Funding and Training Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

Alberta Gaming Research Institute (AGRI): Various funding opportunities for gambling related research.
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation: Grants for academic and research institute.
Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative: Various grants
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). Researchers may obtain a maximum of $40,000 annually for a maximum of two years.
CIHR Grants and Awards Guide: Guide to various CIHR funding opportunities.
CIHR’s Institute of Gender and Health (IGH): is sponsoring a travel awards competition for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows working on topics related to gender, sex and health. IGH will award successful candidates with up to $1,000 to help cover the costs of presenting their own research at conferences.
CIHR's Institute for Gender and Health (IGH): The Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) will host its second annual Summer Institute in July 2010. We invite applications from graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who study health in relation to gender (broadly, social factors) and/or sex (broadly, biological factors).
CIHR Operating Grant - Knowledge to Action:The intent of this funding opportunity is to accelerate the translation of knowledge by linking researchers and knowledge-users to move knowledge into action. Applicants can request funding to support partnerships, knowledge and tools for implementation projects of up to two years duration.
CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Grant:The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support teams of researchers and knowledge users to produce knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews that will contribute to the use of synthesized evidence in decision-making and practice.
CIHR Partnerships for Health Systems Improvement: Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) aims to strengthen Canada's healthcare system through collaborative, applied and policy-relevant research. PHSI is Canada's premier health services and policy research competition — and with its strong emphasis on partnerships and knowledge translation it is also a major resource for managers and policy makers who want relevant research to inform their decision-making. PHSI funds teams of decision makers and researchers to conduct applied health services and policy research.
Great-West Life Innovation Fund of the Foundation of the Canadian Psychiatric Association: Mental Health in the Workplace Initiative - Clinical Innovations and Promising Practices in Psychiatric Disability.
NARSAD: Young Investigator Award.