Table 10 Competencies related to capacity building

Build capacity for research

Integrating IS into programs/ research (rather than add-on)

Build capacity: Build the knowledge, skills, and motivation of stakeholders to achieve their goals. Pay attention to different capacities (psychological, behavioral, structural, innovation-specific, general, analytic, adaptative) at all levels of the system (individual, organization, network, and system).

Being able to do the actual work of implementing the EBP through staff training, instituting new policies, and negotiating new contracts

Education/training/coaching: The capacity to provide ongoing training and education both during implementation and later for sustaining the new program. This may include periodic retraining, as well as onboarding new staff and acquiring train the trainer opportunities.

Acquire and/or allocated resources: The capacity to acquire the funding and resources necessary to adopt, implement, and sustain new programming. This may involve funding from the local, state, and/or Federal levels and resources such as physical space, technology, education, and time./Develop strategies to promote equity in resource distribution across all external research partners, including community partners or other external organizations and the researcher’s institution/Draft a prospectus targeted at a D&I funding opportunity from a variety of agencies

D&I Funding Opportunities

Implementation/organizational readiness: The capacity to develop or build organizational readiness for the new program. This may involve reviewing, documenting, and modifying policies and procedures, increasing program awareness, and can include identifying and addressing indicators of organizational commitment to implement the new intervention

Organizational culture and climate: The capacity to identify and change organizational culture (underlying beliefs, assumptions, and missions/values that contribute to the environment of an organization) and organizational climate (shared perceptions of the psychological impact of the work environment on the employee)./Goals setting and accountability: Ensure that the organization sets and publishes the goals to be achieved by the intervention.

Engaging: internal implementation key persons: Place key persons in supervising/ directing positions and the execution team.

Engaging: external change agents/ key stakeholders: Partner/collaborate as necessary with relevant external parties and organizations.

How to introduce IS to junior scientists

How to be involved in the world of IS

How to access IS information

Develop strategies that strengthen community capabilities for overcoming barriers to health and well-being

Assist host entity in assessing existing capacity