Announcements + Updates
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June 27, 2025
CIHR Reviewer in Training Program
Fall 2025 CIHR Reviewer in Training (RiT) ProgramThe RiT Program offers Early Career Researchers the chance to learn about CIHR’s peer review process by participating as a Mentee or an ECR Reviewer for the Project Grant competition.Launch Date: July 9, 2025Application Deadline: August 6, 2025Visit…
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May 1, 2025
NSERC Alliance International Collaboration Grants on Pause
NSERC is temporarily pausing the intake of Alliance International Collaboration grants on May 20, 2025, to undertake a review and refinement of the competition. NSERC expects to re-open the competition by winter of 2025-26. For more information, please visit the competition webpage.
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April 1, 2025
SPARC Support for SSHRC Policy Innovation PGs
SPARC is pleased to offer the following support for the 2025 SSHRC Policy Innovation Partnership Grant (PIPG) competition:One on One ConsultationsInterested researchers/teams are encouraged to meet with SPARC early to discuss eligibility and fit to program. Please contact danica.kell@ubc…
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February 21, 2025
New Frontiers in Research Fund Transformation 2026 Competition Launched
NFRF has launched the 2026 competition of the Transformation stream. For more information about the competition please visit the NFRF Transformation webpage.More details about SPARC supports are forthcoming and will be updated on our website.Please contact Kelly Cubbon with questions.
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January 16, 2025
Two CIHR-hosted Webinars: Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention (Jan. 29 and Feb. 5)
CIHR will be hosting a webinar to support interested applicants with the requirements of the funding opportunity "Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention" and to answer questions related to the application process.When: January 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM ET | RegisterWhen: February 5, 2025 at…
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January 6, 2025
SPARC Review of SSHRC Insight Development Grants 2025
All applicants are invited to submit their Insight Development Grant materials (both individual modules and full proposals are accepted) for review by or before Monday January 20th at 9am. SPARC staff will return feedback on the One Page Summary and Budget modules by end of day Wednesday,…
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December 11, 2024
UBC Internal Selection Deadline for SSHRC Destination Horizon - now closed
The UBC internal selection deadline for this competition has now passed.Overview: Destination Horizon Grants support researchers affiliated with eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions to build capacity, foster existing partnerships, and further develop networks and/or consortia with …
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November 13, 2024
Tri-Agency Guidance on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development and Review of Research Proposals
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) (‘the agencies’) are pleased to unveil the …
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November 6, 2024
Registration now open for SSHRC Insight Development Grant 2025 Writing Bootcamps
In these hands-on workshops, open to both new and re-applicants, participants will be guided through writing-prompt exercises on the Summary, Knowledge Mobilization Plan, Expected Outcomes Summary, Student Training and Budget Justification modules, followed by dedicated writing time for each. …
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October 3, 2024
Refreshing Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) - Community Engagement Summary Reports
Since Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) was first established in 2011, a lot has changed in our health systems and health research ecosystem. In 2023-24, SPOR Partners including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), provincial health research funders and other…