Frequently Asked Questions

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Support grassroot clinical activities within Canada;
• Align with one or more of Infoway’s Strategic Goals;
• Include one or more of the following stakeholders:
  • Clinicians: These include physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other allied health professionals.
  • Health Provider Groups: This includes primary care clinics (including but not limited to solo practitioner clinics, Primary Care Networks, Family Medicine Groups, Family Health Teams, Family Health Groups, Family Health Organizations, Community Health Centres, Aboriginal Health Access Centres, nurse practitioner-led clinics, etc.); specialist clinics.
  • Health Organizations and Providers: Examples include public health units, mental health service providers, OHTs, outpatient specialist clinics, home and community care, long term care, etc.

Examples include:

• Projects that involve the creation and/or sharing of Patient Summary data with other providers and/or patients (e.g. aligned with the PS-CA standard)
• Projects that reduce the administrative burden for providers
• Projects that improve patient access to data and/or services; or improve patient navigation within the healthcare system through information sharing.
• Data standardization initiatives (e.g. relating to shareable standardized data elements, such as those within the pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework (pCHDCF)
• Projects on how artificial intelligence can be used to improve the experience of clinicians and patients. A demonstration at Infoway’s Partnership conference can be found here.

Applicants are required to complete the Connected Care Innovation Grant application. Once completed, follow the instructions on the application and make your submission by July 5^th, 2024.

Yes, applications can have other sources of funding as long as it’s outlined in their application.

Applicants could receive between $25,000 and $50,000 to fund their project. While projects with budgets under $25,000 are also eligible, it will be dependent on funding availability. Smaller budget projects are encouraged to apply.

No. The grant is a one-time award to support specific projects among a broad range of recipients rather than offering renewable funding.

Submitted applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee which is compromised of subject matter experts working with Canada Health Infoway (e.g., physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc.).

Your submission will be reviewed thoroughly based on the evaluation criteria, project description, and project organization detailed in your application. The evaluation committee will look at how relevant, impactful, feasible, and innovative your proposed project is, as well as how well and clearly you wrote your application. You will get a formal notice of the result of your application during the week of August 19^th.

Successful applicants must sign an agreement in order to receive funding. It’s the responsibility of the applicant to review and understand the agreement before signing.