- Eligible Funding
- From $2,500 to $3,500
- Eligible Industries
- Public administration
- Types of eligible projects
- Legal Structure
- Public or Parapublic institution, Non-profit
Canada
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.
91 programs
- Grant and FundingClosed
Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research for Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential (2025)
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
- InnovationTechnologyArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant — Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (2008)
Supports collaborative research meetings and dissemination- Eligible Funding
- Varies by project
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
National Cancer Data and Bio-Resource Coordinating Hub Team Grants
Canadian cancer data hub coordination support- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 2,000,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
- InnovationTechnologyArtificial Intelligence (AI)
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Grant and FundingClosedNew Frontiers in Research Fund — Exploration Stream
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)High-risk, interdisciplinary research fostering groundbreaking innovation- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 500,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
- Innovation
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit, Public or Parapublic institution
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- Grant and FundingClosed
New Frontiers in Research Fund — International Stream
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
- InnovationEnvironment and Climate
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
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
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit, Public or Parapublic institution, For-profit business
Canada - Partnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Network
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
- InnovationEnvironment and Climate
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant — Aging in the Community
Evaluates community-based aging supports in Canada- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 300,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit, Public or Parapublic institution
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: COVID-19 Outpatient Therapeutic Study
Supports COVID-19 outpatient treatment research- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 10,000,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
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- Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts (2026)
Data-driven child and youth health research- Eligible Funding
- Varies by project
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: Human Frontier Science Program - Research Grants
Collaborative basic life science research- Eligible Funding
- From $300,000 to $500,000
- Eligible Industries
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Types of eligible projects
- InnovationTechnology
- Legal Structure
- Public or Parapublic institution
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research ARCHIVED (Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) – Development Grants)
Supports Indigenous health research centres- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 75,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Addictions Program
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)
Funding for early-career child health research- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Types of eligible projects
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Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research
Population health intervention research support- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 225,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grant: TRANSCAN-4 (TRANSCAN-4 JTC 2026 in Translational Research on Cancer Metabolism: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment)
Supports translational cancer metabolism research- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 450,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Operating Grants: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
Funding for diabetes knowledge mobilization projects- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 125,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- Health care and social assistance
- Types of eligible projects
- Commercialization
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Pan-Canadian Single Research Ethics Review Initiative
Streamlined ethics review for clinical trials- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 5,000,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- Educational services, Health care and social assistance, Other services (except public administration), Public administration
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 25,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
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- Grant and FundingClosed
Planning Grants — Winter 2012 Competition
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)
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)
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 - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant – GACD 2026: Implementation science to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): Maximizing collaboration and coordination with and beyond the healthcare system
Implementation research beyond healthcare for NCDs- 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
- InnovationDigital TransformationArtificial Intelligence (AI)
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
Canada - Researchers And FacilitiesPartnering and CollaborationGrant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: Avian Influenza Coordination and Knowledge Mobilization Hub
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
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
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- 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
- InnovationCommercialization
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: ERDERA Joint Transnational Call 2026
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
- Legal Structure
- Public or Parapublic institution
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: Early origins of addiction in children and youth (Canada - Finland)
International collaboration on early addiction research- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 250,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: Funding Research for Evidence in School Food and Health (FRESH)
Research funding for school food evidence- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 900,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- Educational services, Public administration
- Types of eligible projects
- Commercialization
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: GACD 2026: NCD Multi Sectors (Implementation Science to Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases: Maximizing Collaboration and Coordination Beyond Healthcare Systems)
Implementation research for multisectoral NCD strategies- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
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- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada- Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: National Evidence Platform: Youth Mental Health (National Platform for Evidence-based Programs and Practices for Youth Mental Health)
Youth mental health evidence platform- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 2,450,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium
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)
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
- InnovationDigital TransformationArtificial Intelligence (AI)
BC, Quebec, Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Team Grants: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research on Avian Influenza
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
- InnovationTechnologyEnvironment and Climate
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Training Grant: DSEN Training Grant
National training for drug safety research capacity- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 1,375,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Training Grant: Genetic Epidemiology
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
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
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
- InnovationHuman Resources
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit, Public or Parapublic institution
Canada - Grant and FundingClosed
Voluntary Sector Knowledge Mobilization Support Grant 2025-2026
Knowledge mobilization support for voluntary-sector aging groups- Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 15,000 $
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Types of eligible projects
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
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Yukon Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) Centre Operating Grant Funding Opportunity: Directed Grant
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
- Legal Structure
- Non-profit
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