Universities Canada, .
$50,000.00 CAD
≈ 8 months of average Canadian pay
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- Department
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Research in Priority Areas
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year The government's budget year. It starts on April 1 and ends on March 31. For example, 2023-2024 is from April 2023 to March 2024.
- 2025-2026
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this 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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Imported July 30, 2026 from open.canada.ca Grants & Contributions