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Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025)
Supports youth health research in Canada
Latest source updateLast Update: August 2, 2026Latest change: The webinars page now shows a new upcoming Project Grant Applicant Webinar for Fall 2026 and updated archive/delivered status for several other sessions.View change
Latest source update
Last Update: August 2, 2026
Latest change: The webinars page now shows a new upcoming Project Grant Applicant Webinar for Fall 2026 and updated archive/delivered status for several other sessions.
Updated webinar support for Team Grant: Healthy Youth
The webinars page now includes a new upcoming Project Grant Applicant Webinar for Fall 2026, and several other webinar entries have been moved to delivered or archived status. The page also now shows webinar support details, including a contact email for requesting presentation copies after sessions. These updates affect how applicants find guidance and session materials for the competition, but no changes were visible to eligibility rules, funding terms, or program deadlines on the grant itself.
Funding available
$ 1,500,000
Deadline
Closed
Location
Canada
Who can apply
Researchers, knowledge users, scholars, health professionals, undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
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Overview
This funding opportunity is for Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) under the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and supports youth health research in Canada. It focuses on youth-led or youth-engaged research, including work on Indigenous youth health, equity-denied communities, circulatory and respiratory health, or type 1 diabetes and psychosocial health.
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At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Conduct research or evaluation activities
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Canada
Legal structures
- All legal structures
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Research that addresses at least two of the six priorities in Canada's Youth Policy and is relevant to IHDCYH's Empowered Youth Area of Focus.
- Research relevant to First Nations, Inuit or Métis Youth Health.
- Research relevant to Youth Health in Equity-Denied Communities.
- Research relevant to Circulatory and Respiratory Health in Youth.
- Research relevant to Type 1 Diabetes and Psychosocial Health in Youth.
Documents Needed
- Tri-agency CV
Official resources
Program guide
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Researchers, knowledge users, scholars, health professionals, undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
- Non-governmental organizations with a research or knowledge translation mandate.
Who is not eligible
- Applicants or collaborators deemed ineligible to apply for Tri-agency funding for reasons of breach of standards of ethics or integrity, including financial or scientific misconduct.
- Applicants or collaborators subject to conflict of interest requirements that prohibit them from applying.
- Applicants or collaborators with outstanding amounts owing to CIHR.
Eligible expenses
- Compensation for youth engaged in the research.
- Support for students at all levels, including high school, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Observational and epidemiological research.
Eligible geographic areas
- Canada
Selection criteria
- Applications relevant to each pool will be funded top down in order of ranking, and remaining applications in the competition will be pooled together and funded in rank order.
- If a pool is undersubscribed or lacks fundable applications, funds may be rolled into the general competition pool.
How to apply
- Step 1: Prepare your team and CVs
- Gather the required participants and complete the tri-agency CV.
- Complete the required sex- and gender-based analysis training.
- Step 2: Complete the ResearchNet registration
- Enter participant and proposal information.
- Apply to the appropriate funding pool, if relevant.
- Preview and submit the registration by the deadline.
- Step 3: Complete the full application
- Prepare the research proposal and related materials in ResearchNet.
- Complete the budget and other required application tasks.
- Attach all required files and review the full application.
- Step 4: Submit the application
- Use ResearchNet to submit the final application before the deadline.
- Keep the submission confirmation for your records.
Processing and Agreement
- CIHR will be hosting webinar(s) to support participants with the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions on how to apply.
Additional information
- CIHR will be hosting webinar(s) to support participants with the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) Program
What is the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025)?
This funding opportunity is for Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) under the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and supports youth health research in Canada. It focuses on youth-led or youth-engaged research, including work on Indigenous youth health, equity-denied communities, circulatory and respiratory health, or type 1 diabetes and psychosocial health.
How much funding can be received?
Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) Funds up to $1,500,000 of admissible expenses.
Who is eligible for the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) program?
To be eligible for the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) program, you must:
The application must address at least two of the six priorities in Canada's Youth Policy.
Teams will have a tri-partite leadership team, i.e., an independent researcher, a knowledge user, and a youth with lived or living experience of the topic of study.
Each team will have a Knowledge Mobilization Champion.
What expenses are eligible under Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025)?
Research that addresses at least two of the six priorities in Canada's Youth Policy and is relevant to IHDCYH's Empowered Youth Area of Focus.
Research relevant to First Nations, Inuit or Métis Youth Health.
Research relevant to Youth Health in Equity-Denied Communities.
Research relevant to Circulatory and Respiratory Health in Youth.
Research relevant to Type 1 Diabetes and Psychosocial Health in Youth.
Who can I contact for more information about the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025)?
You can contact Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Where is the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) available?
The Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) program is available across Canada.
Is the Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) a grant, loan, or tax credit?
Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) is a Grant and Funding