Funding Opportunities Currently Available

CIHR Health System Impact Fellowships (Deadline: May 23, 2017)

The Health System Impact Fellowship provides highly-qualified individuals with a doctorate degree in health services and policy research, or related fields, a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical challenges in health system and related organizations outside of the traditional scholarly setting (e.g., public, private for-profit, not-for-profit, and Indigenous health organizations that are not universities or research-focused institutes), and to develop professional experience, new skills, and networks.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

Support impact-oriented career paths and elevate the career readiness of individuals with a PhD in HSPR or related fields by supporting experiential learning opportunities in Canada outside of the traditional scholarly environment, enriched competency development (e.g., leadership, project management), and national cohort participation;
Expand and enrich the traditional post-doctoral training environment by engaging health system and related organizations in preparing a cadre of promising PhD graduates for successful careers;
Provide health system and related organizations with direct opportunities to realize and harness the benefits that PhD-trained individuals can bring to such organizations for improved decision- making.

Important Dates

Application Deadline: May 23, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision: July 27, 2017
Funding Start Date: September 1, 2017

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CIHR Project Grant Program: Spring 2017 Competition (Deadline: May 30, 2017)

The Project Grant program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes. It supports projects with a specific purpose and a defined endpoint. The best ideas may stem from new, incremental, innovative, and/or high-risk lines of inquiry or knowledge translation approaches.
The Project Grant program is expected to:

Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation projects at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization;
Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge;
Promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors.

If you: a) will be submitting a proposal to this competition, b) will be requesting that your grant be administrated through a unit within the Faculty of Medicine, and c) wish to receive an editorial review of your proposal from our office, we ask that you submit your draft proposal to Grants and Awards Editor Daniel Harney – dan.harney@utoronto.ca – by Tuesday May 23rd. We acknowledge that this is ahead of the registration deadline (May 30th), but with CIHR only giving two weeks between the registration and application deadlines, this internal deadline is essential to allow time for a proper review.
 
 
Important Dates

Registration Deadline: May 30, 2017
Application Deadline: June 13, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision: Nov. 23, 2017
Funding Start Date: Oct. 01, 2017

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Team Grant: Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (Deadline: June 13, 2017)

This funding opportunity is part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) to fund a cohort in Canada to align with the HeLTI Linked International Intervention Cohorts (HeLTI LIIC).

The goal of HeLTI is to… more » generate evidence that will inform national policy and decision-making in Canada and the participating countries for the improvement of health and the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with an emphasis on obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes throughout the lifespan. Given that both maternal and paternal health have transgenerational effects on development and health of offspring, this funding opportunity also aims to develop gender-responsive evidence for interventions and policies aimed at the needs of men, women, boys and girls. The engagement of multiple countries will promote value-added international collaborations through a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach to the problem by spanning basic science to public health research and policy, which will position the initiative to have significant long-term impacts on global health.
 
Research Areas

Applications to evaluate interventions along the continuum of care from pre-conception to pregnancy, infancy and childhood must include:
- Reduction of prevalence of obesity, adiposity and metabolic markers indicating risk of future cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other NCDs.
- Interventions addressing other risk factors for NCDs will be considered in addition to obesity, adiposity and metabolic markers.
 
Important Dates:

Application Deadline: June 13, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision: August 30, 2017
Funding Start Date: July 01, 2017

 
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CIHR Foundation Grant Program: 2017 - 2018 competition (Deadline: Aug. 8, 2017)

The Foundation Grant program is designed to contribute to a sustainable foundation of new and established health research leaders, by providing long-term support for the pursuit of innovative and high-impact research programs.
The Foundation Grant program is expected to:

Support a broad base of health research leaders across all career stages, areas, and health-related disciplines including basic, biomedical research with a demonstrable track record of excellence and impact in their field of study;
Develop and maintain Canadian capacity in health research and other related fields;
Provide research leaders with the flexibility to pursue novel and innovative lines of inquiry;
Contribute to the creation and application of health-related knowledge through a wide range of research and/or knowledge translation activities, including relevant collaborations.

Important Date:

Registration Deadline: Aug 08, 2017
Application Deadline – Stage 1: Sep. 12, 2017
Application Deadline – Stage 2: Feb. 06, 2018
Anticipated Notice of Decision – Stage 1: Dec 07, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision – Final Assessment Stage: Jul. 17, 2018
Funding Start Date: July 01, 2018

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Healthy and Productive Work - Partnership Grants (Deadline: Nov. 1, 2017)

Healthy and Productive Work, a joint initiative of CIHR and SSHRC, reflects the interplay between health and social sciences in responding to the growing interest in maintaining a healthy, productive and inclusive Canadian workforce.

The goal of the Healthy and Productive Work Initiative is to engage stakeholders in developing, implementing, evaluating and scaling-up innovative, evidence-informed and gender-responsive solutions to foster the labour force participation of men and women with health issues (e.g., injuries, illnesses, chronic diseases, mental health challenges, and other conditions) and disabilities, as well as older workers and workers with caregiving responsibilities outside of their paid work.

Important Date:

Application Deadline: November 1, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision: May 31, 2018
Funding Start Date: April 01, 2018

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