The Project Grant : Fall 2026 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) seeks ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes.
The funding supports projects of research proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers in all areas of health in Canada. CIHR Research Priority Areas:
- Antimicrobial Resistance (Bridge Grant)
- CIHR Institute of Aging Prize: Yves Joanette Award of Excellence in Research in Aging
- Early Career Researcher Award in Cancer
- Gastroenterology, Liver Disease and Nutrition – Early Career Support
- Genetics: Research Priorities (Bridge Funding)
- Global Health Research
- Health and Official Languages in Minority Communities
- Health Services and Policy Research Rising Star Early Career Award
- HIV/AIDS and STBBI (Bridge Grant)
- Infection and Immunity (Bridge Grant)
- Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis: IMHA Mandate Areas
- Institute of Population and Public Health
- Interdisciplinary Translational Research in High‑Burden Neurological, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorders
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Transform Cancer Research
- Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes in Genetics
- Pandemics and Health Emergencies Research
- Reimagining acute care for sickle cell disease
- Robyn Tamblyn Mid-Career HSPR Innovator Award
- Sex and Gender in Health Research
- The Bhagirath Singh Early Career Award in Infection and Immunity
- Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Self-Management for Youth and Young Adults in Racialized, Low Socio-Economic Status, and Ethnocultural Communities
- Vascular complications of diabetes
The amount and duration of funding support are project-dependent.
Registration deadline is August 12, 2026. Full applications are due September 9, 2026.