CIHR Project Grant : Fall 2025 Priority Announcement -Registration

Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

Deadlines

Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit

Memorial Deadline: RIS Review not Required

External Deadline: Wednesday 13th, August 2025

Description

“Academic Units with both an Associate Dean of Research (ADR) and a unit Grants Facilitation Officer (GFO) are assuming the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, and NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants competitions. Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants in units with both an ADR and GFO. For units without both an ADR and GFO, Research Initiatives & Services will review and approve applications following the same process as other Tri-Agency programs. If you are intending on applying to any of these competitions, please contact your Grants Facilitation Officer, Associate Dean (Research) or Research Initiatives & Services to obtain information on deadlines and processes for institutional review and electronic submission for your unit.”

Details:

Priority Announcements (PAs) offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific research areas. Applications are submitted through the “202509PJT” competition of the Project Grant: Fall 2025 funding opportunity. Frequently Asked Questions provide additional information on the PA program.

CIHR Research Priority Areas:

• Acute asthma care across the lifespan
• Acute Care in Older Adults
• Antimicrobial Resistance (Bridge Grant)
• Barer-Flood Senior Career Prize in Health Services and Policy Research
• CIHR Institute of Aging – Prizes in Research on Aging
• CIHR Institute of Aging Prize: Yves Joanette Award of Excellence in Research in Aging
• CIHR Institute of Cancer Research – Breast Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Survivorship
• CIHR Institute of Cancer Research – Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Survivorship
• CIHR Institute of Cancer Research – Early Career Researcher Award in Cancer
• Cystic fibrosis across the lifespan
• Female Athlete Health
• Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North (Bridge Grant)
• Health and Official Languages in Minority Communities
• Genetics: Research Priorities (Bridge Funding)
• Global Health Research
• Health Services and Policy Research Rising Star Early Career Award
• HIV/AIDS and STBBI (Bridge Grant)
• Human Development, Child and Youth Health Research
• Infection and Immunity (Bridge Grant)
• Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis: IMHA Mandate Areas, Pain, and Dental Amalgams Replacement
• Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• Institute of Nutrition Metabolism and Diabetes (Bridge Funding)
• Institute of Population and Public Health
• Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes in Genetics (2025)
• Pandemics and Health Emergencies Research
• Research on Prevention or Response to Covid-19 or Similar Future Pandemics
• Robyn Tamblyn Mid-Career HSPR Innovator Award
• Sex and Gender in Health Research
• Strategy for Patient oriented Research (SPOR)
• The Bhagirath Singh Early Career Award in Infection and Immunity
• Trends in Cardiovascular Outcomes in Canadians Across the Lifespan

Eligibility:
For eligibility requirements, please refer to the Project Grant : Fall 2025 funding opportunity.

Guidelines:
For Guidelines, please refer to the Project Grant: Fall 2025 funding opportunity.

Priority Announcements (with the exception of Prizes) require that the Nominated Principal Investigator submits an electronic Final Report to CIHR.

Prizes are supplemental grants to support research and must be used according to the Tri-agency financial administration guide. Prizes are not personal awards and are non-renewable.

Important Dates

For research priority area details, funds available and specific requirements, please visit: ResearchNet – RechercheNet

Funding Sources

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)