Research funder required research partnerships: a qualitative inquiry

Implementation Science

Ian D Graham¹  Jacqueline Tetroe³  Shannon L Sibbald² 

[1] Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada;Department of Family Medicine and Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London N6G 2 M1, Canada;Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Ottawa K1A 0 W9, Canada

关键词: Qualitative research;    Partnership;    Grants;   

Others  :  1137075
DOI  :  10.1186/s13012-014-0176-y

 received in 2014-06-04, accepted in 2014-11-13,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Researchers and funding agencies are increasingly showing interest in the application of research findings and focusing attention on engagement of knowledge-users in the research process as a means of increasing the uptake of research findings. The expectation is that research findings derived from these researcher-knowledge-user partnerships will be more readily applied when they became available. The objective of this study was to investigate the experiences, perceived barriers, successes, and opinions of researchers and knowledge-users funded under the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s integrated Knowledge Translation funding opportunities for a better understanding of these collaborations.

Methods

Participants, both researchers and knowledge-users, completed an online survey followed by an individual semi-structured phone interview supporting a mixed methods study. The interviews were analyzed qualitatively using a modified grounded theory approach.

Results

Survey analysis identified three major partnership types: token, asymmetric, and egalitarian. Interview analysis revealed trends in perceived barriers and successes directly related to the partnership formation and style. While all partnerships experienced barriers, token partnerships had the most challenges and general poor perception of partnerships. The majority of respondents found that common goals and equality in partnerships did not remove barriers but increased participants’ ability to look for solutions.

Conclusions

We learned of effective mechanisms and strategies used by researchers and knowledge-users for mitigating barriers when collaborating. Funders could take a larger role in helping facilitate, nurture, and sustain the partnerships to which they award grants.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Sibbald et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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