Universities Canada, .
$50,000.00 CAD
≈ 8 months of average Canadian pay
- Department
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Program
- Research in Priority Areas
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2025-2026
- Agreement period
- April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026
- Reference
- cihr-irsc:236-2025-2026-Q3-00672
Published purpose
The purpose of the Special Opportunities Fund is to provide a small Grants and Awards budget ($150K per year) that can be used to support small collaborative and/or strategic initiatives that aren’t typically research projects requiring peer review, and therefore not aligned with our usual grants and awards competitions
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