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Subventions - plateformes
Funding for neuroscience research platforms
Offered by
Brain Canada Foundation
Record updated
- Funding available
- $ 138,000 - $ 6,100,000
- Deadline
- Unspecified
- Location
- Canada
Overview
This program supports brain research platforms that improve shared access to equipment, data, expertise, and services. Up to CAD 26 million was available in 2024, with individual awards ranging historically from CAD 138,000 to CAD 6.1 million over 3.5 years.
At a glance
Funding available
- Maximum funding
- $6,100,000
- Minimum funding
- $138,000
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Develop team skills
- Develop a new program or service
- Enhance an existing program
- Improve governance or administrative structure
- Attract or retain talent
- Increase production or service capacity
- Increase operational productivity
- Conduct research and development activities
- Develop workforce skills
- Strengthen organizational capacity
- Ensure financial sustainability
- Conduct research or evaluation activities
Eligible candidates
- Location
- Canada
- Eligible Industries
- All industries
- Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
- Organisation size
- All organization sizes
- Audience
- All groups
- Legal structures
- All legal structures
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Availability timeline
2025
Periods: 1
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Canadian independent researchers
- Research teams in neuroscience
- Research teams in mental health
- Academic and research-based platform leaders
Who is not eligible
- Researchers who are not affiliated with a Canadian institution
- Non-independent researchers
- Applicants submitting unsupported or incomplete platform requests
- Applicants without the required sponsor involvement
Eligible expenses
- Service contracts, supplies, equipment, and materials for platform development, operation, maintenance, and upgrades
- Salaries and benefits for technical and professional staff
- Stipends for trainees
- Database, data repository, registry, and portal development and access costs
- Training, outreach, knowledge mobilization, and dissemination costs
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Salary or compensation for the principal investigator or any independent academic researcher
- General overhead and project management costs
- Building renovation or construction and standard office or laboratory furniture
- Basic laboratory utilities and routine institutional research support services
- Intellectual property protection costs and non-brain-related expenses
Eligible geographic areas
- Canada
Activities funded
- Development or improvement of neuroscience research platforms
- Coordination of local, regional, national, or international shared research infrastructure
- Expansion of access to specialized equipment, data, services, and expertise
- Creation or improvement of databases, repositories, portals, and data-sharing systems
- Training and support activities that improve platform use and access
How to apply
- Step 1: Submit registration
- Complete the registration form.
- Send the PDF form and attachments by email to platformgrant@braincanada.ca.
- Wait for the acknowledgment from Brain Canada.
- Step 2: Receive invitation
- Only eligible applicants are invited to prepare the detailed application.
- Access to the online system is provided to invited applicants.
- Step 3: Prepare detailed application
- Complete the detailed application in SmartSimple.
- Include the required description, proposal, budget, sponsor letters, and signatures.
- Step 4: Submit detailed application
- Upload and submit the full application through SmartSimple before the deadline.
- Await confirmation from Brain Canada.
Documents Needed
- Registration form
- Full application
- Project description and summary
- Letter of support from potential sponsors
- Institutional and sponsor signatures
Selection criteria
- Innovation and potential impact of the platform
- Distinctiveness of the platform compared with existing infrastructure
- Integration of sex, gender, diversity, and equity considerations
- Open science approach and accessibility of data and resources
- Governance, feasibility, and long-term sustainability
Processing and Agreement
- Registration forms are screened for admissibility and relevance.
- Eligible applicants are invited to submit a detailed application.
- Detailed applications are reviewed by at least two external peer reviewers.
- High-scoring applications are discussed by the review committee and recommended for funding by merit order.
- Funding is awarded until the allocated funds are exhausted, and the decision is final.
Additional information
- The program is funded through the Canadian Brain Research Fund.
- Applicants must work with sponsors and the host institution for co-funding arrangements.
- All required institutional approvals must be in place before funds are released.
- Brain Canada may request progress updates on the funded platform.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the Subventions - plateformes Program
What is the Subventions - plateformes?
This program supports brain research platforms that improve shared access to equipment, data, expertise, and services. Up to CAD 26 million was available in 2024, with individual awards ranging historically from CAD 138,000 to CAD 6.1 million over 3.5 years.
How much funding can be received?
Subventions - plateformes Funds up to $6,100,000 of admissible expenses.
Who is eligible for the Subventions - plateformes program?
To be eligible for the Subventions - plateformes program, you must:
Canadian-affiliated independent researcher
Neuroscience or mental health platform
Sponsor or co-funding partner required
What expenses are eligible under Subventions - plateformes?
Service contracts, supplies, equipment, and materials for platform development, operation, maintenance, and upgrades
Salaries and benefits for technical and professional staff
Stipends for trainees
Database, data repository, registry, and portal development and access costs
Training, outreach, knowledge mobilization, and dissemination costs
Who can I contact for more information about the Subventions - plateformes?
You can contact Brain Canada Foundation by email at platformgrant@braincanada.ca.
Where is the Subventions - plateformes available?
The Subventions - plateformes program is available across Canada.
Is the Subventions - plateformes a grant, loan, or tax credit?
Subventions - plateformes is a Grant and Funding