Canadian Grants
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). (2022). Assessing and Mitigating the Food Insecurity Consequences of COVID-19 Public Health Measures on Marginalized Refugees and Migrants in Canada, Latin America and Africa”. Operating Grant: Addressing the Wider Health Impacts of COVID-19, Applicants/Candidats: Prof. Jonathan Crush Dr. Akshaya Neil Arya Dr. Cheryl Martens Dr. Zhenzhong Si Prof. Daniel Tevera $249,983 x 2 years New Grant ($499,967)
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) (April 1, 2021)- “Developing strategies and resources to support patient and family engagement with racialized immigrant older adults”. Paul Stolee, Dr. A. Arya, Dr. J. Elliott, Dr. K. Grindrod, Dr. K. Lopez, Dr. J. Sims-Gould, Dr. C. Tong. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. $229,500 CAD over three years
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) (July 7, 2020)- “Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery. “Promising Practices in Accessing Virtual Mental Health: Supporting Refugees during COVID-19”. Michaela Hynie, Branka Agic, Arnav Agarwal, Aamna Ashraf, Carolyn Beukeboom, Marcela Diaz, Kathy Sherrell, Kwame McKenzie, Farah Ahmad, Neil Arya, Ahmed Bayoumi, Nimo Bokore, Chris Friesen, Jennifer Hyndman, Nicole Ives, Annie Jaimes, Ben Kuo, Susan McGrath, Anwar Alhjooj, Samer Al Jbawi, Jillian Premachuk, Meb Rashid, Cindy Starnino. York University, Toronto, Ontario. $158,061 CAD
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2020)- Individual Connection Grant: PEGASUS IV: Migration, Climate Change and Sustainability. Neil Arya. University of Waterloo, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS). April 24- April 26, 2020. $20,000 CAD
The Besrour Centre, College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) (2020)- Global Family Medicine. Neil Arya. $5,000.000
Department of Family Medicine- McMaster University- Pilot project funding Project (October 2019) Culturally competent care for seniors: examining the need in Waterloo region. Neil Arya and Linda LeeMcMaster Department of Family Medicine Pilot Research Project Funding opportunity for Community Physician or Faculty Researcher. $5,000.00 CAD.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (July, 2019)- Mark Eys (Funded), Robert Schinke (Co-applicant), Neil Arya (Academic Collaborator). ACTIVEIntegration: Social integration through physical activity. $159,000 CAD for 3 years
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) (March, 2019)- Fabreau, Gabriel; Mcbrien, Kerry; Montesanti, Stephanie R Co Investigator –Arya, Akshaya Neil; Ghali, William A; Gruner, Douglas C; Milaney, Katrina; Narasiah, Lavanya; Patel, Alka B; Pottie, Kevin; Rashid, Meb; Redditt, Vanessa; Sampalli, Tara. Refugees Characterizing Canada’s Refugee Healthcare Delivery System. University of Calgary- $459,000 CAD for 3 years http://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.htmlapplId=403596&lang=en
Inner City Health Associates, Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Medical Association, Public Health Agency of Canada to develop Canadian evidence based guidelines to improve health of homeless and vulnerably housed persons (May, 2018)- Pottie K, Kendall C, Bloch G, Welch V, Stergiopoulos V, Anderman A, Tugwell P, Arya N et al,. “Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines for Homeless, Vulnerably Housed and People with Lived Homelessness Experience”. https://methods.cochrane.org/equity/projects/homeless-health-guidelines OR https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/192/10/E240.full.pdf
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) (August 2016)- Hynie, M., Weiss, J., Arya, N. Refugee integration and long-term health outcomes in Canada- CIHR- $2.16 Million http://syrialth.apps01.yorku.ca/
Alberta Department of Tourism, Parks and Recreation (2012) – Lemieux, C., Eagles, P. F. J., Elliott, S., Alder, R., Doherty, S., Slocombe, S, Arya, N.- Healthy Outside – Healthy Inside: The perceived human health and well-being benefits associated with visits and experiences provided by Alberta’s parks and protected areas – $52,000 CAD
Centre of Excellence for Research Immigration and Settlement (CERIS) (July 2010) – Aug. 2012 – Arya, N., Alder, R., Murray, J., Breward, K., and Breward, M. Supporting Government Assisted Refugees: The Health and Social Impact of Supplementing Reception House Waterloo Region’s Existing Program Delivery with a Refugee Health Clinic – – $ 10, 830.00 CAD
International Grants
IDRC-Lancet Metrics group Val Percival on behalf of Metrics group (September, 2019)-. “Supporting Metrics Working Group of the Lancet-Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation Commission on Peace, Justice, and Gender Equality”. Maternal and Child Health and Governance and Justice programs at IDRC,- $125,000 CAD for 2 years
Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute Transformation Grant 2012 (Jan. 2012 – Jan. 2013) – Blashki, G., Abelsohn, A., Woollard, R., Arya, N., Parkes, W. M., Kendal, P., Bell, E., Bell, R. W. Patient Views on the Promotion of the Health Benefits of Sustainability by GPs during the Clinical Consultation – $45,000