OPEN – The 2024 CW DHR Accelerator Grant (a total of $450,000) is intended to support digital health innovations that will benefit women, children and families. This funding opportunity aims to accelerate digital health solutions towards clinical or community implementation by supporting researchers to develop prototype solutions, test feasibility in the operational context, assemble the required partnerships and teams, develop clinical and/or operational evidence, and create a plan for sustainment and scale-up.
Learn more: Important dates and Proposals
The WHRI has created a Trainee Travel Grant intended to support full-time research trainees for travel to national or international meetings. There are 10 grants available each year, valued at up to $1000 each. These grants will be offered twice a year (in May and November), with 5 grants offered at each timepoint.
The 2024 competition CLOSED on October 9, 2024.
The Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI), in partnership with the BC Women ‘s Hospital + Health Centre Foundation, is pleased to announce a Catalyst Grant competition for the advancement of knowledge in women’s health.
The 2024 competition CLOSED on June 26, 2024.
In 2020, the WHRI launched the Graduate and Fellowship Research Award in Women’s Health, a funding opportunity specific to our trainee community. This award is intended to provide salary support to WHRI-affiliated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are engaged in women’s and/or newborn health research and who do not currently hold major competitive salary awards.
The 2024 competition CLOSED on June 26, 2024.
Thanks to an annual endowment by Dr. Monica K. Li and family to the BC Women’s Health Foundation, the WHRI has established the Dr. Monica K. Li and Family Undergraduate Medical Student Research Award in Women’s Health, a funding opportunity specific to our undergraduate medical student trainee community. This award is intended to provide support to WHRI-affiliated undergraduate medical students who identify as a woman from racial/ethnic minority groups to pursue research in women’s and/or newborn health.
The 2024 competition CLOSED on February 13, 2024.
The WHRI Graduate Student Achievement Award seeks to recognize excellence amongst graduate students who are near completion or have completed their research project.
The 2023 competition CLOSED on March 1, 2023.
The Perinatal Research IMaging Evaluation (PRIME) Centre Awards supports studies in women’s
and/or newborn health research to be carried out, in whole or in part, within the PRIME Centre (i.e.,
making use of the equipment, facility features and personnel support available).
The 2023 competition CLOSED on September 1, 2023.
The Sue Harris Family Practice Research Grant supports research that contributes to women’s (cis and trans-inclusive) health within the discipline of family practice. The funding is intended to support new researchers (family practice residents and/or practitioners) to develop and carry out a pilot research project.
ROLLING – for Recipients of the Sue Harris Grant only.
AND/OR
The CIHR-Institute of Gender & Health is hosting a webinar to provide interested applicants with information on the requirements of the National Women’s Health Research Initiative: Innovation
The CIHR-Institute of Musculoskeletal Health & Arthritis is hosting a webinar to provide interested applicants with information on the requirements of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Network
The CIHR-Institute of Health Services and Policy Research is hosting an information session to provide interested applicants with information on the requirements of the Health System
Funding Opportunity | Description | |
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Rolling | AthenaDAO is a decentralized collective that supports translational women’s health research & drug discovery. Funding ranges from $50-150K for 1-2 years (terms negotiated for each project). | |
October 30, 2024 | To Catalyze and support research efforts research using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data. $70K per grant for up to 1 year (19 will be awarded). A registration is required by October 1, 2024. | |
October 30, 2024 | Doctoral research awards. Candidates must be nominated by a Canadian institution. Learn more here. $50K/year for up to 3 years. | |
October 2024 (TBA) | To catalyze research that integrates One Health approaches to better prevent, prepare for, & respond to current and future outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) & avian influenza viruses with pandemic potential A(H5Nx).$150K for 1 year. | |
November 1, 2024 (TBA) | BC Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) grants to assist in the training of Indigenous graduate students and PDFs at BC institutions. To be announced. | |
November 4, 2024 | To facilitate collaboration on timely research opportunities between UBC researchers in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Open to Faculty who hold Tri-Agency funding. $5K for 1 year. | |
November 5, 2024 | To support high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. Up to $125K/year for 2 years. An NOI is required by Aug 27, 2024. | |
November 11, 2024 | To support research that leverages existing data to improve the health, wellness and health equity of urban populations. $100K for 1 year (5 grant available). | |
November 19, 2024 | Provides support for planning activities, partnership development, dissemination events & KT activities (either virtual or in-person). 75 grants available across different Institutes & areas, ranging from $10-50K for 1 year. | |
November 19, 2024 | Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program (LOI) | The Scholar and HP-I Programs provide salary support to help ECRs & health professionals in BC build their research programs, train the next generation of scientists, & make significant contributions to their fields. ECRs dedicate 75% of their time to health research activities. Health professionals (including a Physician Stream) dedicate 50% of their time to health research activities. Both programs provide a maximum of $90K/year for up to 5 years. Full applications due on January 23, 2025. |
December 3, 2024 | To catalyze discovery in digital health research relevant to CIHR-IMHA’s broad mandate areas. For ECRs, MCRs & Indigenous Health Research proposals. $100K for up to 1 year; 4 grants available. | |
December 10, 2024 | To support research teams in areas of (i) Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) Youth Health; Two-Spirit (2S), (ii) Trans, Non-binary and/or other Gender Diverse Youth Health or (iii) Reducing Social Inequalities in Health among Canada’s Youth. Up to $300K/year for 5 years. Full application due February 4, 2025. | |
December 20, 2024 | Michael Smith Health Research BC- Mitacs Accelerate & Elevate industry programs | Supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across BC to gain experience working within BC’s life sciences sector. $90-129K over up to 24 months. |
January 23, 2025 | Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program | The Scholar and HP-I Programs provide salary support to help ECRs & health professionals in BC build their research programs, train the next generation of scientists, & make significant contributions to their fields. ECRs dedicate 75% of their time to health research activities. Health professionals (including a Physician Stream) dedicate 50% of their time to health research activities. Both programs provide a maximum of $90K/year for up to 5 years. An LOI is due on November 19, 2024. |
Jan-Dec, 2024 (rolling) | The Health Research BC-Mitacs industry-based program supports graduate students & postdocs to gain experience working within BC’s life sciences sector. Masters/PhD: Up to $90K for up to 24 months; Postdoc: Up to 129K for up to 24 months. | |
February 4, 2025 | To support research teams in areas of (i) Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) Youth Health; Two-Spirit (2S), (ii) Trans, Non-binary and/or other Gender Diverse Youth Health or (iii) Reducing Social Inequalities in Health among Canada’s Youth. Up to $300K/year for 5 years. Registration required by December 10, 2024. | |
May, 2025 (TBA) | MSHRBC Convening & Collaborating Program | Promotes knowledge exchange and meaningful collaboration by supporting researchers, trainees & research users to develop a research agenda, identify key research practice priorities or evaluate a peer support initiative. $20K for 12 months. |
May, 2025 (TBA) | MSHRBC Reach Program | Promotes KT activities by supporting researchers & research users in disseminating research evidence through co-developing events, activities or tools to “extend the reach” of their work. $20K for 12-months. |
September 4, 2025 | LOI now closed. |
