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Eligibility Criteria . Application Guidelines . Evaluation and Selection Process . Timelines and Required Deliverables

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE CENTRE’S 2010-11 GRANTS AND AWARDS

The inaugural contract among the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health (the Centre), the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) comes to an end in March 2010. While the Centre will enter into a new contract with MCYS in 2010-11, we are currently unable to commit to funding new projects in the next fiscal year. As a result, research grants and training awards have been temporarily suspended while the Centre and MCYS work together to renew the Centre’s mandate and identify ways to build on our significant accomplishments.

Current award recipients are not affected by this funding interruption, and should continue to carry out their grant-related activities. Read more...

Required Documents

Individual Professional Development Awards Application Instructions
Individual Professional Development Awards Submission Package
Individual Professional Development Awards Official Signatures Page

Please read the Individual Professional Development Awards Application Instructions before beginning the online application process. Online applications are for new grants only, not for renewals.

Deadline for submissions: OPEN

To assist you with your application:

Doing More With What You Know: A Toolkit on Knowledge Exchange

Purpose

Individual Professional Development Awards in Child and Youth Mental Health aim to give successful applicants an opportunity to actively pursue a re-training, enhanced training, and/or re-tooling opportunity, typically in another setting, so as to increase capacity in their home-based organization/agency. This award is not intended to fund attendance at conferences.

As of 2006, please note that both individual and group applications will be accepted for review. A group has been defined as a minimum of 4 individuals collectively applying for an enhanced training, re-training and or re-tooling activity. There is no maximum number of people per group application. Each type of application has its respective guidelines and application form. Ensure that you download and complete the correct form prior to submission.

Examples of such training might include: spending time within a leading organization/agency to observe and learn about their approach(es) to an intervention; coursework in research methods or epidemiology from an academic institution; condensed learning in a therapeutic modality or clinical program/evaluation-based framework and; working within a research laboratory to learn about a specific approach to research in child and youth mental health.

Value of the Award

Maximum, normally up to $10,000 one-time money.

Within any given fiscal year the sum of training funds awarded across individual professional development awards for any given type of training opportunity (e.g., certificate in infant mental health, play therapy training) across organizations will not exceed $35,000. This is to ensure fairness and some degree of heterogeneity across training opportunities facilitated by the Centre.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants of this award are required to be trainees of the proposed educational/training activities, not trainers.
The application and its proposed educational/training activities must meet all of the overarching criteria and conditions for Centre funding.
Re-training, enhanced training and/or re-tooling opportunities must include a minimum of 75 hours of direct training.
The candidate’s employer must be supportive of the continuing education activity and must agree to facilitate the process.
Candidates must also agree to submit a detailed report for dissemination; include how he/she will use and communicate their newly acquired knowledge and skills to a broader audience in their home-based organization/agency and beyond.
This award is targeting professionals already established in a regular position within an organization/agency. This award is intended to build capacity within their home-based setting, therefore, the award recipient is expected to return to their position upon completion of the activities proposed.
This award is not intended to supplement or finance sabbatical leaves.
A budget summary of requested funds is required.
Within any given organization, the sum of training funds awarded, across fiscal years, will not exceed $35,000 for any given training opportunity.
Within any given fiscal year the sum of training funds awarded across individual professional development awards for any given type of training opportunity (e.g., certificate in infant mental health, play therapy training)across organizations will not exceed $35,000. This is to ensure fairness and some degree of heterogeneity across training opportunities facilitated by the Centre.
This award is intended to fund intensive, focused re-training, enhanced training and/or re-tooling opportunities during the course of a calendar year. It is not intended to fund broad scope generalist training nor is it intended to support training towards a degree.
For-profit child and youth mental health agencies or organizations are not eligible for professional development awards.

Application Instructions

The application process for grants and awards at the Centre includes both documents that are submitted electronically and components that are submitted by mail. All documents must be received by the Centre prior to the application deadline. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

Because the online Professional Development Individual Awards Application Form is time sensitive, and can only be submitted once, applicants are advised to prepare all required information and documentation in advance.

Please read the Individual Professional Development Awards Application Instructions before beginning the online application process.

Applying for an Individual Professional Development Award consists of several steps.

Downloading and completing the Individual Professional Development Awards Submission Package.
Downloading and completing the Individual Professional Development Awards Official Signatures Page.
Preparing an electronic C.V..
Have training documentation ready.
Arranging for the mailing of additional required documentation if it is not attached to the online application (i.e., Letter of Support).
Completing the online Individual Professional Development Awards Application Form.

Evaluation and Selection Process

Proposals will be evaluated on their relevance to child and youth mental health in the province of Ontario and their potential for building capacity within the home-based setting/region of the applicant.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Centre’s management team.
Decisions will be made within 30 days of receipt of the application, at which time applicants will be notified of the status of their application via letter.

Timelines and Required Deliverables

Timeline

Open

Note: this depends on the number of applications and the availability of funds in any given fiscal year

Required Deliverables

Award recipients are required to submit 1) a final outcomes report and; 2) complete two evaluation questionnaires that will be distributed electronically.

Please note: if the award term crosses over fiscal years (Fiscal Year End = March 31), an Interim Report is required on March 31 of any given fiscal year outlining the following: progress made to date; timeline and deliverables achieved and; outcomes expected at the end of the award term.

1. Final Outcomes Report

Award recipients are required to submit a Final Outcomes Report one month following the end of the award term or funding period. This report should include the following:

learnings and outcomes achieved from the re-training, enhanced training and/or re-tooling activity, areas that were not covered under this professional development activity and areas for further professional growth and development
a plan for knowledge exchange within the award recipient’s home-based organization/agency and beyond
a description of how the Centre will be profiled in all knowledge exchange activities
a description of the award recipient’s future career plans in child and youth mental health and how this activity has impacted his or her career

A Final Outcomes Report Template with the Centre’s specific space and content requirements will be provided to all grant and award recipients.

2. Evaluation Questionnaires

Each individual award recipient will be required to complete two evaluation questionnaires that will be distributed electronically at the end of the award term and six months following the end of the award term. The following is a brief description of the two questionnaires:

Outcomes Questionnaire: the first questionnaire (distributed at the end of the award term) will address outcomes and achievements made through the group training opportunity.
Knowledge Mobilization and Uptake Questionnaire: the second questionnaire (distributed six months following the end of the award term) will address knowledge mobilization strategies employed and increased uptake of evidence-based practice within the home-based organization/agency and broader community.