Evaluation of CIHR's Knowledge Translation Funding Program / : Évaluation du programme de financement de l'application des connaissances des IRSC

Given the decision by CIHR to integrate the KT funding opportunities into the open research suite, both of the proposed Project and Foundation Schemes of research should retain the key elements identified in the evaluation as responsible for the success of the current standalone iKT and end of grant KT funding opportunities. [...] The and KT testing and elements identified peer review reforms, including the implementation in the evaluation as establishment of the College of Reviewers, by fall 2014. [...] KT responsible for the aims to increase the number of Knowledge programs are success of the Users engaged in peer review so as to included as part current standalone ensure the capture of key elements of merit. [...] KT science or research (also known as implementation science) is the study of the process of KT and the use of knowledge. [...] An early step in the design of this evaluation was the construction of a logic model (Figure 2) that was used to articulate the KT Funding Program Theory2 and also helped inform the development of the evaluation questions.