Research Focused Organizations

The following links will connect our users with organizations that are directly involved in or fund mental health research. This section should also connect our users with information regarding research training, methods, and ethics.

Provincial

• Alberta Gaming Research Institute (AGRI): is a publicly-funded body that is mandated to support and promote gambling-related research in the province. Please find the link to their website below.
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): CAMH is Canada's leading addiction and mental health teaching hospital. We improve the lives of those affected by addiction and mental health problems and promote the health of people in Ontario and beyond.
• BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network: The BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network aims to build research capacity and foster collaborative research that will inform policy and practice in the field of mental health and addiction.
• Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF): The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation is the provincial agency that funds and facilitates health research in Saskatchewan. One of their priority areas include health systems and policy research, with emphasis on: health human resources/workforce planning, quality management and improvement, primary health care, mental health and addictions, innovative delivery models, rural and, remote health services, synthesizing and disseminating health systems & policy research.

National

• Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research (CFFAR): is a new funding agency aimed at supporting research on the fetal effects of alcohol. CFFAR will support research into all aspects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF): The CHSRF supports the evidence-informed management of Canada's healthcare system by facilitating knowledge transfer and exchange - bridging the gap between research and healthcare management and policy. View CHSRF funding opportunities.
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR): The CIHR mandate is, "To excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system." Access the CIHR Funding Opportunities Database.

CIHR Institutes:

• Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA): supports research to enhance mental health, neurological health, vision, hearing, and cognitive functioning and to reduce the burden of related disorders through prevention strategies, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation.

  Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH): supports research to address the special health needs of Canada's Aboriginal people.
• Institute of Aging (IA): supports research that promotes healthy aging and addresses causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions associated with aging.
• Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH): supports research that ensures the best start in life for all Canadians and the achievement of their potential for optimal growth and development.

• Canada Research Chairs: Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences. They improve Canadians’ depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen the country’s international competitiveness, and help train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching, and the coordination of other researchers’ work.
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): is the federal agency that promotes and supports university-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences. Through its programs and policies, the Council enables the highest levels of research excellence in Canada, and facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration across research disciplines, universities and all sectors of society. Search the SSHRC awards database by topic, date, or program cluster to find out about what research has been awarded SSHRC funding.