The following Pulmonary Research Funding Opportunities may be of interest to members and trainees at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories and the RESP Program. Please note this is not a complete list of all available funding opportunities. Faculty members have access to the McGill Pivot funding opportunities database. Additional opportunities available through the R+I database at McGill. Only agency deadlines are listed. Internal McGill deadlines for the various Departments vary and are thus not listed below.
RI-MUHC Pre-awards office: grant templates for NIH, CIHR, DoD; letters of support, scientific writing and editing, institutional signatures
Updated: April 8, 2025
New Additions & Reminders:
Become CIHR Institute Advisory Board Member – April 25
McGill Global Health + MI4 Seed Fund Grants – APP May 4
McGill D2R – May 15
Research Grants
| FUNDING AGENCY | TITLE | TYPE | LOI DEADLINE | APPLICATION DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Lung Association BREATHE | 2025 Research Grants & Awards – 2025 Studentship and Fellowship Awards – 2025 Allied Health Fellowship Awards – 2025 Allied Health Research Grants | Grant | March 19, 2025 | April 9, 2025 |
| FRQ | Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) | Programme CORE (Quebec-Luxembourg) 2025-2026 | Grant | April 10, 2025 | |
| FCRF | France-Canada Research Fund (FCRF) to support existing research partnerships between France and Canada | Grant | Open deadline until April 11, 2025 | |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | MDA RFA: Bridging Gaps in Advancing Human Skeletal Muscle Regeneration | Grant | Feb 28, 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| ACT-CTU | Novel use of administrative data for clinical trials | Grant | April 15, 2025 | |
| Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation (MEI) | Artificial Intelligence Projects | RSRI-PARTENAR-IA | Industry Partnership | April 15, 2025 | |
| CHEST | CHEST Grants Topics: COPD, CF, critical care, sleep, women’s lung health, etc… | Grant | April 15, 2025 | |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Grant | April 24, 2025 | |
| CIHR | Become a CIHR Institute Advisory Board Member | April 25, 2025 | ||
| Thrasher Research Fund | E.W. AI Thrasher Awards – focus on pediatric clinical care | Grant | Jan 18, 2025 | April 26, 2025 |
| European Commission | Innovative Health Initiative Call 9 | Consortium | April 29, 2025 | |
| McGill GHP & MI4 | McGill Global Health Programs (GHP) and MI4 Seed Fund Grants | Seed Grant | May 4, 2025 | |
| Genome Quebec | Genome Integration Program – Human Health | Grant | May 5, 2025 | |
| MEDTEQ | Call for Projects – FEMTECH – The technology must address an issue related to women’s health. | Grant | May 12, 2025 | |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Path to a Cure: Research Grants & Path to a Cure: Pilot and Feasibility Awards & Pilot and Feasibility Awards | Grant | May 15, 2025 | |
| D2R | Foundational and Research in Motion funding program | Grant | May 15, 2025 | |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | 2025 LCRF Leading Edge Research Grant Program For PIs with <10 years of experience | Grant | March 3, 2025 | June 2, 2025 |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | 2025 LCRF Research Grant on Prevention and Early Detection in Lung Cancer For PIs with <10 years of experience | Grant | March 3, 2025 | June 2, 2025 |
| Human Immunome Project | Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | Grant | June 22, 2025 | |
| ATS/ALA | ATS – American Lung Association Partner Grants | Grant | July 1, 2025 | |
| ATS | Unrestricted Grants | Grant | March 12, 2025 | July 1, 2025 |
| ERDERA | European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) | Pre-Announcement: Call for Proposals 2025 CIHR Deadlines are Feb 20 (LOI) and July 16 (Full application) | Consortium | Feb 13, 2025 | July 9, 2025 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Grant | July 24, 2025 | |
| Critical Path Institute | Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) BRIDGe Awards Stage 1 (Early lead optimization to late lead series) Stage 2 (Late lead series to selection of clinical candidate) Stage 3 (Candidate selection through IND enabling studies.) | Contract | Mar 19, 2025 | Aug 13, 2025 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) Clinical Award with LOI – Fall 2025 Clinical Research Award – Fall 2025 Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Award – Fall 2025 | Grant | April 3, 2025 | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Intuitive Foundation | Bronchoscopy Research Grant – impact of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy on clinical care | Grant | June 9, 2025 | Sept 8, 2025 |
| HFSP | Human Frontier Science Program Research Grants – Early Career | Grant | March 27, 2025 | Sept 11, 2025 |
| HFSP | Human Frontier Science Program Research Grants – Grant Program | Grant | March 27, 2025 | Sept 11, 2025 |
| LAM Foundation | 2025 LAM Foundation Grant Program Cycle Timeline | Grant | May 1, 2025 | Sept 15, 2025 |
| ResMed | Clinical Research Proposals – to support sleep disordered breathing research | Grant | Sept 15, 2025 | |
| UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | Transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance – Canadian PIs can apply as co-leads with a PI from the UK | Team Grant | June 18, 2025 | Sept 23, 2025 |
| ZOLL Foundation | ZOLL Foundation Grants – seed grants for new PIs | Seed Grant | Sept 30, 2025 | |
| Thrasher Research Fund | E.W. AI Thrasher Awards – focus on pediatric clinical care | Grant | July 15, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 |
| NFRF | New Frontiers in Research Funds (NFRF) 2026 Transformation Competition | Grant | NOI: April 15, 2025 LOI: June 17, 2025 | March 3, 2026 |
Research Grants – Open Calls & Cyclical Deadlines
| FUNDING AGENCY | TITLE | TYPE | LOI DEADLINE | APPLICATION DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVADO | IVADO 2024 Exploratory Projects Program | Grant | Open | |
| ZOLL Foundation | Early-stage research funding – emergency medicine, critical care, trauma, cardiovascular health, pulmonary health, neuroscience, and translational research focused on applying discoveries to enhance training and delivery in clinical practice. | Seed Grant | March 31/Sept 30 | |
| AIRS Network | Financing the use of AIRS Network platforms See AIRS Newsletter for details | Seed Grant | Open | |
| McGill | D2R | DNA to RNA funding program: Major Partnerships | Grant | Open | |
| McGill | D2R | DNA to RNA funding program: Commercialization Priming | Grant | Open | |
| European Commission | Horizon Europe Pillar II: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness Six thematic clusters, including: Health | Network Grant | Various | |
| Immune Tolerance Network | Concept Proposals for clinical trials Topic Areas: Allergy, Asthma, Autoimmune Diseases | Grant | Open | |
| McGill | McGill Innovation + Partnerships | I+P Partnership Program Stream 1 – For projects involving for-profit organizations Stream 2 – For projects involving a community organization | Grant | Open | |
| RSR-QRHN | Use of QRHN platforms | Grant | Open | |
| Roche Pharma | Investigator Initiated Studies • Clinical studies of approved and investigational uses of Roche drugs or diagnostics assays, medical devices and solutions (interventional studies phase I to IV) • Clinical observational studies, real world evidence (non-interventional studies) • Studies allowing the use of biobanks or sample collection • Health economics evaluations and analytical studies | Grant | Open | |
| ASMF/AASM | Community sleep health grant American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) | Grant | Open LOI due every first Monday of each month | |
| CFI | John R. Evans Leaders Fund | Grant | Feb 15/June 15/Oct 15 | |
| ResMed Foundation | ResMed Funding Opportunities to support sleep disordered breathing research | Grant | Mar 15/June 15/Sept 15/Dec 15 | |
| ResMed Foundation | Physician and Public Awareness | Mar 15/June 15/Sept 15/Dec 15 | ||
| Prompt | Support Program for Organizations (PSO) Health/e-health/Imaging/AI | Grant | Open | |
| NSERC | Alliance International Catalyst and Collaboration grants | Grant | Open | |
| NSERC | Alliance Advantage NSERC field + partner organizations | Grant | Open | |
| NRC | National Research Council of Canada | Challenge Programs pandemic response, disruptive technologies, etc… | Grant | Open | |
| McGill | Edith Strauss Knowledge Translation Grant | Grant | June 1/Dec 1 yearly | |
| Gairdner | 2021 Gairdner Programming – talent development stream – celebrating excellence stream – public engagement stream | Grant | Open | |
| NRC | National Research Council of Canada Challenge Programs [pandemic response] | Grant | Open | |
| Immune Tolerance Network | Clinical Trials: The Immune Tolerance Network Allergy & Asthma, Autoimmune Diseases, Kidney & Liver Transplantation | Network | Open Call | |
| NIH | RO1 Research Grants | Grant | Feb5/June5/Oct5 | |
| NIH | Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) | Grant | June16/Oct16/Feb16 | |
| NIH | Program Overviews & Deadlines | Grant | Various | |
| PHAC | Multi-sectoral Partnerships to Promote Healthy Living & Prevent Chronic Disease | Grant | Open LOI | |
| Scale AI | Scale AI Funding Call | Grant | Open Call | |
| CQDM | Quantum Leap: Innovative technologies to facilitate drug discovery | Contract | Open Call (reviewed quarterly) | |
| CQDM | SynergiQc: Innovative technologies with high commercial value | Contract | Open Call (reviewed quarterly) | |
| CQDM | Partenar-IA: collaborative R&D using AI | Contract | Open Call (Reviewer 2x per year) | |
| GSK | Discovery Partnerships with Academia | Grant | Open Call | |
| RRDM Network | Rare Disease Connections | Grant | Open Call | |
| Rare Disease Fdn | Rare Disease Microgrant | Grant | Jan/April/July/Oct (yearly) | |
| NSERC | General NSERC Deadlines | Various | Various | |
| NSERC | Alliance Grant For collaborations with partner organizations | Grant | Open Call | |
| NSERC | Alliance International Catalyst and Collaboration grants | Grant | Open Call | |
| NSERC | Idea to Innovation To accelerate promising technologies | Grant | Jan/April/June/Sept | |
| Genentech | Scientific Project Support | Grant | Open Call | |
| Génome Canada | Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) | Grant | Aug/Oct/Feb/Apr | |
| MEDTEQ | MEDTEQ Programs Acceleration Innovation, Impact, Invest, FSISS Innovative health technologies that benefit Qc | Grant | Various | |
| Transmedtech | Medical technologies – neuromusculoskeletal disorders | Grant | Open call | |
| Max Bell Foundation | Project or Development Grants – health & Wellness support projects with a high likelihood of informing public policy and practice | Grant | Open call |
Salary Awards & Awards (Faculty)
| FUNDING AGENCY | TITLE | LOI DEADLINE | APPLICATION DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) | Emerging Leaders in Health Sciences award program see email from Slyvain Baillet | Internal McGill Deadline April 30, 2025 | |
| National Research Council | Dorothy Killam Fellowship mid-career PIs | Abstract: April 30, 2025 Full App: May 22, 2025 | |
| Association for Computing Machinery | ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award for career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines | Dec 15, 2025 |
Studentships & Fellowships
| FUNDING AGENCY | TITLE | TYPE | APPLICATION DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Lung Association BREATHE | 2025 Research Grants & Awards – 2025 Studentship and Fellowship Awards – 2025 Allied Health Fellowship Awards – 2025 Allied Health Research Grants | Various | REG: March 19, 2025 APP: April 9, 2025 |
| Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) | Asthma Canada-CAAIF Graduate Student Awards | MSc/PhD | April 16, 2025 |
| Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute | CCS Research Training Awards – Master’s Level | MSc | LOI Abstract: Feb 19, 2025 APP: April 16, 2025 |
| AIRS Network | Short-term internship program with AIRS Network See AIRS newsletter for details | MSc/PhD | Open Call |
| European Research Society | Short-Term Research Fellowship 1-3 months at any institute in Europe or abroad Long-Term Research Fellowships 6-12 months at any institute in Europe or abroad | Apr 1/Oct 1 yearly | |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds | PhD fellowship in Europe | PhD | Feb 1/June 1/Oct 1 |
| Mitacs | Elevate Manage a long-term collaborative research project with a company or not-for-profit | Regular Call | |
| Mitacs | Accelerate Fellowship | MSc & PhD | Open call |
| Mitacs | Accelerate Industrial Postdoc | Open Call (Jan deadline) | |
| Mitacs | Globalink Research Award | Grad & PDF | Jan/May/Sept |
| CF Foundation | Student Traineeship Grant | Various | Open call Dec 31 yearly |
| NSERC | NSERC Undergraduate, Graduate and PDF Programs | Various | Various |
| Fulbright Canada | Awards for American Scholars | Various | Various |
| Eur Resp Society | ERS Fellowships Short-Term Research (April 1 and Oct 1 – yearly) Long-Term Research (January) | Various | Various |
| McGill CaPS | Various Scholarships and Awards | Various | Various |
| Gov’t of Canada | Government of Canada Education Funding Scholarship Info | Various | Various |
| McGill | Faculty of Med Internal Studentship | MSc & PhD | Apr/May – yearly |
| McGill | Faculty of Med PDF Fellowships | Apr/May – yearly | |
| McGill | Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowship | PhD | June – yearly |
| McGill | PBEEE/QC Merit Scholarships for Foreign Students | Grad | June – yearly |
| Meakins | Collaborative Research Awards | Various | January – yearly |
| McGill | Summer Bursary – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | Undergrad | yearly – March 7, 2024 |
| Meakins | Summer Studentships | Undergrad | yearly – Spring |
Travel Awards – Trainees & Fellows
| FUNDING AGENCY | TITLE | TYPE | DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Collaborative Research Travel Grants | Jan/Feb yearly | |
| McGill Exp Med | Dr. Price Memorial Travel Award & GREAT Award | MSc & PhD | Feb 28 / June 30 / Oct 31 |
| McGill | Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards (GREAT Awards) | Grad | Set by faculty |
| AllerGen | Travel Awards | Various | 4 weeks prior to travel |
| AllerGen | Various Mobility and Other Awards | Grad/PDF/Fellow | Apr 30/ June 15/ July 30 |
| Mitacs | Globalink Res Award Travel from CA | Various | Various |
| Mitacs | Globalink Res Award Travel to CA | Various | Various |
| The Company of Biologists | Travelling Fellowships | MSc/PhD/PDF | Feb 28/May 31/Aug 31/Nov 30 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Travel Awards | PhD/PDF | Jan 15/ May 15/Sept 15 |
| McGill | Faculty of Med Graduate Mobility Award | Graduate | open call |
| Ireland Canada University Foundation | Flaherty Research Scholarship 4-6 week support for Ireland-Canada travel | Trainee and PI | Closed for 2020 |
| McGill | Various Travel Programs for McGill Students | Various | Various |