CHILD-BRIGHT’s application to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) SPOR Networks – Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science - Extension competition was successful!
The network will receive $2M from CIHR between now and 2028; combined with generous partner matching funds, this extension funding will allow us to capitalize on the momentum generated in Phase 2 of our network to cultivate equitable ecosystems in childhood brain-based developmental disability research.
We could not have done this without the support of our generous funding partners and their belief in the value of CHILD-BRIGHT’s work:
Réseau ODISÉ
ICES
UBC Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Children's Healthcare Canada
Genome-wide Sequencing Ontario
Precision Child and Youth Mental Health (SickKids and CHEO)
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Our Kids’ Health Network
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
IWK Health
CHU Sainte-Justine
Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation
Kids Brain Health Network
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children (University of Toronto & SickKids)
Garry Hurvitz Centre for Brain & Mental Health (SickKids)
Labatt Family Heart Centre (SickKids)
Thank you also to our 500+ members for their participation in our network, their dedication to our mission, and for their active investment in our patient-oriented research work, all of which were essential to the success of this application.
What does the future look like for CHILD-BRIGHT?
As we look to the future of our network and the broader childhood disability ecosystem, our goal remains the same: transforming health systems for children and youth with brain-based developmental disabilities (BDD) and their families, together.
In these next two years and beyond, CHILD-BRIGHT will continue to fiercely promote the health and well-being of children with BDD and their families through patient-oriented research. We will amplify our impact by:
mobilizing our findings in community and at the point of care (implementation),
nurturing our next generation of research and lived and living experience leaders, and
catalyzing new teams for health system transformation through knowledge to action.
We firmly believe these concerted efforts will energize the child health and disability research ecosystem in Canada and help make the future brighter for all. Will you join us?