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Funding in Medical Education

Grant Agency Type of Grant Funding Range
LARGE GRANTING AGENCIES

1. The Spencer Foundation
Small

Large

Field-initiated proposals

<$40K

>$40K
2. Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund

N/A

<$150K for two years
3. Max Bell Foundation
NOTE: Max Bell is not currently accepting applications
Project grant

N/A
4a. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI)

<$2.5 million/seven years
4b. SSHRC

Standard Research Grant

<$100K/year, max to $250K
4c. SSHRC

Research Development Initiatives

<$40K, up to two years
4d. SSHRC International Opportunities Fund

Development Grants

Research Grants

<$25,000 one year


<$75,000 one year
5. Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)

Multiple types
Wide range
6. National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)/Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP)


No upper limit. Average is $121,160 - $138,850 for up to three yrs.
7. Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFR)

New Initiatives Fund
N/A
8a. Fond de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ)
Training awards

Career awards


Exchange programs

Daily living allowance & transportation

8b. FRSQ

Projets d'innovation en technologies de la santé (Eng unavailable)

$200-$300K/year for four years
8c. FRSQ

Research centres


Groups


Theme networks

N/A
9. John Templeton Foundation

N/A N/A
10. The National Institute of Health (US)

Wide variety N/A
11. Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)

Grant Info

N/A <$120K, matched funding required for grants over $201K, but it can be in-kind
12. James S. MacDonnell Foundation (JSMF) - 21st Century Science Initiative
Investigator-initiated research awards

Collaborative activity awards

Scholar awards

<$450,000 for up to six years
13. Eli Lilly Canada

Lilly Canada Grant No dollar amount posted

SMALL GRANTING AGENCIES

14. The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME))

Philip Manning Research Grant in CME
Research Grants in CME (small)
$50K
Up to $5K

15. Medical Council of Canada

Multi-year grant, Fund for research in clinical assessment

$50K/yr for three yrs, up to $37.5K over two yrs
16. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Med Ed research


CanMEDS


Travel Fellowship


Fac Dev grants

$25K/yr for up to three years

Up to $25K


$2,500/mo up to $21K

$5K/year
17. Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE)

Incentive Awards Up to $10K/award
18. Associated Medical Services (AMS)

Hannah Development Grant, Hannah Independent Scholars Grant

Up to $10K for one yr for both grants
19. College of Family Physicians of Canada

Janus Research Grant
Research Proposal Development Grant
$5-$10K
Up to $1500
20. Canadian Assocation of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)

CAEP Research Grant Competition
$5,000
21. Association of Professors of Gynecology & Abstetrics (APGO)
APGO/Abbott MedEd Award Program

Resident Scholars Awards

PGO/OrthoMcNeil FacDev Award

<$15,000


...$1,000 each for up to eight scholars

<$15,000


22. Metanexus Global Network Initiative

N/A

N/A
23. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)

APSF Grant Program

$150,000 per project


OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

You may also find the Community of Science Granting Agency Database (COS) useful in searching for other funding opportunities. (Search by key word)

A few pointers on how to use the Community of Science Granting Agency Database:

1) Use quotation marks for terms that contain more than one word.
2) Hits are organized from most to least relevant according to your search term(s).
3) On the pages listing search results, place your cursor over the name of the grant to see a pop-up containing a description of the grant and the URL.
4) The Advanced Search option (available from the main search page) is also easy to use. A benefit is that you identify country of residence which is used to filter hits. Alternatively, you can just make "Canada" one of your search terms.