Spring deadline is May 30, 2025 (5 grants), for travel between January 1, 2025 and June 30, 2025.
Fall deadline is Nov 28, 2025 (5 grants), for travel between July 1, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
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.
Closed – The 2025 deadline closed on May 16, 2025.
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.
Closed – The 2025 deadline closed on May 16, 2025.
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.
CLOSED – The 2024 CW DHR Accelerator Grant closed on December 6, 2024.
This grant 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 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 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.
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Deadline | Funder & Link | Brief Description |
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May 28, 2025 | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Call for | Funding to (1) deliver a health promotion intervention that prevents or addresses child maltreatment or (2) Equip service providers to prevent, recognize & respond safely to child maltreatment, through training, resources or other support & mechanisms. $1.5M total over 3-5 years. Templates must be requested by May 14. |
May 28, 2025 | CANTRAIN Awards in Clinical Trials: | Masters = $17.5K for 1 year. Doctoral = $35K for 1 year. PDF = $42.5K for 1 year. Registration = May 28, Deadline = June 2. |
June 1, 2025 | University of Northern BC (UNBC), Northern | To enable collaborators from UNBC, NH, & PHSA to work in partnership & initiate new research projects that focus on improving the quality of health services & the health of the population in northern BC. $45K for 24 months. |
June 2, 2025 | To fund Canadian scientists performing high-risk, high-reward translational research that leverages the microbiome towards improving human health. Up to $300K over a maximum of 30 months. | |
June 10, 2025 | Supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students in building global linkages & international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences abroad. Up to $6K for 2-6 months. | |
June 15, 2025 | Short-term & timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. $7-25K for 1 year. | |
June 18, 2025 | To provide funds for ovarian cancer research using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, such as machine learning. Applications must demonstrate collaboration across USA, Canada, UK & Australia. $1M USD total over 3 years. Invited full applications due September 2025. | |
June 19, 2025 | To provide support for planning &/or dissemination activities (either virtual or in-person) under the mandate of specific CIHR Institutes or Initiatives. Research areas include global health; sex, gender &/or intersectionality considerations; Indigenous Peoples' health; learning health systems & KM science; & more. 1 year grants ranging from $10-$50K (124 available). These grants are allocated using a partial lottery. | |
June 19, 2025 | To unite interdisciplinary research teams to advance the biological & mechanistic understanding of cancer etiology, genesis, & risk, linked with host, lifestyle, environmental, social, & other factors, to identify new targets & approaches for cancer prevention, risk reduction, & early detection. The max amount per grant for Canadian Teams is $400K/year for up to 5 years (total of $2M/grant, with 16 available). A registration is required by April 1, 2025. | |
June 19, 2025 | JTC 2025: Better care closer to home: | To improve primary & community health & care systems, providing policymakers with knowledge & tools to manage transitions within the care sector. $300K over 3 years (total CIHR investment is $1.5M, enough to fund 5 grants). Canadian Requirements: Canadian projects must focus on the health & care of older persons or their caregivers & must include representatives with lived experience. A Pre Proposal is due on Jan 30, 2025. |
June 24, 2025 | To advance research on health & social care related to neurodegenerative diseases at moderate, advanced & end of life stages of disease by working together across national borders & considering ethical issues. The max amount per grant is $111K/year for up to 3 years (total $333K/grant, with 3 grants available). A pre-proposal is due March 4, 2025. | |
June 26, 2025 | To recognize excellent research being conducted at Canadian institutions by graduate students, PDFs, & medical residents in all fields spanning neuroscience research. $10K, with a $2K top up for sex/gender considerations in brain research. | |
July 2025 (TBA) | CIHR-III Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: | To support Canadian mid-career investigators to undertake vaccine-related research projects. Total 300K ($100K/year for up to 3 years; with 6 awards available). The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) or the National Research Council Canada (NRC) will at least match CIHR’s level of support |
July 3, 2025 | Provides highly qualified doctoral trainees & PDFs in health services & policy research (or related fields) with the opportunity to develop embedded research projects/ programs that address the most pressing problems faced by health system organizations & to support evidence-informed decision-making. Doctoral=$50K for 1 year; PDF=$155K total across 2 years | |
July 7, 2025 | To support Canadian research teams exploring new frontiers in cancer research. Total $2.4M over 3-5 years. Invited full applications are due November 17, 2025. | |
July 16, 2025 | Funding for pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases using small molecules and biologicals. The max amount per grant is $150K/year for up to 3 years (total $450K/grant, with 3 grants available). A pre-proposal is required by Feb 20, 2025. | |
August 1, 2025 | To support events & outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. Workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, documentaries or other events or outreach activities. $7K to 50K over 1 year. | |
August 1, 2025 | DGs are typically 5 years in duration & are considered “grants in aid” of research under the NSERC mandate. | |
August 19, 2025 | To inspire high-risk, high-reward & interdisciplinary research. For projects that bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches; explore something new, which might fail; & have the potential for significant impact. Up to $125K/year for up to 2 years (90 grants available). Full application due Oct 21, 2025. | |
September, 2025 (TBA) | Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: Strengthening | To generate actionable evidence to build resilient & equitable public health systems & support robust decision-making that will enhance health equity & population health. Teams will have tripartite co-leadership (researcher, decision-maker, & public health practitioner or community representative). The max amount per team grant is anticipated to be $250K/year for up to 3 years for a total of $750K/grant (9 available). |
September, 2025 (TBA) | A flagship CIHR funding program. Designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems or health outcomes. The Fall 2025 program is TBA. | |
September 4, 2025 | An LOI was due on June 13, 2024 (Development Grant). | |
September 10, 2025 | The goal of this pilot funding opportunity is to support a partnership between a postsecondary research entity & 1 or more federal government departments to establish a long-term research program focusing on Canada’s productivity. Applicants must demonstrate how their proposed program of research would contribute substantially to development of actionable public policies that strengthen Canada’s productivity. $400K/year over 15 years ($6M total). | |
September 15, 2025 | Short-term & timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. $7-25K for 1 year. | |
September 22, 2025 | Support researchers affiliated with eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions to build capacity, foster existing partnerships, $ further develop networks and/or consortia with European Union & other “associated countries” researchers, with the ultimate goal of applying to Horizon Europe Pillar II calls for proposals. $15K for 1 year. | |
October 1, 2025 | CIHR-INMHA Team Grant - Pan-Canadian Network: | To develop a pan-Canadian LHS network for perinatal mental health that integrates research, practice, & care to strengthen the implementation of evidence-based practices. Total amount available = $6M, to fund ONE grant for 5 years ($1.2M/year). |
October 2025 (TBA) | Provide support for highly qualified applicants in all areas of health research at the post-PhD degree or post-health professional degree stages to add to their experience by engaging in health research either in Canada or abroad. The 2025 competition is TBA. | |
October 2025 (TBA) | The RTI grants program provides the primary avenue for university researchers in the natural sciences & engineering to obtain up to $150K in support for research tools and instruments. The 2025 program is TBA. | |
October 1, 2025 | Opportunities for undergraduate students to consider graduate studies or a research career by providing research work experience. $6K plus host institution contribution. See UBC information here. | |
October 8, 2025 | Health Research BC's Advancing the Use of | The program aims to improve home and community care for seniors through a blend of supporting both implementation of evidence-based interventions in seniors’ home and community care and learning across health authorities, academic institutions, and communities. Total of $7M for each health authority region over 3 years. An LOI was due on March 24, 2025. |
October 10, 2025 | Supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students in building global linkages & international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences abroad. Up to $6K for 2-6 months. | |
October 21, 2025 | To inspire high-risk, high-reward & interdisciplinary research. For projects that bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches; explore something new, which might fail; & have the potential for significant impact. Up to $125K/year for up to 2 years (90 grants available). An NOI is due Aug 19, 2025. | |
November 1, 2025 | To support events & outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. Workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, documentaries or other events or outreach activities. $7K to 50K over 1 year. | |
November 1, 2025 | DGs are typically 5 years in duration & are considered “grants in aid” of research under the NSERC mandate. An LOI is is due August 1, 2025. | |
November 2025 (TBA) | CIHR, NSERC & SSHRC doctoral scholarships. The 2025 competition is TBA. | |
November 2025 (TBA) | The Ministry of Health Research Seed Grant Program provides funding to universities in BC to produce research that responds to the Ministry of Health’s research questions. The 2025 program is TBA. | |
December 15, 2025 | Short-term & timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. $7-25K for 1 year. | |
January 15, 2026 | Opportunities for undergraduate students to consider graduate studies or a research career by providing research work experience. $6K plus host institution contribution. See UBC information here. | |
January 2026 (TBA) | The Scholar & HP-I Programs provide salary support to help ECRs & health professionals in BC build 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. Max $90K/year for up to 5 years. The 2026 programs are TBA. | |
February 2026 (TBA) | Supports health researchers in the training phase of their careers to contribute to the success of BC’s health research landscape. Salary support for PDFs or health professional researchers. $60K/year for up to 3 years. The 2026 program is TBA. | |
March 2026 (TBA) | A flagship CIHR funding program. Designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems or health outcomes. The Spring 2026 program is TBA. | |
April 2026 (TBA) | CIHR-IHDCYH Operating Grant: New Investigator | Support for new investigators (also referred to by CIHR as ECRs) for research that has the potential for significant impact on children's health outcomes. Typically $100K/year for up to 3 years (TBA). |
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). | |
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. | |
Rolling | Six awards of up to $10K each are available to support BC-based individuals to intern at a Canadian-based clinical trials unit. Internships can be in the form of in-person, virtual or hybrid engagements. Funding may be used for protected time or travel expenses related to in-person engagements. |
IHSPR and CIHR is hosting a webinar to provide interested applicants with information on the requirements of the “Health System Impact Fellowship” funding opportunity and
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
