Overview
Precision health refers to a comprehensive approach to healthcare delivery, which tailors care to a patient’s unique circumstances. Precision health uses an individual’s multiple omics profiles (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc.) and linked phenotypic data (clinical, lifestyle, environmental) to provide tailored healthcare, optimizing diagnostic and therapeutic strategies while mitigating adverse reactions. While evidence supports the improvements in patient care and savings to healthcare systems with an increased access to genetic testing, in the western Canadian provinces the broad adoption and implementation is currently limited.
The Healthy Outcomes through Genomic Innovations Initiative (Healthy Outcomes Initiative), a joint initiative between Genome Alberta and Genome British Columbia with support from industry partners, will support implementation research designed to accelerate the development and adoption of genomics infrastructure and genomics-enabled technologies to improve healthcare within our jurisdiction’s unique health system.
Information session
October 7th, 2024
1:30 PM PDT/2:30 PM MDT
Click here to access recording and FAQ document.
Funding Highlights
Expression of Interest deadline: October 21, 2024
Full Application deadline: November 25, 2024
Project Envelope Range: $300,000-$750,000
Total Funding Available: $3,000,000
Target Timelines
Launch of Funding Opportunity: October 2, 2024
Information Session (Virtual): October 7, 2024
Statement of Interest (EOI) Due: October 21, 2024
Invitation of selected EOIs to Full Application Stage: October 30, 2024
Full Application Due: November 25, 2024
Notice of Awards (NOAs) to Applicants: Early January, 2025
Flow of Funds: April 1, 2025
Key Objectives
- Focus on near-term solutions (duration of 6 – 18 months from project launch to outcomes) to accelerate the adoption of broader genomic testing into routine clinical care.
- Expand genomics-based testing and technologies into routine care by addressing system barriers and de-risking adoption.
- Find solutions that address equitable delivery of healthcare and access to genomics-based testing across rural and urban settings.
- Enable improved integration of genomics data into digital health infrastructure that enhances health outcomes for patients.
Parameters
- Total of +$3M in funding available from Genome Alberta and Genome BC.
- Up to $250,000 from each Genome Alberta and Genome BC will be available per project.
- Minimum project budget size is $300,000
- A minimum 1:2 co-funding ratio (Lead Genome Centre: all co-funding sources).
- Project term must be in the range of 6 to 18 months.
Application Process
- Applicants are to submit an EOI – using the form below to healthyoutcomes@genomealberta.ca by October 21, 2024 (11:59 PM PDT)
- Selected applicants will be invited to submit a Full Application
- Applicants are to submit the Full Application package to healthyoutcomes@genomealberta.ca by November 25, 2024 (11:59 PM PST)
Documents and Resources
- Funding Guidelines – Click here
- Expression of Interest Form – Click here
- Previously Funded Projects – Click here
Funding Contact
Genome Alberta
Georgia Balsevich, Sector Innovation Manager
gbalsevich@genomealberta.ca
Genome BC
Julia Hill, Research and Innovation Manager
jhill@genomebc.ca
