Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to launch the 2025/26 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars. 

The objective of the competition is to increase the number of highly-qualified Black trainees across Canada committed to working in the fields of heart and/or brain research.
 
In the context of this award, heart and/or brain health research encompasses research addressing conditions, including neurological, that affect the cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular health of people living in Canada. This could include research focused on prevention, treatment, and/or recovery related to heart conditions, stroke, vascular cognitive impairment, and mental health in relation to these conditions. 

2025/26 Master’s Personnel Awards for Black Scholars 

Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are supporting the Master’s Personnel Awards for Black Scholars with a commitment of up to a total of $270,000. 

The stipends awarded will be up to $54,000 CAD ($27,000 per year for up to two (2) years) enabling Black trainees to focus on their Master’s research studies and engage with mentors as part of their training. 

Click here to view the Submission Guidelines. 

Deadline for receipt of Applications: March 20, 2025 16:00 ET 

2025/26 Doctoral Personnel Awards for Black Scholars 

Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada are supporting the Doctoral Personnel Awards for Black Scholars with a commitment of up to a total of $480,000.

The stipends awarded will be up to $120,000 CAD ($40,000 per year for up to three (3) years) enabling Black trainees to focus on their Doctoral research studies and engage with mentors as part of their training. 

Click here to view the Submission Guidelines.  

Deadline for receipt of Applications: March 20, 2025 16:00 ET

Evidence clearly shows that increasing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in research environments enhances excellence, innovation, and creativity. Brain Canada is committed to excellence through equity, and we encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply to our funding opportunities, which will promote the expression of diverse perspectives, approaches, and experiences, including those of underrepresented groups. 

Should you have any questions, please contact research@heartandstroke.ca  

This program has been made possible by the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF), an innovative arrangement between the Government of Canada (through Health Canada), Brain Canada Foundation, and Heart & Stroke.

Global Affairs Canada has opened the call for applications to the Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (FMPBP) for collaboration development with universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Grants of up to CAD 7,000 are available to full-time faculty members to conduct research and/or teaching stays of 3 to 8 weeks, along with partnership development activities, to develop a new collaboration.  A key objective of the program is to support the ELAP student scholarship program (for students in LAC countries to come to Canada for study or research stays).  The internal deadline to apply for 2025-26 is November 6, 2024; external deadline is November 20, 2024.  Projects will take place between April 1, 2025-March 31, 2026.  

Please review the program objectives and eligibility criteria at the GAC website.  You cannot apply directly on the GAC website; applications are submitted through an institutional coordinator (Jill Sherman).

To apply, please complete the Google Form and upload the required documents at https://forms.gle/vg48XAstdpak2eNv6.  You will need to be logged into your Lakehead google account.

For a list of current partnerships/MOUs, please CLICK HERE.

For more information, please contact Jill Sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca

The Volvo Environment Prize aims to recognize and support outstanding scientific achievements that contribute significantly to environmental stewardship and sustainability.

The Prize is awarded annually and consists of a hand-crafted diploma, a glass sculpture, and a cash award of SEK 1.5 million (approximately Euro 135,000 or USD 142,000). The award ceremony is held in Stockholm or Gothenburg, Sweden, in the fall of each year.

If you are interested in being nominated for this award, please contact Dr. Batia Stolar, Associate VP, Research & Graduate Studies, bstolar@lakeheadu.ca.

Ralph McGinn, former chair of the WorkSafeBC Board of Directors, was a lifelong advocate and leader in the field of occupational health and safety. To commemorate his tremendous contributions, the Ralph McGinn Postdoctoral Fellowship award was established in 2021. This award is designed to foster the development of occupational health and safety and work disability research in B.C. and Canada.

Our Innovation funding stream supports research ideas that may lead to innovative solutions and knowledge creation for problems related to occupational health and safety and work disability. The Innovation funding stream currently consists of three funding opportunities.

• Applied Innovation: Supporting small-scale, shop-floor research projects that lead to innovative and practical solutions that can be implemented in workplaces
• Proof of Principle and Prototyping: Supporting early-stage prototypes, tools, and technology that can be used in workplaces to solve occupational health and safety problems
• Exploratory Research: Supporting high-risk/high-reward projects that explore novel ideas and solutions with transformational and lasting effects across workplaces in Canada

 The OHTN has launched a new call for the HIV Endgame Program funding competition!

The OHTN will offer six types of grants:

1. Breaking New Ground Grant: project funding for innovative, high-reward projects that will break new ground and build evidence and programs to dramatically improve the prevention, treatment, and care cascade in Ontario. This funding stream supports the piloting, evaluation, or scale up of HIV interventions
2. Implementation Science Grant: project funding for the development of sustainable, effective HIV programs and services. This funding stream will support implementation science initiatives that will contribute to a rapid learning system for HIV.
3. Winston Husbands Leadership Award in Strengthening the Response to HIV Among Black Communities: salary support for emerging Black scholars, knowledge users, and service providers who work collaboratively with community stakeholders to understand and address the impact of HIV on African, Caribbean, and Black communities in Ontario.
4. Junior Investigator Grant: salary support for emergent leaders who are interested in working closely and collaboratively with the OHTN to drive change, contribute to rapid learning and improvement in our sector, and build HIV innovation capacity in Ontario.
5. Postdoctoral Grant: salary support for postdoctoral fellows who are interested in working closely and collaboratively with the OHTN to drive change, contribute to rapid learning and improvement in our sector, and build HIV innovation capacity in Ontario.
6. Community Based Project and Participatory Evaluation Grant: support for community-based agencies, their staff, and people living with HIV to undertake projects, needs assessments, quality improvements, and evaluation activities that help develop and modify effective programs, services, and policies or generate data to make the case for additional HIV inquiry relevant to Ontario’s needs.

Important Deadlines

LOI Application: December 2, 2024 at 12pm EST

Full Application: January 22, 2025 at 12pm EST

In addition, the Incubator Grant funding stream remains open, with LOI applications due on the first Friday of each month.

Please review the application guidelines, as deadlines differ for each grant. For more information, including detailed application guidelines and access to the OHTN grant application portal, please visit our website.