CADRE
The CADRE program is designed to build capacity in applied health services and policy research, including nursing. The primary goal - and the key to
the program's success - is to build and sustain solid partnerships between researchers and the decision-making community.
CADRE awards are unique and stand out among similar competitions. Building on the Foundation's model of effective knowledge exchange, the CADRE program
supports interaction between decision makers and researchers and results in mutual learning through the process of planning, disseminating, and
applying existing or new research in decision-making. In June 2010, CHSRF announced the launch of an evaluation to better understand the
results of the 10-year venture.
CADRE is supported through a partnership between the Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Chairs
The Chairs are leaders in health services and nursing research who mentor and educate junior researchers, train graduate students, build national applied research networks, and create research.
Regional Training Centres
The RTCs are designed to produce applied health services and nursing researchers at the graduate level.
Postdoctoral Awards
This is a two-year award designed to develop new researchers, with an emphasis on expanding skills in knowledge exchange and engaging with health system managers in mutually beneficial research projects.
Career Reorientation Awards
Active from 2006 to 2008, these awards supported established researchers to work with a mentor for one year to reorient their research toward applied health services or policy research.
Newsletter
A quarterly newsletter sharing information of interest to the CADRE network.