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 opportunities for fellows involved in global child and women's health.

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Grants & Funding

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Institute for Global Health Trainee Grants

Application Deadline: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis

Are you a trainee participating in rurual/remote elective in a High-Income Country (HIC) or a global health elective in a Low- or Middle-Income Country (LMIC) 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: Applications must be received no later than 4 weeks before the elective start date.

Click here to learn about how trainees have used this grant

Institute for Global Health Seed Grants

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To catalyze the development of high-quality, transformative global health projects aligning with CICH 2020-2024 Strategic Plan. Projects that are not primarily 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 research institutes are eligible. This competition is initiated by IGH and supported by donors to the BC Children's Hospital Foundation (BCCHF).

Competition Guidelines

External Funding Opportunities

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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 investor working with partners in LMIC(s) and Europe? Learn about funding opportunities through Horizon Europe in this webinar.