Research grants
Do you seek 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 supporters of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
2020 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 2020 WCHRI competition/funding cycle:
| Grant type | Call for applications | Application deadline | Outcomes |
| Summer Studentship | December 2, 2019 | January 31, 2020 | March 18, 2020 |
| Bridge grant | 1 month prior to deadline | February 10, 2020 | February 17, 2020 |
| Refer to CCHCSP | April 1 and November 1 (annually) |
early/mid-July and February (annually)
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| Innovation grant | January 10, 2020 | March 13, 2020 | May 29, 2020 |
| Graduate Studentship | January 17, 2020 | April 17, 2020 | June 26, 2020 |
| CRISP grant | January 1, 2020 | September 4, 2020 | November 27, 2020 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | September 1, 2019 | October 30, 2019 | December 23, 2019 |
| SKEP | ongoing |
60 days prior to event (minimum) |
14 days post-application
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| Trainee Travel | ongoing | 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 supporters of 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.
Updated December 2019
