Health Research Training Awards

CIHR's Health Research Training Award Programs cover the route from undergraduate study through postdoctoral transition and early-career independence. The portfolio was restructured in 2024-26, with Vanier CGS and Banting discontinued and replaced by harmonized Tri-Agency awards. Active awards in the record include CGRS-M, CGRS-D, CPRA, USRA, CRTAS-RTS, the HSI Fellowship, and the REDI Early Career Transition Award. Most of the core awards are administered jointly with NSERC and SSHRC, and some applications route through NSERC's portal even for CIHR-eligible candidates. The current CIHR-specific streams include the Strategic Master's Award, the HSI Program, and REDI, while the USRA stream is presently limited to Black student researchers. Because each award has its own opportunity page, stipends, quotas, and timing are set per call rather than by a single standing schedule. This portfolio is meant for individual trainees, not institutions or research teams. The best fit is a student, postdoc, clinician-scientist, or early-career researcher with a clear stage in the training pipeline and a host institution ready to sponsor the application. Applicants win here by matching the right stream to the right career stage and by showing that the proposed training or transition plan fits CIHR's health research priorities.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.