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Our funding programs

Status 

Program name

Type

Previous Competitions

Next Competition*
Open CCS/UHN Research Grants on Neurofibromatosis and Cancer Research grant 2025 Open - next competition N/A
Closed

Research Training Awards - PhD, PDF

Trainee stipend + Training budget

Fall/Winter 2025
Open Research Training Awards - Masters Trainee stipend + Training budget 2024 Open - next competition fall 2025
Coming soon

CCS Emerging Scholar Research Grants

Research grant

Spring 2025
Closed

CCS Challenge Grants

Research grant

Spring 2025
Closed

CCS Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research

Prize
2024 

Summer 2025

Closed

 CCS Breakthrough Team Grants Team grant TBD
Closed CCS Health Equity Research Grants Research grant Spring 2026
Closed Disruptive Innovation Grants Research grant 2024 N/A
Closed CCS Data Transformation Grants Research grant

2022 

 TBD
Open Workplace Cancer Research Grants Research grant Open - next competition TBD
Closed Accelerator Grants Research grant 2022 Spring 2025
Closed Atlantic Cancer Research Grants Research grant 2021 N/A
Closed Cancer Survivorship Team Grants Team grant 2021 TBD
*Note that specific competition timelines, guidelines and requirements are subject to change  

All previous funding opportunities

2025

Research Training Awards - Masters Awards for Excellence Workplace Cancer Research Grants CCS/UHN Research Grants on Neurofibromatosis and Cancer: Probing the Links

2024

CCS Health Equity Research Grants Disruptive Innovation Grants CCS Data Transformation Grants CCS Research Training Awards CCS Workplace Cancer Research Grants Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research

2023

Research Training Awards Canadian Cancer Society Emerging Scholar Research Grants CCS Challenge Grants

2022

Data Transformation Grants Health Equity Research Grants Accelerator Grants CCS Breakthrough Team Grants

2021 and earlier

Atlantic Cancer Research Grants Cancer Survivorship Team Grants Cannabis Research in Priority Areas Teams Grants Career Development Awards in Prevention CCS/CIHR Action Grants CCS/CIHR Spark Grants CCS-Partner Prevention Research Grants Challenge Grants Chordoma Research Grants Emerging scholar award Innovation Grants Innovation to Impact Grants Impact Grants Junior Investigator Grant Panel Travel Award Knowledge to Action Grants Prevention Innovation Grants Prevention Research Grants Quality of Life Research Grants Research Grants for Uterine Carcinosarcoma and other Aggressive Uterine Cancers Stand Up to Cancer Canada Metastatic Breast Cancer Dream Team Travel Awards (Black in Cancer Conference)