Funding agencies in low- and middle-income countries: support for knowledge translation
Cynthia Cordero, Rachel Delino, L Jeyaseelan, Mary Ann Lansang, Juan M Lozano, Shuba Kumar, Socorro Moreno, Merle Pietersen, Jose Quirino, Visanu Thamlikitkul, Vivian A Welch, Jacqueline Tetroe, Aleida ter Kuile, Ian D Graham, Jeremy Grimshaw, Vic Neufeld, George Wells, Peter Tugwell
Volume 86, Number 7, July 2008, 524-534
Table 2. Semi-structured interview framework on knowledge translation activities
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| Research governance | • Overarching impact of legislative climate |
| • Mandate for knowledge translation | |
| • Focus on disadvantaged | |
| Mission statement mentions knowledge translation | • Overall strategy for knowledge translation |
| • Future plans for knowledge translation | |
| • Definition of knowledge translation | |
| • Focus on disadvantaged | |
| Resources allocated to knowledge translation activities | • Funding and research training grants in knowledge translation, including special calls |
| • Policy on knowledge translation activities funded at the organization level | |
| • Budget for knowledge translation activities | |
| • Monitoring of knowledge translation activities | |
| • Impact of budget cuts on knowledge translation, if a priority | |
| Documents dealing with knowledge translation | • Types and volume of materials produced |
| • Means of dissemination of documents | |
| • Funder publishes monographs, executive summaries/fact sheets regarding research | |
| • Web pages devoted to research results | |
| • Focus on disadvantaged | |
| Target audiences for knowledge translation activities | • Means of communication in knowledge translation activities |
| Evaluation | • Evaluation of impact of activities – efforts to monitor dissemination/impact |
| • Examples of impact of activities | |
| • Examples affecting disadvantaged populations | |
| Application form/procedure | • Statements about knowledge translation in application form – requirement for activities as a condition of funding |
| • Partnership requirement between researcher and stakeholders | |
| • Requirement to address relevance of study at application stage | |
| • Lay summary requirements | |
| • Dedicated budget items | |
| • Policy for eligible expenditures | |
| • Contractual requirements for knowledge translation | |
| Funders’ expectations of researcher’s responsibility for dissemination and implementation | Requirements for the researchers to engage in the following knowledge translation activities: |
| • final reports to funding agency – format and level of detail | |
| • participation in workshops | |
| • intellectual property rights, acknowledgement and attribution of funding sources, etc. | |
| Knowledge translation facilitation by funders working with researchers | • Funder has communication department to assist researchers (example of activities) |
| • Funder issues press releases regarding funded researchers | |
| • Requirement to report back study outcomes | |
| • Target audience for activities – who are they and how do they identify them | |