The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (“Heart & Stroke”) New Investigator Award (“NI”) program is a salary award to support early-career investigators who have demonstrated excellence in their doctoral and post- doctoral training and wish to establish their own independent research career (“Applicants”). Salary awards provide an added incentive for researchers to continue… Read more »
Purpose and Objective As part of the Grant-in-Aid (GIA) research program, the Indigenous Research Stream (GIA-I) supports Indigenous-led (First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis) heart and/or brain health research that is grounded in Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Doing to advance and generate Indigenous knowledges, data and approaches. This Stream responds to longstanding barriers in health… Read more »
Purpose and Objectives The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (“Heart & Stroke”) Grant-in-Aid (“GIA”) program provides operating funds to support important, pertinent, novel research in the areas of heart disease and/or stroke. GIA funding to successful applicants (“Recipients”) promotes research discovery, exploration and innovation across all health research themes. Knowledge gained from scientific findings… Read more »
Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to launch the 2026 Research Network of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health The third Research Network of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health, is focused on rehabilitation and recovery following acute heart-brain health events such as stroke, heart attack, and cardiac arrest. Women recovering from heart-brain events—such… Read more »
Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to launch the 2026 Research Network of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health The third Research Network of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health, is focused on rehabilitation and recovery following acute heart-brain health events such as stroke, heart attack, and cardiac arrest. Women recovering from heart-brain events—such… Read more »
Heart & Stroke, in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and Brain Canada, is proud to announce a joint commitment of $5 million over five years to support the Cardiac Arrest Team Grants funding opportunity. This bold initiative aims to significantly improve the prediction of cardiac… Read more »
Heart & Stroke, in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and Brain Canada, is proud to announce a joint commitment of $5 million over five years to support the Cardiac Arrest Team Grants funding opportunity. This bold initiative aims to significantly improve the prediction of cardiac… Read more »
The objective of the competition is to increase the number of highly-qualified Black trainees across Canada committed to working in the fields of heart and/or brain research. In the context of this award, heart and/or brain health research encompasses research addressing conditions, including neurological, that affect the cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular health of people living in… Read more »
Guidelines for Doctoral Awards Guidelines for Post-Doctoral Awards As part of the commitment to transform women’s heart and brain health, Heart & Stroke is launching the 2025/26 Heart & Stroke Postdoctoral Personnel Awards for Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health. The objective of the competition is to increase the number of researchers and clinician-scientists in Canadian… Read more »
New Investigator Award This award provides salary support to individuals who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their doctoral and post-doctoral training in cardiovascular or cerebrovascular research. New Investigator awards are tenable in Canada only. See here for more information. Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Heart & Stroke’s personnel award programs provide salary support to Canada’s top researchers… Read more »
Heart & Stroke, along with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Gender and Health (IGH), is excited to announce the launch of a NEW funding competition, the Research Networks of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health. This funding competition will support the development of two (2) new research networks in Canada, dedicated to… Read more »
Heart & Stroke, along with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Gender and Health (IGH), is excited to announce the launch of a NEW funding competition, the Research Networks of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health. This funding competition will support the development of two (2) new research networks in Canada, dedicated to… Read more »
Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to officially launch the Heart-Brain Connection IMPACT Award, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, integrative research competition that will investigate the complex interactions between the heart and the brain by leveraging the power of collaboration and innovation in Canada’s research community. This new funding opportunity will bring together researchers across… Read more »
Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to officially launch the Heart-Brain Connection IMPACT Award, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, integrative research competition that will investigate the complex interactions between the heart and the brain by leveraging the power of collaboration and innovation in Canada’s research community. This new funding opportunity will bring together researchers across… Read more »
Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to officially launch the Heart-Brain Connection IMPACT Award, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, integrative research competition that will investigate the complex interactions between the heart and the brain by leveraging the power of collaboration and innovation in Canada’s research community. This new funding opportunity will bring together researchers across… Read more »