As BC’s health research agency, we design our funding programs to attract, develop and retain BC’s health research talent and address BC health system priorities.
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Individual funding Team funding Partnered funding How to apply EDIOur funding programs
We offer a suite of targeted health research funding programs. Using our program learning and improvement cycle, we continue to grow and evolve our health funding programs to ensure they meet the needs of BC’s health research and life sciences community.
Individual funding programs
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Scholar Program
2023 competition is CLOSED
Supports early career health researchers, helping them form their own research teams, train the next generation of scientists and develop world-leading research programs. -
Research Trainee Program
2023 competition is CLOSED
Supports the best and brightest health researchers in training to enable career development and support world-class health research in BC. -
Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program
This program is paused for 2023
Supports health professionals (e.g. MD, RN, PT) to develop and advance research with the goal of bringing research evidence into practice within the health system. -
CIHR Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship
2023 competition is CLOSED
Through a partnership with CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, the HSI Fellowship provides doctoral and postdoctoral awardees with an experiential learning opportunity within health system organizations, where they can advance the organization’s impact goals and contribute to improved health system performance.
Team funding programs (KT-focused)
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Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program
2023 competition is CLOSED
Supports teams of health researchers and research users to co-develop research that can have direct impacts on people, including patients, health practitioners and policy makers. -
Reach Program
2023 competition is CLOSED
Supports teams of researchers and research users to disseminate research evidence with those who can directly benefit from it in order to impact health and care in BC.
Partnered funding
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CANTRAIN (Clinical Trials Training Programs)
2023 competition is OPEN
Through a partnership with CANTRAIN, awards at the masters, doctoral and postdoctoral levels are available to support applicants conducting research related to clinical trials.
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Match funding
ONGOING
We offer match funding to qualifying BC-based researchers and research teams applying to non-BC government-funded research competitions that require applicants to source match funding as a condition of the application.
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Partnered awards
ONGOING
We partner with organizations across BC to co-fund successful applications from Michael Smith Health Research BC competitions. Partners are listed in our funding application forms, where applicants can express interest in receiving a partnered Health Research BC award.
How to apply
Applications to our funding competitions are coordinated through Health Research BC ApplyNet, an online grants management system that allows users to manage their entire award lifecycle, from application submission to post-award monitoring. The application submission process typically involves both applicants and third parties (e.g. deans, department heads, supervisors, references, etc.).
Note: If you and/or any of your third parties (e.g. department head, dean, supervisors, referees, etc.) have ever applied for funding from Health Research BC and you do not know your login and/or password information, please contact our Help Desk at helpdesk@healthresearchbc.ca.
Log in to Health Research BC ApplyNet:
ApplynetHealth Research BC ApplyNet quick start guides
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Registration
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Drafting Your Full Application
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Resetting Your Password
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Third Party Forms
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Applicant Portal Homepage
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Host Institution Approval
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Completing the Eligibility Quiz
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Peer Review Stage 1: Conflicts and Preferences
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Drafting Your Letter of Intent
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Peer Review Stage 2: Pre-Meeting Scores and Comments
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
We have a strategic commitment to fostering a more equitable, diverse and inclusive health research system in BC.
Diversity in research is important to cultivating talent and promoting inclusive excellence, which in turn drives discovery and helps build a more equitable health research system.
We are taking a number of actions to advance EDI in our health research funding programs, policies, processes and strategic initiatives.
Questions?
Our Help Desk staff are standing by to answer your questions.
Help Desk hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST, Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).
helpdesk@healthresearchbc.ca | 604.714.6609 (toll-free: 1.866.673.4722)