operating grant: pandemic research platforms interim funding

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to support research platforms to:

• implement a plan to serve a broader, long-term pandemic preparedness and response role in the research ecosystem related to one of the research areas;
• build and strengthen capacity in canada to undertake interdisciplinary, equity-focused, multi-jurisdictional research related to pandemics and other infectious or communicable diseases with significant public health impacts;
• rapidly generate and mobilize evidence to inform health emergency preparedness and response efforts by policy makers, clinicians, public health actors, the public and/or higher-risk communities in canada; and
• collaborate with other experts and teams across canada and internationally in their research area(s) to sustain research partnerships and ensure coordination of pandemic preparedness and response activities.