Theme 1 Competitiveness and Innovation

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REPAR's goals for this theme

1. Fulfill the role of a catalyst and springboard for obtaining funding from major external funding agencies;

2. Help members become more competitive in obtaining funds from agencies outside of REPAR;

3. Become Quebec's intermediary for establishing national and international collaborations in rehabilitation research;

4. Keep up-to-date on the upcoming research topics in rehabilitation;

5. Support research activities of emerging research themes selected by REPAR's Board of Directors and Scientific Council.

Programs/Activities and Objectives

Program 1.1 - Clinical research

Support research initiatives, bringing together researchers and/clinicians from Quebec, Canada and beyond to become more competitive and maximize their success in regular national competitions. Using the "proof of concept" approach, research projects must result in preliminary data for the development of rehabilitation measurement tools, clinical approaches and practice guidelines in rehabilitation. Research projects must be specifically related to an upcoming submission for a funding agency's regular competition.

Program 1.2 - Support for strategic initiatives

Support strategic initiatives with high potential for clinical and research benefits related to rehabilitation on provincial, national and international levels. Such initiatives must involve a group of established researchers and foster successful applications in targeted national and international competitions.

Activity - Innovation identified by the Board of Directors and the Scientific Council: work groups

Develop emerging and innovative rehabilitation research themes identified by REPAR's Board of Directors and Scientific Council, consolidate research activities related to these themes and subsequently prepare individual- or team-based grant applications so that external funding agencies see the researchers and clinicians as more competitive and, hopefully, financially independent to pursue their research. The following two work groups are presently active: (1) Telerehabilitation; and (2) Use of relevant databases for interventions in rehabilitation.