Research grants
Are you seeking funding for your research project?
WCHRI awards over $2 million every year through competitive funding programs. Funding programs are targeted to meet the research needs of our members (faculty and trainee) and to support the strategic goals of our funders, the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation.
2019 WCHRI grants timeline
WCHRI grants offers a number of competitive funding programs throughout the year; the following proposed application deadlines are intended to support the 2019 WCHRI competition/funding cycle:
| Grant type | Call for applications | Application deadline | Outcomes |
| Summer studentship | December 1 | February 1, 2019 | March 27, 2019 |
| Bridge grant | 1 month prior to deadline | July 19, 2019 | August 4, 2019 |
| Refer to CCHCSP | April 1 and November 1 (annually) |
early/mid-July and February (annually)
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| Innovation grant | January 15 | March 15, 2019 | May 24, 2019 |
| Graduate studentship | January 28 | April 18, 2019 | June 26, 2019 |
| CRISP grant | June 26 | September 6, 2019 | November 27, 2019 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | September 1 | October 29, 2019 | February 1, 2020 |
| SKEP | biennial |
30 days prior to event (minimum) |
14 days post-application
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| Trainee Travel | biennial | 30 days prior to event (minimum) | 14 days post-application |
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Acknowledgements
All research projects that receive funding must acknowledge WCHRI and the support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and/or the Lois Hole Hospital for Women in their research and public publications, presentations, posters and reports.
For further information
Contact WCHRI’s Research Grants Administrator, Michelle Bailleux, at 780-248-2090 or wcgrants@ualberta.ca.
