Regular Call for Proposals

Objectives

Dialogue McGill's Research Program focuses on understanding key factors that facilitate or impede access to health and social services for English-speaking communities in Québec. The Program’s primary objectives are to support, consolidate, and expand a growing body of original research. Long-term objectives are to document how access to health and social services by English speaking Quebecers may be limited, develop strategies to address potential barriers to access, and increase dissemination of relevant knowledge, strategies/interventions, and best practices.

To meet these objectives, Dialogue McGill funds research projects that improve the access and delivery of health and social services by generating new knowledge or by evaluating initiatives in applied settings.

Eligibility

Applicants

• The principal applicant must be an independent researcher affiliated with a Québec institution with a research ethics office (e.g., university, research institute, clinical settings).

• Postdoctoral fellows with a formal university appointment are eligible to apply (if granted, the postdoctoral fellow’s supervisor will formally be the fund holder). Affiliation confirmation must be established prior to submitting the application.

• Project proposals with researchers at institutions outside Québec and Canada are eligible, provided that the Principal Investigator is based in Québec and the funds are managed and disbursed by the Québec-based institution.

Research Proposal Requirements

Research proposals must align with Dialogue McGill’s Research Program objectives and demonstrate an anticipated impact on the accessibility or delivery of health and social services for English-speaking communities in Québec.

Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to:

• Research on implementation and evaluation of new strategies to increase health and social services access for English-speaking communities;

• Assessment of professionals’ English fluency competency and the impact on the provision of health care and social services;

• Secondary data analyses, literature reviews, and meta-analyses for relevant topics;

• Evaluation of strategies to build capacity and/or retention of bilingual health care and social service professionals based in Québec;

• Evaluation of English language instruction for future or current health care and social service professionals;

• Adaptation of promising information technology tools, data analysis, or interventions for English-speaking Quebecers;

• Replication of past successful research projects that aligned with Dialogue McGill’s Research Program mandate.

Ethics approval

Proposals should already have research ethics approval or be exempt from ethics approval at the time of application. If ethics application is under review, the timeline for completing the project must account for the ethics evaluation time. Applicants will need to clearly demonstrate that projects can be completed within the applicable call’s funding period.

Funding Announcement

Funding results will be announced in September 2025. If there are discrepancies between the announcement date on this website and any application forms, the date on this website is considered correct.

For approved projects beginning prior to September 2025, funding will be retroactive to April 1, 2025.

Queries

For any questions regarding this funding call, please email research.dialoguemcgill@mcgill.ca