Sponsor

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

For More Information

Please see CIHR's Spring 2026 Project Grant Competition [1] website for additional information:

• Program guidelines
• Eligibility
• How to Apply: Full application instructions
• Evaluation criteria

Note the key information regarding attachments that will no longer be accepted as part of the application package. CIHR is now more stringent in their format review and compliance requirements. Faculty should ensure all applications are formatted according to CIHR's guidelines [2].  

Description

The Project Grant program [3] is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems and/or health outcomes by supporting projects of research proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers in all areas of health. The best ideas may stem from new, incremental, innovative and/or high-risk lines of inquiry or knowledge translation approaches.

Research Areas

The Project Grant program is open to applicants in all areas of health research that are aligned with the CIHR mandate: "To excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system".

• Global Health
• Indigenous Health Research
• Randomized Controlled Trials
• Commercialization
• Interdisciplinary Research

Priority Announcements (PAs) offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific research areas. Refer to ResearchNet [4] for any further announcements to be made regarding the Spring 2026 competition. 

Indirect Costs

0% per Tri-Agency funding guidelines