First responders’ mental health grants
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Wednesday 20th, May 2026
External Deadline: Monday 25th, May 2026
Description
Alberta’s firefighters, police officers, paramedics, sheriffs, corrections officers and emergency workers often deal with stressful, dangerous and traumatic situations. This stress has a negative impact on first responders and emergency workers. They experience post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI) at significantly higher rates than the general population.
For this program’s purposes, “emergency workers” are those who encounter serious, unexpected and often dangerous situations requiring immediate action as part of their jobs.
The Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders (SPHIFR) grant program has 2 separate funding streams:
- – Stream 1 (Services) provides funding for non-profit organizations that provide services that support first responders and emergency workers living with or at risk for PTSI.
- – Stream 2 (Applied research) provides funding to researchers engaged in applied research that generates evidence on prevention or intervention for first responders and emergency workers living with or at risk for PTSI.
The applied research grant recipients must meet these requirements:
- Applicant must be affiliated with a Canadian-based organization.
- The research project must generate evidence on prevention or intervention for PTSI in first responders and emergency workers.
Deadline for 2026-27 grant applications: May 25, 2026
See here for more information.