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 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.
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Deadline | Funder & Link | Brief Description |
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March 4, 2025 | Operating Grant: Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) 2025 (Pre-proposal to JMPD) | 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). Full application to JPND & abbreviated application to CIHR due June 24, 2025. |
March 5, 2025 | 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. A registration is required by February 5, 2025. Priority Announcements are listed here. | |
March 14, 2025 | The goal is to cut women’s lifetime risk of Alzheimer’s in half. CARE is focused on the intersection of neuroendocrine risks & neurodegeneration to identify personalized preventative strategies & treatments. Full proposal due April 28, 2025 (30-day turnaround after feedback). | |
March 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 to $25K for 1 year. | |
March 22, 2025 | Graduate level post-doctoral (MD, PhD or equivalent) fellowships in the field of research in fetal or neonatal medicine. High priority is given to projects that concern fetal development, but any studies that involve original basic biomedical or clinical research in fetal or neonatal medicine will be considered. $35K for 1 year. The Foundation expects that the award will be supplemented or matched by the host institution. | |
March 24, 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. Up to $50K for 6 months development (full application due October 8, 2025). |
March 31, 2025 | ||
April 1, 2025 | CIHR Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention (Registration) | 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). Full application due June 19, 2025. |
April 1, 2025 | Designed to build on & sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences & humanities. The awards recognize outstanding researchers & their activities funded partially or entirely by SSHRC. $50K or $100K. | |
April 15, 2025 | CIHR-IMHA Catalyst Grant: Oral Health Data Analysis (Registration) | To fund targeted analysis of the Oral Health Component of the Canadian Measures Health survey. Up to 6 grants available, max ranges from $100-600K depending on the pool. Full application due May 13, 2025. |
April 21, 2025 | 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. The max amount per grant is $100K/year for up to 3 years (total $300K/grant, with 6 available). |
Late Spring 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. | |
May 1, 2025 | 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 25K over 1 year. | |
May 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. | |
May 13, 2025 | To fund targeted analysis of the Oral Health Component of the Canadian Measures Health survey. Up to 6 grants available, max ranges from $100-600K depending on the pool. Registration required by April 15, 2025. | |
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 | 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. | |
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 | 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 25K over 1 year. | |
September 4, 2025 | An LOI was due on June 13, 2024 (Development Grant). | |
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 is due on March 24, 2025. |
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. | |
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. |
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
