Grants & Awards

Supporting the Completion of High-Impact Randomized Controlled Trials.

DEADLINE Monday 20 March
The first ACT call for proposals is designed to support ongoing and active, Canadian-led, high-impact randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that need additional funding for successful completion and will publicly report their results by January 15, 2025.

Patient and Community Engagement Training Award (PaCET) Program

Only University of Alberta PhD Student and Post-Doc Fellows are eligible to apply
DEADLINE 14 April “
The Patient and Community Engagement Training Program (PaCET) aims to build the capacity of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to conduct engaged research focused on women and/or children’s health. WCHRI facilitators and PaCET participants from a variety of disciplines form a “community of practice” to learn from one another as engaged researchers. The award is valued at up to $8,000 and may be held for eight months. This program is offered as a benefit of membership.

CIHR New Investigator Salary Award : Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Researcher Award

DEADLINE: 17 May
The Health System Impact (HSI) Embedded Early Career Researcher Award is a new addition to the HSI program that will be launched bi-annually and provides early career researchers (ECRs) the opportunity to:
-develop their embedded research roles and programs;
-apply their research skills to help tackle health system challenges and advance the Quadruple Aim and health equity;
-build their collaborations and partnerships within and across the academic and health system communities; and
-advance their leadership and impact as embedded research scholars.
Overall, the award will help to establish a career pathway for a diverse cohort of embedded ECRs, increase their potential for impact and contribution as embedded scholars, and increase the probability that they will secure an embedded scientist position with a Canadian health system organization and/or a faculty position in a Canadian academic institution. Additionally, in aligning research talent with the operational needs and priorities of health system organizations, the HSI Embedded ECR Award program will generate additional research capacity within health system organizations for learning and improvement, helping to further advance learning health systems (LHSs) across Canada.