IHSPR-CAHSPR Article of the Year Award

Recognizing ground-breaking health services and policy research

Since 2011, the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) has held an annual Article of the Year Award competition to recognize published research in a peer-reviewed journal that has significantly contributed to the advancement of health services and policy research (HSPR) in Canada.

In partnership with the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Association (CAHSPR), the competition was re-launched in 2022 to reflect CIHR-IHSPR and CAHSPR’s shared commitment to collaborate for collective impact, support a strong HSPR community, and recognize the contribution of ground-breaking research.

Objectives

This award recognizes published research in a peer-reviewed journal that significantly contributes to the advancement of the field of health services and policy research in Canada. Articles considered relate to:

Research that demonstrates a clear or potential impact on policy, practice, health outcomes, and/or equity (e.g., inform the design or implementation of health services policies or interventions, decision maker uptake, change management for improved practice, equity-centred health policy);
Research that breaks ground in the way HSPR is conducted (e.g., advancing the theories, methods and/or approaches that underpin the science of HSPR, including innovations in methodology, measurement tool development and/or validation, novel theory or application of theory, new approaches to existing problems, new methods for engaging equity-deserving populations); and/or
Research that provides new insights on timely, important, and relevant health services and policy issue(s), through innovation, novelty or building upon / synthesizing an existing body of knowledge.