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The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) promotes international and interdisciplinary collaboration in basic research focused on the elucidation of the sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living organisms.

HFSP Research Grants support teams. Therefore applications from individual scientists or early career researchers carrying out their postdoctoral or PhD level projects are not eligible. Two types of Grant are available: Research Grants – Early Career and Research Grants – Program.

Research Grants - Early Career

All team members are expected to direct a research group and must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD or equivalent). They must be in a position to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research. All members of an Early Career grant team must be within five years of obtaining an independent position and must have obtained their first doctoral degree (PhD, MD or equivalent) not longer than ten years before the deadline for submission of the letter of intent.

Research Grants - Program

Awarded to teams of independent researchers at any stage of their careers. The research team is expected to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. Applications including independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged.

Both provide three years of support for 2 – 4 member teams.

Awards are fixed sums dependent upon team size.

The Principal Applicant must obtain a 2023 reference application number by
March 24, 2022 at latest.

The Principal Applicant will be notified by the beginning of July if the team is invited to submit a full application in mid-September 2022.

For more information, you can access the full call here.

If interested in this opportunity, contact ird@dal.ca.

Deadlines

Internal (Letter of Intent): March 17, 2022 at 4:30pm. Click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.

Funder (Letter of Intent): March 31, 2022. Contact email is grant@hfsp.org.