FOR RESEARCHERS

Funding opportunities

Our funding programs

Status 

Program name

Type

Previous Competitions

Next Competition*

Open CCS/UHN Research Grants on Neurofibromatosis and Cancer Research grant 2025 Open - next competition N/A
Closed

Research Training Awards - PhD, PDF

Trainee stipend + Training budget

Fall/Winter 2025

Open Research Training Awards - Masters Trainee stipend + Training budget 2024 Open - next competition fall 2025
Coming soon

CCS Emerging Scholar Research Grants

Research grant

Spring 2025

Closed

CCS Challenge Grants

Research grant

Spring 2025

Open

CCS Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research

Prize

2024 

Summer 2025

Closed

CCS Breakthrough Team Grants Team grant TBD
Closed CCS Health Equity Research Grants Research grant Spring 2026
Closed Disruptive Innovation Grants Research grant 2024 N/A
Closed CCS Data Transformation Grants Research grant

2022 

TBD
Open Workplace Cancer Research Grants Research grant Open - next competition TBD
Closed Accelerator Grants Research grant 2022 Spring 2025
Closed Atlantic Cancer Research Grants Research grant 2021 N/A
Closed Cancer Survivorship Team Grants Team grant 2021 TBD
*Note that specific competition timelines, guidelines and requirements are subject to change  

Our funding programs

Status 

Program name

Type

Previous competition announcements

Previous competition results

Next competition*

Open CCS/UHN Research Grants on Neurofibromatosis and Cancer Research grant 2025   Open - next competition N/A
Closed

Research Training Awards - PhD, PDF

Trainee stipend + Training budget

Fall/Winter 2025

Open Research Training Awards - Masters Trainee stipend + Training budget 2024 2024 Open - next competition fall 2025
Coming soon

CCS Emerging Scholar Research Grants

Research grant

2023

Spring 2025

Closed

CCS Challenge Grants

Research grant

2023

Spring 2025

Closed

CCS Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research

Prize

All previous results

Summer 2025

Closed

CCS Breakthrough Team Grants Team grant 2023 TBD
Closed CCS Health Equity Research Grants Research grant 2024 Spring 2026
Closed Disruptive Innovation Grants Research grant 2025 2025
N/A
Closed CCS Data Transformation Grants Research grant

2022 

2024

2022 

TBD
Open Workplace Cancer Research Grants Research grant 2023 Open - next competition TBD
Closed Accelerator Grants Research grant 2022 2022
Spring 2025
Closed Atlantic Cancer Research Grants Research grant 2021 2021
N/A
Closed Cancer Survivorship Team Grants Team grant 2021 2021 TBD
*Note that specific competition timelines, guidelines and requirements are subject to change  

External partnered funding opportunities

For the first time, Cystic Fibrosis Canada has partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society and Diabetes Canada who are each providing funding for seed grants that will focus on CF and cancer risk and on CF-related diabetes respectively. This pooled funding reflects that as people live longer with CF due to life-changing treatments, they are at greater risk of these complications that have not been extensively studied in CF. Canadian researchers with an interest in cystic fibrosis (CF), including its connection to diabetes and cancer, can now apply for funding to be awarded starting in early 2025.

Applications are currently being accepted in five categories:
  • Basic science and clinical research grants yield incremental gains in knowledge and practice and can lead to breakthroughs in treatment and care.
  • Early career investigator awards and research fellowships invest in tomorrow’s research leaders by providing salary support to work under the supervision of an established research or start their own labs.
  • Seed grants balance higher-risk, more innovative work with lower budgets and shorter timeframes to bring fresh new ideas to the field.
  • All previous funding opportunities