INNOVATION AT WORK Request for Proposals
WorkSafeBC is dedicated to achieving a vision of workers and workplaces safe and secure
from injury, illness and disease. In order to achieve this vision, WorkSafeBC, together with
its partners, must encourage and support the development and use of the best scientific
evidence on issues that workers, employers and the organizations themselves face in
seeking to prevent injury and illness, to return injured workers to health and to work, and to
provide fair compensation.
To this end, WorkSafeBC offers research grants under its program FOCUS ON TOMORROW.
Under its category INNOVATION AT WORK, for which this RFP is specifically issued, grants are
made available to a broad group of applicants (including professional researchers,
workplace parties, unions, employer organizations, and educators) and are intended to
support the development of new knowledge and/or practical problem-solving at the
workplace level.
Generally, WorkSafeBC and its partners will consider projects that fall within their mandate
of occupational injury and disease prevention, successful rehabilitation and return-to-work,
and fair compensation. WorkSafeBC's Board of Directors will give priority to proposals that
support one or more of the organization's key strategic initiatives and that have a clear
potential to positively impact health and safety in B.C. workplaces or the workers'
compensation system. More information on WorkSafeBC's specific research priorities for
2007 is found on WorkSafeBC's website. Applicants considering projects specific to one or
more of the partners' jurisdictions may wish to contact them directly.
