CIHR CCV Workshop for Patient, Family & Community Research Partners

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) requires that applicants to funding competitions complete a Canadian Common CV, or CCV. The CCV is a web-based application that provides researchers with a single, common approach to gathering CV information required by a network of federal, provincial and not-for-profit research funding organizations.

With CIHR’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), people with lived experience are increasingly being required to be active partners on research teams and projects. As such, patient, family and community research partners are also expected to submit CCVs for the applications they are involved in.

But completing a CCV can be a daunting and time-consuming task! That is why the Canadian Heart Function Alliance, HeartLife, and TRANSFORM HF are working with the Alberta SPOR Support Unit to deliver a CCV Workshop.

This workshop will begin with a short introduction to understanding the grant funding application process and potential patient research partner roles. It will then provide guidelines and considerations to completing a patient research partner CCV.

Learning Objectives

Over the course of two Zoom sessions, the workshop will:

• Support patient, family and community research partners to understand, and become more active in, the grant application process.
• Provide support for patients, families and community research partners to obtain a CIHR PIN # and CV. This can help support patients with more equitable and equal partnerships on health research teams.
• Work through the process of putting together a CV that captures and highlights both the lived and health research experiences of patient research partners.

Workshop Dates

Session 1:

Friday, January 24, 2025; 3-4PM AT / 2-3PM ET / 11AM-12PM PT; Zoom

This session will include an introduction to the CIHR grant funding application process and patient research partner value and roles in this. It will also cover an introduction to the various aspects of the CCV interface.

Session 2:

Friday, January 31, 2025; 3-4:30PM AT / 2-3:30PM ET / 11AM-12:30PM PT; Zoom

This session will provide hands on guidance to complete the CCV application, as well as generate a Biosketch. Participants can also ask questions that have come up as they’ve worked through the application process.

Apply!

Due to the hands-on nature of the workshop, registration is limited to 15 participants.

Applicants must be people with lived experience, be living in Canada, and be able to commit to both sessions to be eligible. Eligible applicants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

To apply, please complete a short application form by January 19, 2025. Successful applicants will be notified on a rolling basis.

Please email Augusta at a.lipscombe@utoronto.ca if you have any questions.