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. If you would like us to monitor specific deadlines, please let usknow. Only agency deadlines are listed. Internal McGill deadlines for the various Departments vary greatly and are thus not listed below.
Research Grants
Salary Awards (Faculty)
Salary Awards (Trainees)
Travel Awards
Updated: July 19, 2019
Research Grants
| Funding Agency | Title | Type | LOI Deadline | App Deadline |
| MESI | Health Collaboration Accelerator Fund | Grant | | TBC
|
| DoD | Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program | Grant | July 9, 2019 | July 25, 2019 |
| MEDTEQ | RSRI – projets collaboratifs impliquant au moins un
partenaire académique et au moins un partenaire industriel | Grant | | July 26, 2019 |
| CIHR-ICRH/AZ | Canada/CLA Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards | Award | June 26, 2019 | July 31, 2019 |
| CIHR | Summer Institute on Equitable AI for Public Health | PDF & ECI | | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CIHR | IMHA and MDC Network Catalyst Grants | | July 9, 2019 | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Gilead | Research Scholars Program in Cystic Fibrosis | Grant | | Aug 9, 2019 |
| McGill | Steinberg Fund for Interdisciplinary Global Health Research | Seed Grant | | Aug 15, 2019 |
| CIHR-ICRH/CAAIF/AZ | Canada/AllerGen Emerging Researcher Awards in Allergic Asthma | Award | | Aug 16, 2019 |
| DoD | Lung Cancer Grants | Grant | May 15, 2019 | Aug 21, 2019 |
| CF Foundation | Overcoming obstacles for nucleic acid delivery for CF | Grant | | Aug 21, 2019 |
| TD Better Health | TB Better Health Funding Opportunity | Grant | | Aug 23, 2019 |
| Heart and Stroke Foundation | Grants in Aid | Grant | | Aug 29, 2019 |
| CAAIF | CAAIF KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION GRANT | KT Grant | | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Gairdner | QC Symposium Grant | Grant | | Sept 6, 2019 |
| CIHR | Pathways Implementation Research Teams – Component 3 | Grant | | Sept 5, 2019 |
| CIHR | Analysis of CLSA Data | Catalyst | Aug 16, 2019 | Sept 6, 2019 |
| CCS/CIHR | CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants | Grant | May 29, 2019 | Sept 10, 2019 |
| CIHR | Catalyst Grant : Patient-Oriented Research | Grant | June 25, 2019 | Sept 10, 2019 |
| CIHR | Project Grant | Grant | Aug 14, 2019 | Sept 11, 2019 |
| CIHR/UK | Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence Initiative | Grant | Aug 19, 2019 | Sept 12, 2019 |
| CAAIF | CAAIF/Immunodeficiency canada
research grant for new investigators | Grant | | Sept 13, 2019 |
| CIHR/TFRI | Terry Fox New Investigator Award | Grant | June 28, 2019 | Sept 13, 2019 |
| ATS | ATS Foundation Unrestricted Grants Program | Grant | June 17, 2019 | Sept 20, 2019 |
| CIHR | Microbiome Initiative 2 – Research Teams | Team Grant | Nov 20, 2018 | Sept 24, 2019 |
| 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 | Sepsis Research Network | Network | Jan 17, 2019 | Sept 26, 2019 |
| CQDM | SynergiQc-International | Grant | | Oct 7, 2019 |
| CIHR | Cannabis Research in Priority Areas | Team Grant | May 15, 2019 | Oct 8, 2019 |
| CIHR | Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts | Grant | | Oct 10, 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 |
| New Frontiers in Research Fund | 2019 Exploration Competition | Grant | NOI: Aug 7, 2019
LOI: Sept 4, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| CIHR | Project Grant | Grant | Feb 5, 2020 | March 4, 2020 |
| McGill | Edith Strauss Knowledge Translation Grant | Grant | | June 1/Dec 1 yearly |
| 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 | Alliance Grant | Grant | | Open Call |
| NSERC | Idea to Innovation | Grant | | Jan/April/June/Sept |
| Genentech | Scientific Project Support | Grant | | Open Call |
Salary Awards (Faculty)
Salary Awards (Trainees)
| Funding Agency | Title | Type | App Deadline |
| Horizon 2020 | Marie-Curie Actions – Individual Fellowships | PDF | Sept 11, 2019 |
| CIHR | Banting Canada PDF Fellowship
*** McGill Faculty of Med Internal Deadline: May 14 | PDF | Sept 18, 2019 |
| CIHR | CIHR Fellowship | PDF | Oct 1, 2019 |
| FRQS | Doctoral Training
Doctoral Training for Applicants with a Professional Degree
Doctoral Training for Medical Students (M.D.-Ph.D.) | PhD | Oct 15, 2019 |
| FRQS | Master’s Training
Master’s Training for Applicants with a Professional Degree
Master’s Training for Medical Students (MD-M.Sc.) | MSc | Oct 15, 2019 |
| FRQS | Professional Postgraduate Training in Research (Fellowship)
Postdoctoral Training (Canadian citizens and permanent residents)
Postdoctoral Training (Citizens of other countries) | PDF | Oct 15, 2019 |
| CIHR | Doctoral Foreign Study Award (DFSA) : 2019-2020 | PhD | Oct 17, 2019 |
| FRQS | Merit scholarship program for foreign students (PBEEE) | | Nov 1, 2019 |
| CIHR | Doctoral Research Award:
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (2019-2020) | PhD | Nov 6, 2019 |
| CIHR | Doctoral Research Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best
Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award: 2019-2020 | PhD | Nov 21, 2019 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Fulbright Canada | Awards for American Scholars | Various | Various |
| Eur Resp Society | ERS Fellowships | Various | Various |
| McGill CaPS | Various Scholarships and Awards | Various | Various |
| McGill | Faculty of Med Internal Studentship | MSc & PhD | Apr/May – yearly
April 15, 2019 |
| McGill | Faculty of Med PDF Fellowships | PDF | Apr/May – yearly
April 15, 2019 |
| McGill | Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship | PhD | June – yearly |
| McGill | PBEEE/QC Merit Scholarships for Foreign Students | Grad | June – yearly |
Travel Awards (Trainees)
Links to common granting agencies
