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Team Grant (collaborative RFA calls)

Team Grant — Collaborative (Seed)

Funds team-based health grants tackling national and international priorities to strengthen real-world implementation.

CIHR Team Grants fund collaborative research projects requiring multi-principal-investigator teams working on strategic, often time-sensitive priority topics. They represent a distinct program family from the open Project Grant competition and from topic-specific Operating Grants, requiring teams of multiple PIs rather than solo investigator applications. CIHR distributes approximately CAD $1 bill

Avian influenza, rare disease research, school food and health, ultra-processed foods, NCD multi-sectors (GACD), healthy youth, ERDERA (rare disease, EU partnership).

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Multiple per year
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.

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Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca