The Women’s Health Research Institute, in partnership with the BC Women’s Health Foundation, is pleased to announce the 2024 Catalyst Grant competition for the advancement of knowledge in women’s and/or newborn’s health. A total of nine grants will be awarded at $25,000 each. These pilot grants are an open competition with respect to funding a project in women’s and/or newborn’s health. However, one of the nine grants will be dedicated to the support of a biomedical health research project involving investigations in female animals and two of the nine awards will be dedicated to the support of research projects focused on breast health. Awards are open to BC researchers at a university or research hospital setting, but candidates must be a member of the WHRI and have not been a successful Principal Applicant in the previous three years of Catalyst Competitions. Eligible researchers include, academic researchers, clinician scientists, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and research associates. Note that postdoctoral fellows and research associates are only eligible to apply as Principal Applicants if they have written approval from the Department Head where they work.

New emerging teams, dedicated to women’s and/or newborn’s health, and investigators new to studying women’s and newborn’s health are encouraged to apply. As these funds are considered Catalyst Grants, the expectation is that these awards will provide pilot data to be used for future funding from provincial or federal sources. However, these funds cannot be used to subsidize an already-funded project.