CIHR announces upcoming COVID-19 research funding opportunities


Funding Opportunity 1: COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

This funding opportunity was created to advance knowledge and strategies on how to increase vaccine confidence in populations experiencing conditions of marginalization, Indigenous Peoples and/or populations who have historically been under-vaccinated, including how to address structural, contextual, intersectional and historical barriers to vaccination.

Expected key dates

  • Launch of funding opportunity: week of May 31, 2021
  • Application deadline: week of August 9, 2021
  • Anticipated notice of decision: week of October 25, 2021
  • Funding start date: October 1, 2021

Funding Opportunity 2: Understanding and mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, youth and families in Canada

This funding opportunity was created to improve our understanding of, response to, and recovery from the co-occurring stressful and traumatic events that stem from the current COVID-19 pandemic, and/or restricted conditions associated with public health measures in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with respect to children, youth and families in Canada.

Expected key dates

  • Launch of funding opportunity: week of June 7, 2021
  • Application deadline: week of July 26, 2021
  • Anticipated notice of decision: week of October 11, 2021
  • Funding start date: October 1, 2021