Knowledge Mobilization Fund

This fund will remain open to applications until funds are depleted. The value of this award will be up to $2,500. Applicants should intend to use the funds within one year.

We highly encourage the evaluation of patient/public engagement in all work funded by NL SUPPORT. Please review Learning Together: Evaluation Framework for Patient and Public Engagement (PPE) in research for information about indicators to consider when evaluating patient/public engagement. Following completion of the work, we will ask members of the team to report on knowledge user engagement and overall impact.

What is Knowledge Mobilization?

Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is an umbrella term encompassing all the ways in which knowledge is created, shared, and used in order to create impact. Research Impact Canada defines it as “all the things that we do to get knowledge into the hands of the right people to create solutions to society’s most pressing problems. It helps us take the best of what we know and make it useful to the people in our communities who will be able to put it to use.” Simply put, KMb is about getting the right information to the right people in a way that they can understand it, use it, and turn it into action.

KMb can take many forms and involve different types of activities depending on its goal and audience. Research Impact Canada categorizes KMb activities in three broad groups:

• Products: ways to share or disseminate information quickly (e.g., reports, fact sheets, press-releases, toolkits, websites, newsletters, policy briefs, journal articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, infographics, exhibits, etc.).
• Events: occasions that bring people together and help them share knowledge and interact with each other in way that may lead to knowledge “co-creation” (e.g., conferences, forums, debates, panels, workshops, media events, etc.).
• Networks: ways to connect people and help them exchange information, resources, best practices, and more, allowing them to build on existing knowledge (e.g., communities of practice, online forums, list-servs, social media platforms, etc.).