Dementia Community Investment — Knowledge Hub

• PHAC funding request form (ISFR)
• Budget template
• Requested appendices only

Who is eligible?

• Not-for-profit organizations
• For-profit organizations with a not-for-profit partner
• Unincorporated groups, societies, and coalitions
• Academic institutions
• Provincial, territorial, regional, municipal, and Indigenous organizations

Who is not eligible

• For-profit organizations applying alone, without a not-for-profit partner
• Organizations that are not Canadian

Eligible expenses

• Materials, personnel, equipment, rent, and utilities.
• Evaluation, dissemination, travel, and accommodation.
• Other costs directly related to the approved project.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Membership fees and unidentified miscellaneous costs.
• Ongoing operating costs, overhead, and administrative fees.
• Capital purchases such as land, buildings, or vehicles.
• Standalone activities not tied to delivery, evaluation, or dissemination, including symposia, workshops, conferences, audiovisual production, and website or app development and maintenance.
• Travel or hospitality above National Joint Council rates.

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Experience or expertise in dementia and dementia-related research.
• Experience supporting diverse communities of practice.
• Experience in community-based intervention research.
• Experience in knowledge translation and dissemination.
• Capacity to engage people living with dementia and/or caregivers in the project.

• Step 1: Obtain the application package
  • Request PHAC's ISFR and budget templates.
  • Review the character limits and required appendices.
• Step 2: Prepare the proposal
  • Complete the ISFR and budget in Microsoft Word.
  • Include only the appendices requested in the call for proposals.
• Step 3: Submit by email
  • Send the completed application by email to PHAC.
  • Include your email address in the application.
  • Submit before the deadline.
• Step 4: Await acknowledgement and decision
  • Applications were acknowledged by email.
  • Successful applicants were notified by email.

• Applications were reviewed after submission and funding was not guaranteed.
• Selections were based on budget and project considerations.
• Successful applicants were notified by email.
• PHAC was not obliged to enter into a funding agreement.

• Applications had to use PHAC's ISFR and budget templates.
• The proposal had to be submitted in Microsoft Word.
• Only requested appendices were accepted.
• Applications were submitted by email and acknowledged by email.