Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program

• BEAP Application Form 2026
• Supporting documents prepared according to the instructions in the Application Form

Who is eligible?

• Principal Investigators affiliated with a Canadian academic institution as faculty members or with Canadian Blood Services.

Who is not eligible

• Principal Investigators or application team members, including trainees, who are currently affiliated with, or in receipt of funding or in-kind support from, one or more institutions on the Government of Canada’s Named Research Organizations list.

Eligible expenses

• Salary and benefits for research staff, such as research assistants or technicians.
• Stipends and benefits for research trainees, such as post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and summer students.
• Contracted services on a fee-for-service basis, including statistical support, consultant fees, and service fees.
• Small items of equipment, including electronic communication, computer, or audiovisual devices.
• Expendable materials and supplies, experimental animals, collaborative and networking activities, and knowledge dissemination activities, including publication costs.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Salary support for investigators.
• Equipment maintenance or service contracts.
• Indirect costs, including institutional overhead.

• Relevance: 40%.
• Merit/Feasibility: 60%.
• Whether the project addresses the objective and identified priorities, the significance of the issue, and the anticipated impact of the deliverables.
• Whether the project includes a defined knowledge translation strategy to accelerate uptake of the study findings or existing knowledge.
• Whether the proposal is well-conceived and justified, with aligned activities, milestones and deliverables, an adequate budget, a realistic two-year plan, suitable team skills, and consideration of sex and gender-based analysis.

• Complete the Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program Application Form and prepare the supporting documents according to the instructions in the Application Form.
• Submit the Application Package by email to centreforinnovation@blood.ca on or before the competition deadline.
• Obtain confirmation that Canadian Blood Services has received the Application Package, as it will acknowledge receipt by email.

• Canadian Blood Services will acknowledge receipt of the Application Package by email, and the Principal Investigator must obtain confirmation that it was received.
• Canadian Blood Services will convene a peer review committee to review applications and make funding recommendations.
• Funding decisions are subject to final approval by Canadian Blood Services' senior management responsible for the competitive funding programs.
• Principal Investigators will be informed of competition outcomes within five months of the submission deadline, successful applications will be posted on the Canadian Blood Services website, and a Progress Report and Financial Report are due at the end of each fiscal year and within 1 month of the grant's end date.
• Successful Principal Investigators will receive an Acceptance of Funding form, and the Awardee will be sent an Agreement requiring institutional approval to facilitate the transfer of funds.