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: July 10, 2020

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COVID-19 Grants and Opportunities

• LINK: McGill OSR Funding Opportunities Database
• LINK: COVID-19 Immunity Task Force
• LINK: Resources for researchers and clinicians fighting COVID-19 in Canada
• LINK: External database of active COVID-19 research projects & Funding Opportunities
• LINK: Création du Réseau québécois COVID
• LINK: CIHR Linkage Tool for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding
• LINK: CanCOVID: Canada-wide network to facilitate COVID-19 collaborations
• LINK: CanCOVID Youtube Channel: CanCOVID’s speaker series
• LINK: Crowdhelix: global online tool for funding news and opportunities
• LINK: GloPID-R Members Project Tracker: live database of funded international projects
• LINK: SPOR: Canadian Data Platform
• LINK: WHO Publication Database: current COVID-19 available literature

NOTE: RI-MUHC Program Managers & the Business Development Office are keeping an internal list of funded projects and project ideas. Please contact your program manager for link details.

Funding Agency	COVID-19 GRANTS	application deadline
MI4	COVID-19 Biobank JGH Sample Request sample request form sent to MI4 researchers send applications to: grantsmcgilli4.med@mcgill.ca	July 10, 2020
NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Applications to Address 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Heath Need	July 10, 2020
Microsoft	Microsoft AI for Health COVID-19 Grant	July 15, 2020
EDCTP	The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) – including neglected infectious diseases, – research capacity development in sub-Saharan Africa.	Various July – Aug 2020
CBS	Canadian Blood Services Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program – encourages applications addressing COVID-19 related transfusion challenges	July 17, 2020
CHEST	CHEST Foundation Research Grant in COVID-19	July 17, 2020
CHEST/ATS	CHEST Foundation and American Thoracic Society Research Grant in COVID-19 and Diversity	July 17, 2020
Merck	EngageZone – SARS CoV-2/COVID-19 Focus Area 1: Virology/Immunology Focus Area 2: Host Immunology Focus Area 3: Primary Epidemiology Focus Area 4: Secondary Impact * Applications are to be sent to: misp.canada@merck.com	3rd cycle: July 24, 2020
TD	TD Ready Challenge Solutions that address the impacts of the pandemic	Aug 13, 2020
EDCTP	European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) COVID-19 calls for proposals	August 13, 2020
Merck KGaA	2020 Research Grants Drug discovery Bioreactor design for cultured meat Next generation machine learning Pandemic preparedness / fighting new emerging viral infectious disease	Aug 31, 2020
German Research Fdn	Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics in Response to the Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2	Sept 1, 2020
CANSSI	Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) Rapid Response Program – COVID-19	Open Call until Sept 1, 2020
UK Govn’t	Medical Robotics for Contagious Diseases Challenge 2020	Sept 3, 2020
SSHRC	Partnership Engage Grants COVID-19 Special Initiative	Sept 15, 2020
NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Repurposing Existing Therapeutics to Address the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)	June 5 until Oct 17, 2020
MI4	Emergency coronavirus research fund	Closed
CISCO	Pandemic/COVID19 Science, Technology and Social Impact	Active
DRK	Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation DRK Covid-19 Urgent Response Initiative (CURI)	Active
CQDM	Solutions against COVID-19	Active
MEDTEQ	COVID-19 Call for technological solutions and ideas	Active
MITACS	Mitacs Accelerate COVID-19	Open Call
MITACS	MITACS COVID-19 response: Expanding internships, increased funding with SME partnerships, industrial postdoc fellowships, virtual internships	Info
MITACS-AGE-WELL	MITACS-AGEWELL funding project Contact Noha Gerges ngerges@mitacs.ca for submission info	Open Call
Max Bell Foundation	Policies for Recovery from the Pandemic	Open Call
NIH POCTRN	Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution	Open Call
NATO	NATO Innovation Challenge to Fight COVID19	Various
NRC	National Research Council of Canada – Low-cost sensor system for COVID-19 patient monitoring – Point of Care and Home Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19 – Pandemic Response Challenge Program	Various
CRC	Cisco Research Center (CRC) Pandemic/COVID19 Science, Technology and Social Impact	Continuous
Fast Grants	Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science	Open
Amazon	AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative (DDI)	Open Call
Google	COVID19 Research Grants	Open Call
Digital Technology Supercluster	Call for COVID-19 Solutions	Open Call
Innovations for Poverty Action	Peace & Recovery Program – COVID-19 Off-Cycle Funding	Open Call
MOSS	Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS) COVID-19 Solutions Fund	Open call
DASA	Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation (UK) Covid-19 fast track	Open Call
Open Road Alliance	Direct COVID-19 Response – Charitable Grants	Open call
NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Various
Wellcome Trust	The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator It will have an end-to-end focus – from drug pipeline development through to manufacturing and scale-up	Active
Government of Canada	Strategic Innovation Fund-Stream 5	Open call
NGen Supercluster Funding	COVID-19 Projects	Open Call

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Research Grants

Funding agency	title	type	loi deadline	application deadline
Pfizer	Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) for Health Care Providers	Grant		July 10, 2020
Lung Association	Breathing as One: Allied Health Research Grants	Grant	June 30, 2020	July 17, 2020
PPMD	Minimising the immunological issues of gene therapy in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	Grant	July 21, 2020	By invitation TBC
MNITF	Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation – organ transplantation	Grant	June 15, 2020	July 31, 2020
Gilead Research Scholars	Cystic Fibrosis Program	Grant (New PI)		July 31, 2020
MEDTEQ	Impact Program Innovation in medical technology	Grant		Aug 7, 2020
Novo Nordisk Foundation	Exploratory Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme lead institution must be in Denmark	Team Grant		Aug 20, 2020
PF Fdn	Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation CPFF Research Grants	Grant		Apr 3, 2020 NEW: Oct 9, 2020
CAAIF/Aralez	Research Grant in Allergic Rhinitis – Letters of Intent			Apr 6, 2020 NEW: Sept 24, 2020
DoD DARPA	Harnessing Enzymatic Activity for Lifesaving Remedies (HEALR) tools to target microbial pathogens via protein degradation	Grant	Aug 11, 2020	Sept 17, 2020
CIHR	Personalized Health	Team Grant	Oct 8, 2019	TBC
CIHR	Planning and Dissemination Grants	MPD Grant		TBC
CIHR	Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions	Team Grant	TBC	TBC
CCSRI	Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute | Emerging Scholar Award	New PI Grant	Feb 5, 2020	Jun 30, 2020 NEW: Oct 15, 2020 (TBC)
DoD	Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program	Grant	June 18, 2020	July 9, 2020
DoD	Lung Cancer Research Program Idea Development Award & Translational Research Award	Grant	May 18, 2020	July 29, 2020 Aug 5, 2020
DoD	Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Focused Program Award (minimum 4 projects)	Team Grant	Apr 23, 2020 NEW: Apr 30, 2020	Aug 6, 2020 NEW: Aug 13, 2020
Sanofi	Medical Affairs and Science and Community Relations Contributions – asthma, rare genetic disorders	Grant		Aug 15, 2020
Lung Cancer Canada	Geoffrey Ogram Memorial Research Grant (GOMRG) early detection of lung cancer and the etiology of lung cancer	Grant		Aug 17, 2020
TS Alliance	Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance Research Grants	Grant	Apr 6, 2020 NEW: Apr 27, 2020	Aug XX, 2020 TBC
PCORI	Patient- Centered Outcomes Research Institute Pragmatic Clinical Studies to Evaluate Patient-Centered Outcomes	Grant	June 18, 2020	Aug 31, 2020
DoD	Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award	Grant	Apr 23, 2020 NEW: May 1, 2020	Aug 20, 2020 NEW: Sept 3, 2020
CIHR & AAL	Active & Assisted Living Programme Healthy Ageing with the Support of Digital Solutions	Grant		Aug 24, 2020
RSR	Réseau de recherche en Santé Repiratoire du Québec Financement de l’utilisation des plateformes du RSRQ	Grant		Sept 1, 2020
Lung Cancer Res Fdn	Lung Cancer Research Foundation 2020 LCRF Pilot Grant Program	Grant	May 29, 2020	Sept 3, 2020
HFSP	Human Frontier Science Program – Research Grants	Grant	Mar 30, 2020	Sept 2020 (TBC)
RSR	Réseau de recherche en Santé Repiratoire du Québec Projets prioritaires	Grant		Sept 9, 2020
RSR	Réseau de recherche en Santé Repiratoire du Québec Projets équipes	Grant		Sept 9, 2020
CIHR AMED	AMED-CIHR Research Collaboration on Advancing Epigenetic Technologies	Grant		Sept 15, 2020
FRQNT	Programme Samuel-De Champlain 2021-2022 QC-France Collaboration digital technologies, AI	Grant		Sept 15, 2020
CCSRI	Canadian Cancer Society – Impact Grants		Apr 29, 2020 NEW DATE TBC	Sept 15, 2020
LAM Foundation	The LAM Foundation Grant Program Cycle Timeline	Grant	June 15, 2020	Sept 15, 2020
Weston Brain Institute	Transformational Research: Canada 2020 (Parkinson’s & Related Diseases)	Grant	June 4, 2020	Oct 13, 2020
RSR	Réseau de recherche en Santé Repiratoire du Québec Programme de démarrage de carrière de jeunes chercheurs avec mentorat	Grant		Oct 16, 2020
NFRF	2020 Exploration Competition	Grant	Aug 18, 2020	Oct 20, 2020
NSERC	Discovery Awards	Grant	Aug 4, 2020	Nov 2, 2020
MEI	Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation (MEI) Fonds d’accélération des collaborations en santé (FACS) « Health Collaboration Acceleration Fund »	Grant	Aug 19, 2020	Nov 18, 2020
CIHR	Team Grant : Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions	Team Grant	TBC	TBC
NFRF	New Frontiers in Research Fund Transformation 2020 Competition	Large Project	NOI: Feb 18, 2020 LOI: July 15, 2020	Nov 18, 2020 TBC
FCRF	France Canada Research Fund Scientific Collaboration Support Program	Grant		TBC: Nov 20, 2020
ATS	ATS Foundation Unrestricted Grants	Grant	Aug 25, 2020	Dec 1, 2020
DoD	FY20 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) Idea Development Award Translational Research Partnership Award	Grant	Aug 12, 2020	Dec 7, 2020
CIHR	Catalyst Grant : Cannabis and Mental Health	Catalyst	TBC	TBC

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Research Grants – Open Calls & Cyclical Deadlines

funding agency	title	type	loi deadline	application deadline
McGill	Edith Strauss Knowledge Translation Grant	Grant		June 1/Dec 1 yearly
Wellcome Trust	Innovator Awards therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, digital technologies, etc…	Grant		Continuous
Immune Tolerance Network	Clinical Trials: The Immune Tolerance Network Allergy & Asthma, Autoimmune Diseases, Kidney & Liver Transplantation	Network		Open Call
NIH	RO1 Research Grants	Grant		Feb5/June5/Oct5
NIH	Program Overviews & Deadlines	Grant		Various
PHAC	Multi-sectoral Partnerships to Promote Healthy Living & Prevent Chronic Disease	Grant		Open LOI
Scale AI	Scale AI Funding Call	Grant		Open Call
CQDM	Quantum Leap: Innovative technologies to facilitate drug discovery	Grant		Open Call (reviewed quarterly)
CQDM	SynergiQc: Innovative technologies with high commercial value	Grant		Open Call (reviewed quarterly)
GSK	Discovery Partnerships with Academia	Grant		Open Call
RRDM Network	Rare Disease Connections	Grant		Open Call
Rare Disease Fdn	Rare Disease Microgrant	Grant		Jan/April/July/Oct (yearly)
NSERC	General NSERC Deadlines	Various		Various
NSERC	Alliance Grant	Grant		Open Call
NSERC	Idea to Innovation	Grant		Jan/April/June/Sept
Genentech	Scientific Project Support	Grant		Open Call
Génome Canada	Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) Precision Health Initiative – Rare Diseases Clinical Implementation Projects	Grant		Aug/Oct/Feb/Apr
MEDTEQ	MEDTEQ Programs Acceleration Innovation, Impact, Invest, FSISS Innovative health technologies that benefit Qc	Grant		Various
Transmedtech	Medical technologies – neuromusculoskeletal disorders	Grant		Open call
Max Bell Foundation	Project or Development Grants – health & Wellness	Grant		Open call

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Salary Awards (Faculty)

funding agency	title	type	loi deadline	application deadline

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Salary Awards (Trainees)

funding agency	title	type	application deadline
HFSP	Human Frontier Science Program – Fellowship Program		TBC (Aug 2020)
CIHR	Health System Impact Fellowship	PhD/PDF	TBC
Lung Association	Breathing as One: Allied Health Research Fellowships and Breathing as One: Research Fellowships and Studentships	various	Reg: June 30, 2020 App: July
CAAIF	CAAIF-CSACI Research Fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology	PDF	Aug 31, 2020
European Commission	Horizon 2020: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships	PDF/PI	Sept 9, 2020
CAAIF	CAAIF/Aralez Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. Research Grant in Allergic Rhinitis	Various	Sept 24, 2020
CIHR	Fellowship: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (2020-2021)	PDF	Oct 1, 2020
CIHR	Doctoral Research Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award	PhD	TBC
CF Foundation	CF Foundation Student Traineeship Award		Dec 31, 2020
BWF	Career Awards at the Scientific Interface PDF transitioning to faculty position	PDF	LOI: Sept 1, 2020 App: Jan 8, 2021
CIHR	Canada Grad Scholarship – Michael Smith Supp	Grad	June & Oct
RSR-FRQS	Short research internship in another university	Grad	Open call
European Research Society	Short-Term Research Fellowship 1-3 months at any institute in Europe or abroad	PDF	Apr 1/Oct 1 yearly
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds	PhD fellowship in Europe	PhD	Feb 1/June 1/Oct 1
Mitacs	Elevate Manage a long-term collaborative research project with a company or not-for-profit	PDF	LOI: June 19, 2019 App: July 17, 2019
Mitacs	Accelerate Fellowship	MSc & PhD	Open call
Mitacs	Accelerate Industrial Postdoc	PDF	Open Call (Jan deadline)
Mitacs	Globalink Partnership Award (Industry)	Grad	Open call
Mitacs	Globalink Research Award	Grad & PDF	Jan/May/Sept
CF Foundation	Student Traineeship Grant	Various	Open call Dec 31 yearly
NSERC	NSERC Undergraduate, Graduate and PDF Programs Doctoral Program: October 1, 2020	Various	Various
Fulbright Canada	Awards for American Scholars	Various	Various
Eur Resp Society	ERS Fellowships Short-Term Research (April 1 and Oct 1 – yearly) Long-Term Research (January)	Various	Various
McGill CaPS	Various Scholarships and Awards	Various	Various
Gov’t of Canada	Government of Canada Education Funding Scholarship Info	Various	Various
McGill	Faculty of Med Internal Studentship	MSc & PhD	Apr/May – yearly
McGill	Faculty of Med PDF Fellowships	PDF	Apr/May – yearly
McGill	Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship	PhD	June – yearly June 12, 2020
McGill	PBEEE/QC Merit Scholarships for Foreign Students	Grad	June – yearly
Meakins	Collaborative Research Awards	Various	January – yearly
Meakins	Summer Studentships	Undergrad	yearly – Spring

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Travel Awards (Trainees)

funding agency	title	type	deadline
Wellcome Trust	Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics Course Bursaries	Various	July 9, 2020
Burroughs Wellcome Fund	Collaborative Research Travel Grants	PDF	Jan/Feb yearly
McGill Exp Med	Dr. Price Memorial Travel Award & GREAT Award	MSc & PhD	Feb 28 / June 30 / Oct 31
McGill	Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards (GREAT Awards)	Grad	Set by faculty
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 Update: some awards cancelled due to COVID-19	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

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