The following Pulmonary Research Funding Opportunities may be of interest to members and trainees at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories and the RESP Program. Please note this is not a complete list of all available funding opportunities. Through the McGill Library, faculty members have access to the Pivot funding opportunities database. If you would like us to monitor specific deadlines, please let us know. Only agency deadlines are listed. Internal McGill deadlines for the various Departments vary and are thus not listed below.
Updated: Sept 17, 2019
Faculty
Research Grants – Upcoming Deadlines
Research Grants – Open/Cyclical Deadlines
Salary Awards – Faculty
Trainees & Fellows
Salary Awards – Trainees & Fellows
Travel Awards – Various
Research Grants
| Funding Agency | Title | Type | LOI Deadline | App Deadline |
| New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) | Transformation stream | TBC | ||
| CIHR | Catalyst Grant: Understanding disease prevention and risk factor modification | Catalyst | Aug 28, 2019 | Sept 24, 2019 |
| CIHR | Early Career Investigator Awards in Resp Health | Grant | Sept 25, 2019 | |
| CIHR | Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS | Planning Grant | Sept 25, 2019 | |
| CIHR | Sepsis Research Network | Network | Jan 17, 2019 | Sept 26, 2019 |
| Nature Research Awards | Global Grants for Gut Health | Grant | Sept 30, 2019 | |
| CF Canada | Basic Science Research Grants in CF | Grant | Jul 31, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 |
| CQDM | SynergiQc-International | Grant | Oct 7, 2019 | |
| CIHR | Team Grant: Personalized Health | Oct 8, 2019 | ||
| CIHR | Cannabis Research in Priority Areas | Team Grant | May 15, 2019 | Oct 8, 2019 |
| RSR-FRQS | Concours de projets-équipes et prioritaires | Team Grant | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| CIHR | Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts | Grant | Oct 10, 2019 | |
| RSR-FRQS | Junior Investigator Mentorship Program | Grant | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| National Sanitarium Association | 2019 NSA Innovation Research Program | Grant | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| CCS | Innovation Grants | Grant | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| CIHR | Operating Grant: Spread and Scale of Existing CBPHC and eHealth Innovations | Grant | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| Medteq CQDM | Partenar-IA – Medteq link Partenar-IA – CQDM link | Grant | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| Orphan Disease Center | Million Dollar Bike Ride Pilot Grant Program | Sept 23, 2019 | Oct 24, 2019 | |
| NSERC | Research Tools and Instruments | Grant | Oct 25, 2019 | |
| MEDTECH | Impact Program | Grant | Oct 25, 2019 | |
| CIHR-NSERC | Collaborative Health Research Projects | Grant | June 25, 2019 | Oct 29, 2019 |
| NSERC | Discovery Grant | Grant | Aug 1, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Burroughs Wellcome | Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease | Grant | July 15, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 |
| France-Canada Research Fund (FCRF) | 2020 New Scientific Collaboration Support Program | Grant | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Single-Cell Analysis of Inflammation | Team Grant | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| FRQS | Radiology research | Grant | Sept 4, 2019 | Dec 3, 2019 |
| FRQS | PRIORITÉ PATIENT – To improve the quality of cancer care and services in Québec | Grant | Sept 9, 2019 | Dec 3, 2019 |
| New Frontiers in Research Fund | 2019 Exploration Competition | Grant | NOI: Aug 7, 2019 LOI: Sept 4, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| FRQ | AUDACE program | Grant | Sept 18, 2019 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Discovery Research Grants | Grant | Dec 1, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 |
| LLSC | The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC)| Operating Grants | Grant | Oct 25,2019 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| CIHR | Project Grant | Grant | Feb 5, 2020 | March 4, 2020 |
Research Grants – Open Calls & Cyclical Deadlines
Salary Awards (Faculty)
| Funding Agency | Title | Type | LOI Deadline | App Deadline |
| CIHR | Clinician-Scientist Salary Award : CIHR Clinician Scientist Phase 2 | Award | Oct 1, 2019 | |
| FRQS | Research Scholars – Junior 1, Junior 2, Senior Clinical Research Scholars – Junior 1, Junior 2 and Senior Distinguished Research Scholars contact Faculty of Medicine for info: (Nancy: riac.med@mcgill.ca) prior to submitting an NOI | McGill NOI: Aug 20, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 |
Salary Awards (Trainees)
Travel Awards (Trainees)
| Funding Agency | Title | Type | Deadline |
| CIHR | Travel Awards – Institute Community Support (Summer 2019) | All | Sept 26, 2019 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Collaborative Research Travel Grants | Jan/Feb yearly | |
| McGill Exp Med | Dr. Price Memorial Travel Award | MSc & PhD | Feb 28 / June 30 / Oct 31 |
| AllerGen | Travel Awards | Various | 4 weeks prior to travel |
| AllerGen | International Trainee Research Visit | Grad/PDF/Fellow | Apr 30/ June 15/ July 30 |
| AllerGen | Research Skills Award | Various | 4 weeks prior to travel |
| AllerGen | Funding and Training Awards | Various | Various |
| Mitacs | Globalink Res Award Travel from CA | Various | Various |
| Mitacs | Globalink Res Award Travel to CA | Various | Various |
| The Company of Biologists | Travelling Fellowships | MSc/PhD/PDF | Feb 28/May 31/Aug 31/Nov 30 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Travel Awards | PhD/PDF | Jan 15/ May 15/Sept 15 |
| McGill | Faculty of Med Graduate Mobility Award | Graduate | open call |
| Meakins | Travel Awards | Grad & PDF | 3 weeks prior to travel |
Links to common granting agencies
