
Opportunity to reinforce POR and LHS capacities
The Unit’s program
The targeted grant program to improve care trajectories is a critical component of the Unit’s activities.
The goal of the program is to support research teams in improving care and service trajectories through targeted grants. In line with the priority needs identified by the organizations, the support offered to the participating teams helps to improve the quintuple aim for an identified trajectory.
The targeted grant program represents an opportunity to strengthen research and implementation capacity in the health and social services network.
The collaboration between organizations such as the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec, the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé and the Unit allows for a better understanding of care and service trajectories in order to support transformation and allow for the improvement of practices in different areas. The Unit’s teams, recognized for their specific expertise in several fields, will accompany and support the teams throughout their project. We are currently working on the development of the new program.
A unique collaboration

The Unit at the heart of improving trajectories

1. Deploy targeted competitions or support trajectory-based projects
- Preferred approach for basing research on the best science and mobilizing research teams
- Possibility of optimizing contest duration by setting intensity levels
- Supporting research teams and project leaders

2. Plan the implementation
- Ensure that the implementation phase is integrated into submitted research projects

3. Invest in scaling up projects
- Establish a robust replication, dissemination and scaling plan
- Plan the implementation of this step by the plants
- Support and accompany facilities in this process (e.g. periodic training, progress reports)
Targeted grants

MND Living Labs: Innovation in research to facilitate transitions and trajectories for people living with a major neurocognitive disorder and their relatives
- 4.75 MM
- Launched in September 2021 by the MSSS, the FRQ-S and the Unit
- Objectives:
- Improve the organization of care and services and facilitate transitions in the lives of people living with a major neurocognitive disorder and their families, from the moment of identification, in order to improve their living conditions.
- Empower people working in health and social services (care, management, community) to implement new practices or reinforce existing ones, for the benefit of these people and their loved ones.

POR in support of clinical and organizational transformations in local care and services
- 4 MM
- Launched in July 2018 by the MSSS, the FRQ-S and the unit
- Pandemic extension to February 2023
- Objective to support the transformation of clinical and organizational practices into integrated local care and services, in support of the changes underway in the health and social services network.

Support for the implementation of integrated service networks for youth (RSIJ)
- 4 MM
- Launched in February 2018 by the MSSS, the Graham Boeckh Foundation (FGB), the FRQ-S and the unit.
- Development and evaluation of pilot projects for mental and physical health services adapted to the needs of young people aged 12 to 25.
- The MSSS launches “Aire Ouverte” initiative following competition
- 4,7 MM over 5 years
- Launched in June 2022 by the MSSS, the Graham Boeckh Foundation (FGB), the FRQ-S and the unit
- Generating knowledge, supporting a culture of continuous improvement, enhancing the “Aire Ouverte” initiative and making it part of a learning healthcare system

Priorité patient
- 600 K for four projects
- Launched in November 2019 by Oncopole, the FRQS cancer pole, in partnership with the Unit and with the collaboration of the Programme québécois de cancérologie (PQC) of the MSSS.
- Improving the trajectory of oncology care and services in Québec
- 600 K for four projects
- Lauched in September 2021 by Oncopole, the FRQ-S and the unit
- A committee of patient partners has been mandated to identify issues on which research teams are invited to work in close collaboration with patient partners.
- Improving the trajectory of oncology care and services in Québec
Announcement of the winners of the Priorité patient 2022 Competition