Research Funding for New Faculty
In addition to the opportunities listed below, see
Research Funding for All Biochemistry Faculty.
External Funding - General Grants
- For new investigators within first 3 years of first independent university/research institute appointment in Canada
- Applicants must be receiving less than $150,000 in total start-up funds
- Up to $25,000 available for 1 year, not to exceed a ceiling for total support of $75,000/yr (includes this award plus any other operating grants received)
- Deadline: Feb
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- For promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers to build their research teams of students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants and associates, and technicians
- For applicants who have been faculty members for <5 years; 10 years from PhD or MD completion
- Maximum of $100,000
- Deadlines: see website
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- Applicant must hold a PhD (or equivalent) in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, molecular biology, neuroscience, physics, or a related field
- Applicant must be member of the regular faculty (i.e., tenure track) of a college or university in US or Canada
- Award: $75,000 for 2 years
- Deadline: September
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- For teams of scientists who are all within 5 years of establishing an independent lab and within 10 years of receiving a PhD
- For novel, innovative, and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the life sciences
- For novel collaborations involving extensive synergies among teams of scientists working in different countries and disciplines
- Compulsory pre-registration via website: Mar
- Letter of intent: March or April
- Full proposal: by invitation only
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External Funding - Grants in Specific Research Areas (excluding cancer)
- Provide small start-up grants targeted to young investigators
- For limited research funds to explore new ideas in areas where funds are not normally available
- Deadline: December
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- For research of children's health
- Applicant must not have received combined operating grants of greater than $500,000
- Applicant must be within 5 years of having taken up first academic appointment
- Up to 3 years of funding
- Deadline: April
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- Provides opportunities for Assistant Professors to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and microbial biology
- Provides support for US and Canadian Assistant Professor Scientists
- Amount: $500,000 over 5 years
- Pre-proposal deadline: July
- Full application by invitation only
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- Provides salary support to individuals who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their doctoral and post-doctoral training in cardiovascular or cerebrovascular research
- Applicants must be within 5 years of the date of their first faculty appointment
- Applicants must have an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree
- Applicants must hold an operating grant in support of the proposed research at the time of this award; such grant(s) may be from the Heart and Stroke Foundation and/or other granting agencies
- Amount: $60,000/yr for 3 years
- Deadline: September
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- Provides investigators with an early opportunity, upon completing research training, to develop and demonstrate the ability to initiate and conduct independent health research
- Applicants must be wihtin first 5 years of career as a research scientist
- For research in areas relevant to the cure, cause, prevention, improved treatment, or understanding of Parkinson's disease and related disorders
- Amount: up to $45,000/yr for 2 years
- Deadline: February
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- Assists careers of outstanding young researchers who are entering their first phase of an academic appointment
- For research in causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
- Applicants must be within 4 years of first university appointment at the application deadline date
- $200,000 over 4 years
- Deadline: November
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- Provides new investigators with funding that will allow them to develop preliminary or pilot data, to test procedures, and to develop hypotheses
- For applicants who are less than 15 years past their doctoral or post residency
- Amount: $150,000 for up to 3 years
- Deadline: Oct (letter of intent); Nov(full application)
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- Support biomedical research into intellectual impairment
- Focus of research should be on causes and cure of the disease, as opposed to the active treatment or palliative care
- Applicants must have no more than 5 years experience as an independent investigator
- Amount: $40,000/yr for 3 years
- Deadline: April
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- Applicants must be within first 3 years of their first faculty appointment (Assistant Professor level or equivalent) at the time the award commences, who hold a MD, PhD, or equivalent degree
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or landed immigrants
- For applicants from all disciplines relevant to kidney disease
- Amount: $70,000/yr for 3 years (MD); $65,000/yr for 3 years (PhD)
- Deadline: February
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- Provide young scientists with support for their research to bridge the gap between completion of research training and attainment of status as an independent research scientist
- Develop the potential of outstanding, young scientists and encourage research in liver physiology and disease
- Applicants must apply while they are within the first 3 years of their first faculty appointment
- Amount: $225,000 divided over 3 years
- Deadline: December
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- Supports the development of outstanding investigators who plan careers in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine
- Applicants are in transition from post-doctoral trainees to independent investigators
- Proposed research will focus on lung biology or lung disease
- Amount: $225,000 over 3 years
- Deadline: October
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- Attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and give them the opportunity to establish themselves in diabetes research
- Applicants must have MD, PhD, DMD, DVM, or equivalent
- Applicants must hold an academic faculty level position (including assistant professor or equivalent) at the time of the application
- Amount: $150,000/year for up to 5 years
- Deadline: July
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- For innovative and excellent science with the probability for transforming the field of neuroscience research
- For areas of developmental, cellular, cognitive and translational neuroscience; proposals need not be related to stem cells
- Applicants should be within 5 years of starting as a tenure track professor or of initially holding a comparable position
- Amount: $300,000/year for up to 5 years
- Deadline: Feb
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- For research exploring the basic biology and translational potential of stem cells
- For innovative science with the probability for transforming the field of stem cell research and advancing the understanding and eventual use of stem cells for the treatment of human disease
- Applicants should be within 5 years of starting as a tenure track professor or of initially holding a comparable position
- Amount: $300,000/year for up to 5 years
- Deadline: Feb
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- Funded by the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
- 2 career development research awards for female geneticists from anywhere in the world
- Applicants must be in their first 3 years of an independent faculty-level position in genetics
- Amount: $25,000/year for 3 years
- Offered every 3 years
- Deadline: June
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External Funding - Cancer Grants
- Consists of 2 parts: 1) post-doctoral salary award for one year for a candidate finishing his/her fellowship; 2) an operating grant once the candidate has obtained a faculty position in a recognized Canadian institution
- $50,000 for 1st year; $60,000/year for 2nd and 3rd years
- Deadline: April
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- Supports fundamental or translational research into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer
- Emphasis is on basic, as opposed to clinical, research
- Foreign scientists can apply
- 1-3 years
- Deadlines: April
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- Preference for research related to leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndromes
- Amount: $100,000 for 1 year
- Applicants must be within 7 years of their first independent position
- Deadline: February (Letter of Intent); applications: by invitation only
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- Provide opportunities for scientists in the early stages of their careers to further their research independence
- Provide support for projects that will lead to substantial progress in breast cancer research and reductions in breast cancer incidence and/or mortality
- For applicants who have held faculty appointment for no more than 8 years
- Deadline: July (Letter of Intent); applications by invitation only
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- For independent investigators at the level of Assistant Professor
- Priority will be given to proposals from investigators who have yet to obtain significant funding for their work
- For research in the areas of the genetics, biology, and immunology of cancer
- Amount: $60,000 for one year; second year conditional on progress
- Deadline: September (LOI); December (full application)
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- Presented to the most outstanding early career scientists with inspiring brain cancer research proposals
- Applicants must hold their first independent full-time faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor, independent researcher, or equivalent position in last 5 years
- Proposed research should demonstrate potential to generate new knowledge relating to causes, cure, or treatment of primary brain tumors/brain cancer
- Amount: $150,000/yr for up to 4 years
- Deadline: March
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- For highly innovative research programs for prostate cancer
- Amount: $75,000/yr for 3 years
- Deadline: August
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- For faculty within first 7 years of first faculty-level appointment in Canada and doing high-quality cancer research
- Requires sponsorship from research team supported by CIHR or Terry Fox Research Institute
- $450,000 for 3 years
- Deadline: June (registration); Sept (application)
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Internal Funding
- Targeted to eligible Early Career Researchers, who are within three years of the start date of their first eligible academic research appointment at Western
- $25,000 for 1 year
- Deadline: November
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- Targeted to eligible Early Career Researchers, who are within three years of the start date of their first eligible academic research appointment at Western
- $25,000 for 1 year
- Deadline: November
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- Applicants can apply up to their 8th year on faculty from the initial date of their appointment
- 2 awards given: one for Western faculty only and one for Robarts faculty/post-doctoral scholars
- Deadline: March
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- Supports new faculty members at Western in experimental life sciences whose research explores cellular and molecular organization
- New faculty must be within ten years of their first faculty appointment at any university
- For special opportunities not normally covered by research grants, such as travel and/or accommodations at national and international conferences, professional development, collaborative research activities, etc.
- Amount: up to $4800
- Deadline: Nov
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- Enhance translational cancer research in London
- Targeted funds for specific types of cancer research (see website)
- Applicants must be primary or cross-appointees to the Western University Dept. of Oncology
- Co-applicants do not have to be appointed to Dept. of Oncology
- Supports new research ideas with potential to attract external, peer-reviewed funding or private sector funding (other research types also eligible)
- Deadlines: spring, fall
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