Funding, News and Announcements

The United States Department of Defense is offering several funding opportunities that are open to Canadian researchers.

Kidney Cancer Research Program

• Concept Award
• Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowship Award
• Idea Development Award
• Translational Research Partnership Award
• Full details available here.

Neurofibromatosis Research Program

• Clinical Trial Award
• Early Investigator Research Award
• Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award
• Investigator – Initiated Research Award
• New Investigator Award
• Synergistic Idea Award
• Full details available here.

Rare Cancers Research Program

• Concept Award
• Idea Development Award
• Resource and Community Development Award
• Full details available here.

Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program

• Accelerating Diagnostics Research Award
• New for FY22! Investigator Initiated Research Award
• New for FY22! Translational Research Award
• Full details available here.

Pancreatic Cancer Research Program

• Idea Development Award     
• Translational Research Partnership Award   
• Full details available here.

In addition to the above calls, DoD funding pre-announcements can be found here.

Deadlines

Internal: Please reach out to ORS as soon as possible to discuss a planned submission. Applications led by Dalhousie researchers will require a minimum of 10 business days for review. Contact email is ird@dal.ca. For additional resources, click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.

Funder: Varies by award. Contact email is Help@ebrap.org.