BCCFP Research Awards Fund grants applications for research funding.

Criteria

	Be a family physician in good standing with the CFPC/BCCFP, or a registered family medicine resident in good standing in the UBC Family Practice residency program, or a medical student in good standing in the UBC School of Medicine program (all sites are eligible)
	Complete the required application form including a description of and budget of the planned research project and a copy of a Statement of Approval from a Research Ethics Board, which is Tri-Council compliant, to the BCCFP office, attention “BCCFP Research Award Committee”
	In the submission, demonstrate that the objectives of the research project are consistent with the REF Mission and that the project addresses one or more of the Principles of Family Medicine (i.e. patient centered, community based, enhancing family physician clinical skills, focused on the family physician as a resource to his/her population)
	Commit to sharing the results of the research with other medical students, residents and/or family physicians and to have their name and project publicized by the BCCFP. Applicants are encouraged to submit a completed manuscript for publication in Canadian Family Physician or another peer reviewed medical journal of their choice
	Award recipients are expected to submit a research report and financial statements related to their projects to the REF, the CFPC Honours and Awards Committee, and the BC Research Awards Committee within a reasonable time following the completion of their projects - generally one year
	Applicants must commit to acknowledge the support of the CFPC’s Research & Education Foundation in all presentations and publications of the work supported by this award.

Process

The BCCFP Research Awards Committee will review all applications and will recommend award recipients to the CFPC Honours and Awards Committee, which will make the final recommendation to the REF. The REF will send congratulatory letters, along with the monetary awards, to the award recipients. 

Application and supporting documents may be submitted electronically to office@bccfp.bc.ca.  Electronic submission of all documents is preferred.

If submitting by hardcopy, 5 copies of the application are to be sent to the BCCFP office.

Award recipients are expected to submit a research report and financial statements related to their projects to the REF, the CFPC Honours and Awards Committee, and the BCCFP Research Awards Committee within one year following the completion of their projects.

Funding

The amount of support is wholly at the discretion of the granting agency and subject to the availability of funds and the assessed merits of the proposed project. Student and resident projects will customarily be supported in the range of $0 - $1,000 (averaging about $500). Grants to practicing community physicians are to be in the range of $1,000 - $2,500.

Timelines

Applications will be reviewed quarterly. Submission deadlines are: August 31, November 30, February 28 and May 31.

Initial reviews will generally be completed within 3 weeks. Applicants will be informed of the results within the subsequent 2 weeks.

After passing initial review,  applications will be forwarded to the CFPC Honours and Awards Committee with a response expected within 4 weeks.

Once approved by the Honours & Awards Committee, cheques on behalf of the Research & Education Foundation will be issued to the Principle Investigator.

Donations

Donations to the BC Research Awards Fund may be sent to:

BC Research Education Fund
2630 Skymark Avenue
Mississauga, ON
L4W 5A4