Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's primary federal agency dedicated to funding and advancing health-related research. Established in 2000, CIHR supports innovative research across four strategic pillars, fostering collaboration among academia, businesses, healthcare providers, and policymakers to translate scientific discoveries into practical health solutions. View Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)'s website for more information.

89 programs

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Clinician-Scientist Salary Award: 2007-2008 Archived (Clinician Scientists: Phase 2)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Salary support for clinician scientists
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 60,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Dissemination Events — Winter 2012 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Targeted support for dissemination activities
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 25,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral Research Award : Fall 2025 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Archived support for doctoral health research priorities
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 40,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports One Health research on antimicrobial resistance treatment innovations
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 600,000 $
Eligible Industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Professional, scientific and technical services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
TechnologyHuman ResourcesInnovation
Canada
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HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts (Healthy Cities Research Initiative Operating Grant)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Research funding for healthier cities
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 100,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH)
Interdisciplinary research on ultra-processed foods and health
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Health System Impact (HSI) Embedded Early Career Researcher Award
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Embedded health systems research support for early career researchers
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 400,000 $
Up to 70% of project cost
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Innovation
Canada
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Embedded research careers in health systems
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 155,000 $
Up to 70% of project cost
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI)TechnologyInnovationDigital Transformation
Canada
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Healthy Cities Implementation Science (HCIS) Team Grants
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Urban implementation science funding for healthy cities
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 3,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
CommercializationEnvironment and ClimateConstruction and Renovation Digital Transformation
Canada
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Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research for Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential (2025)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Archived vaccine research leadership initiative
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 300,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI)TechnologyInnovation
Canada
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Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant — Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (2008)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports collaborative research meetings and dissemination
Eligible Funding
Varies by project
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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National Cancer Data and Bio-Resource Coordinating Hub Team Grants
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Canadian cancer data hub coordination support
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI)TechnologyInnovation
Canada
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New Frontiers in Research Fund — International Stream
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding for Arctic research collaboration
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
Up to 25% of project cost
Eligible Industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Environment and ClimateInnovation
Canada
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New Frontiers in Research Fund — Transformation Stream
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC)
Large-scale interdisciplinary research for lasting change
Eligible Funding
Varies by project
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Innovation
Canada
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Network
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
National One Health AMR research network support
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
Environment and ClimateInnovation
Canada
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Operating Grant: COVID-19 Outpatient Therapeutic Study
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports COVID-19 outpatient treatment research
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Operating Grant: Human Frontier Science Program - Research Grants
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborative basic life science research
Eligible Funding
From $300,000 to $500,000
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Types of eligible projects
TechnologyInnovation
Canada
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Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research ARCHIVED (Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) – Development Grants)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports Indigenous health research centres
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 75,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Operating Grant: Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Addictions Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports psychiatric and addiction research
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 100,000 $
Up to 50% of project cost
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: New Investigator Research Grants in Child and Youth Health (2026)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding for early-career child health research
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 100,000 $
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Ontario, Canada
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Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Population health intervention research support
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 225,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Operating Grants: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Funding for diabetes knowledge mobilization projects
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 125,000 $
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Commercialization
Canada
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Planning Grants — Winter 2012 Competition
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports early-stage health research planning
Eligible Funding
Varies by project
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Planning and Dissemination Grants – Institute/Initiative Community Support (ICS)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Support for planning and knowledge dissemination activities
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 40,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Grant and FundingWage Subsidies And InternsClosed
Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supplemental support for trainees affected by Ukraine
Eligible Funding
From $20,000 to $45,000
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Human Resources
Canada
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: Avian Influenza Coordination and Knowledge Mobilization Hub
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports coordinated avian influenza research across sectors
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 750,000 $
Eligible Industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
Environment and Climate
BC, Ontario, Canada
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: Beyond Treatment – Advancing Cancer Survivorship
Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports cancer survivorship research teams
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
CommercializationInnovation
Canada
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Team Grant: ERDERA Joint Transnational Call 2026
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
International rare disease research funding
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 450,000 $
Up to 25% of project cost
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Team Grant: Early origins of addiction in children and youth (Canada - Finland)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
International collaboration on early addiction research
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 250,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports youth health research in Canada
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
National clinical trial consortium coordination
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 39,000,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Team Grants: Strengthening Resilient & Equitable Public Health Systems (STEPS)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Monthly tax-free support for eligible families
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 750,000 $
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI)InnovationDigital Transformation
BC, Quebec, Canada
Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grants: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research on Avian Influenza
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Interdisciplinary avian influenza research funding
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 750,000 $
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Health care and social assistance
Public administration
Types of eligible projects
TechnologyEnvironment and ClimateInnovation
Canada
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Training Grant: DSEN Training Grant
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
National training for drug safety research capacity
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 1,375,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
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Training Grant: Genetic Epidemiology
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Builds capacity in genetic epidemiology research
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 325,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Grant and FundingClosed
Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports Indigenous health research mentorship and capacity building
Eligible Funding
Varies by project
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Training and Career Support Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Supports training and career development in Canadian health research
Eligible Funding
Varies by project
Eligible Industries
Professional, scientific and technical services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Human ResourcesInnovation
Canada
Grant and FundingClosed
Voluntary Sector Knowledge Mobilization Support Grant 2025-2026
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Knowledge mobilization support for voluntary-sector aging groups
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 15,000 $
Eligible Industries
All industries
Types of eligible projects
Canada
Grant and FundingClosed
Yukon Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) Centre Operating Grant Funding Opportunity: Directed Grant
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Support for Indigenous health research capacity in Yukon
Eligible Funding
Maximum amount : 2,400,000 $
Eligible Industries
Health care and social assistance
Types of eligible projects
Yukon, Canada

Grant and Funding Programs Offered by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Clinician-Scientist Salary Award: 2007-2008 Archived (Clinician Scientists: Phase 2)

Dissemination Events — Winter 2012 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)

Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral Research Award : Fall 2025 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)

EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call

HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts (Healthy Cities Research Initiative Operating Grant)

Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods

Health System Impact (HSI) Embedded Early Career Researcher Award

Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship

Healthy Cities Implementation Science (HCIS) Team Grants

Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research for Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential (2025)

Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant — Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (2008)

National Cancer Data and Bio-Resource Coordinating Hub Team Grants

New Frontiers in Research Fund — International Stream

New Frontiers in Research Fund — Transformation Stream

One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Network

Operating Grant: COVID-19 Outpatient Therapeutic Study

Operating Grant: Human Frontier Science Program - Research Grants

Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research ARCHIVED (Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) – Development Grants)

Operating Grant: Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Addictions Program

Operating Grant: New Investigator Research Grants in Child and Youth Health (2026)

Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Operating Grants: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment

Planning Grants — Winter 2012 Competition

Planning and Dissemination Grants – Institute/Initiative Community Support (ICS)

Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine)

Team Grant: Avian Influenza Coordination and Knowledge Mobilization Hub

Team Grant: Beyond Treatment – Advancing Cancer Survivorship

Team Grant: ERDERA Joint Transnational Call 2026

Team Grant: Early origins of addiction in children and youth (Canada - Finland)

Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025)

Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium

Team Grants: Strengthening Resilient & Equitable Public Health Systems (STEPS)

Team Grants: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research on Avian Influenza

Training Grant: DSEN Training Grant

Training Grant: Genetic Epidemiology

Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program

Training and Career Support Program

Voluntary Sector Knowledge Mobilization Support Grant 2025-2026

Yukon Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) Centre Operating Grant Funding Opportunity: Directed Grant