Our Research Funding Opportunities


The Centre for Innovation has multiple competitive funding programs open to Canadian researchers interested in pursuing projects focused on Canadian Blood Services priorities.

The Centre for Innovation constantly seeks partners to leverage expertise and funding to deliver innovative funding programs addressing the needs of Canadian Blood Services. For example, currently, the Centre for Innovation is in a partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Circulatory Health and Respiratory Health, to fund operating grants and new investigator awards.

Find out how to acknowledge your Canadian Blood Services funding support here and how Canadian Blood Services can help you disseminate your research findings. 

Current Opportunities

 

Award Name
Award Type
Competition Status
Next Competition Deadline
James Kreppner Award Program Research grant Open

Letter of Intent: October 28, 2022 (Closed)

Application: January 20, 2023
Kenneth J. Fyke Award Program Research grant Open November 30, 2022
BloodTechNet Award Program Educational grant Open December 15, 2022
Intramural Research Grant Program Research grant Closed

Fall 2022
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program Research Grant Closed Summer 2023
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Fellowship Closed Summer 2023
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award Fellowship Closed Summer 2023
Graduate Fellowship Program Fellowship Closed Autumn 2023
Research 180 Video Competition Prize Closed TBD
Travel Bursary Program Travel Bursary Closed TBD
MSM Research Grant Program Research grant Closed TBD
Canadian Blood Services / CIHR New Investigator Salary Award Salary support Closed TBD
Canadian Blood Services / CIHR Operating Grants Operating grant Closed TBD
Transfusion Medicine Research Program Support Award Program support Closed TBD
Canadian Blood Services / CIHR Early Career Investigator Award in Transfusion Science Research grant Closed Archived
CIHR's Health System Impact Fellowship Program Fellowship Closed Archived
Summer Research Scholarship Program Studentship Closed Archived

For general enquiries about research at Canadian Blood Services, please contact us at:

Innovation and Portfolio Management
Canadian Blood Services
1800 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 4J5
centreforinnovation@blood.ca