Grants & Funding Opportunities

Have a great idea for a global health project? Take a look at these funding opportunities for research, capacity building, and implementation projects. This includes funding opportunities for fellows involved in global child and women's health.

2024 Global Health Allies Pilot Project

Application Deadline: May 10, 2024

IGH-BCCWH is piloting a program to support nurses’ and allied health professionals’ involvement in global health. We are launching a pilot program to send one nurse to Uganda for a capacity-building trip in the summer of 2024.

Please see the Submission Guidelines for more information.

The application package, including a current resume, application form, completed Letter of Intent and signed Program Manager Approval form should be returned to Miriam.ticsay@cw.bc.ca.

Children's Global Care Microgrant

Application Deadline: March 31, 2024

Amount: $1,000

IGH-BCCWH and the Office of Pediatric Surgical Evaluation and Innovation (OPSEI) are pleased to announce a competitive micro grant in support of humanitarian global care for children. These limited funds are available in the form of micro grants and will be most useful for clinical teams who are involved in global partnerships in low-resource communities where life-saving and life-changing care is out of reach for children and their families.

These funds may be used for essential medicines, supplies, and supports such as patient transportation. Funds may not duplicate existing health services and should not be used for care that is free-of-charge to patients. Micro grant awards up to $1,000 are available, however, we would ask that teams only apply for what is needed so that we can support the care of as many children as possible.

The microgrant Application Form should be returned to globalhealth@cw.bc.ca by March 31, 2024.

Institute for Global Health Seed Grants

The next competition is expected to open Fall 2024.

IGH-BCCWH Seed Grants

To catalyze the development of high-quality, transformative global health projects aligning with CICH 2020-2024 Strategic Plan. Projects that are not primary research projects will be considered but they must have an appropriate plan for evaluating implementation and impact. PIs/Project Leads based at the BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre and its affiliated reseearch institutes are eligible. This competition is initiated by IGH and supported by donors to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation (BCCHF).

Competition Guidlines

Healthy Starts Catalyst Grants

The Healthy Starts Research Theme of the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) invites its members to submit new project proposals for the 2023 Healthy Starts Catalyst Grant Competition. The purpose of the Competition is to provide active Healthy Starts Theme Investigators with the opportunity to conduct collaborative research projects that will contribute to the long-term vision of Healthy Starts. The Healthy Starts Research Theme receives core funding from the BCCHF, through which these Catalyst Grants are supported.

Competition Guidelines

IGH Global Health Trainee Grants

2024 IGH Global Health Trainee Grant

Application Deadline: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis

Are you a trainee participating in a rural/remote elective in a High-Income Country (HIC) or a global health elective in a Low- or Middle-Income Country (LMIC) in 2024 as part of your clinical training?

Does your training focus on health care of neonates, children, adolescents, and/or women?

You could be eligible to receive up to $2,500 from the Institute for Global Health.

Visit the application page for more details, and email globalhealth@cw.bc.ca with any questions about this opportunity.

Previous grant recipients include:

Midwifery trainees
Occupational therapy trainees
Residents

Please note – the elective must start between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Applications must be received no later than 4 weeks before the elective start date.

External Funding Opportunities

IGH maintains a spreadsheet of open and recurring funding opportunities that are relevant specifically to children and women's health, and support research and/or implementation/capacity building in Canada and globally. You can view this sheet here: IGH Grant Database

UBC also maintains several lists of funding opportunities and for research and trainee/faculty salary support, including internal competitions at UBC and external competitions open to investigators across Canada. You can view these resources here.‎

Are you a Canadian investigator working with partners in LMIC(s) and Europe? Learn about funding opportunities through Horizon Europe in this webinar. Canada currently cannot receive funding from Horizon Europe directly, but there is opportunities to apply for top-up funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (deadline extended to September 30, 2023)