FOR RESEARCHERS
Funding opportunities
Our funding programs
Open competitions
* Note that specific competition timelines, guidelines and requirements are subject to change
| Deadline | Program | Type | Previous competitions | Previous results | Documents |
| June 30, 2026, 5:00 pm EST | Research Training Awards - Masters 2026 | Trainee stipend + Training budget | 2026 2025 2024 | 2025 2024 2023 | Application guide Rating scales |
Below are programs that are funded by the Canadian Cancer Society through partnerships:
| Deadline | Program | Type | Funding organization(s) | Competition announcement | Competition results |
| June 18, 2026, 5:00 pm EST | Biology to Prevention Award | Research grant | Cancer Research UK | 2025 | TBD |
*Only applicants with an eligible abstract registration will be invited to submit a full application
| Deadline | Program | Type | Previous competitions | Previous results | Documents |
| August 12, 2026, 5:00 pm EST | Research Training Awards - PhD | Trainee stipend + Training budget | 2026 2024 2023 | 2024 2023 | Application guide Rating scales |
| August 12, 2026, 5:00 pm EST | Research Training Awards - Postdoctoral | Trainee stipend + Training budget | 2026 2024 2023 | 2024 2023 | Application guide Rating scales |
Below are programs that are funded by the Canadian Cancer Society through partnerships:
| Deadline | Program | Type | Funding organization(s) | Competition announcement | Competition results |
| September 16, 2026, 11:59 pm EST | Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials Program | Research grant | Cancer Research Society | 2026 | December 2026 |
| Program |
Type |
Previous competitions |
Previous results |
Next competition |
| Breakthrough Team Grants | Team grant | TBD | ||
| Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research | Award | All previous competition announcements | All previous results | TBD |
| Health Equity Research Grants | Research grant | 2024 | TBD | |
| Disruptive Innovation Grants | Research grant | 2025 | 2025 |
TBD |
| Data Transformation Grants | Research grant | 2024 | 2026-2027 | |
| Workplace Cancer Research Grants | Research grant | TBD | ||
| Accelerator Grants | Research grant | 2022 | 2022 |
TBD |
|
Research grant |
2026 2023 2021 |
2023 | TBD | |
|
Research grant |
2026 2023 2021 |
2023 | TBD | |
| Major Program: Canadian Cancer Trials Group - Renewal Process | Research grant renewal process | - | - | TBD |
Below are programs that are funded by the Canadian Cancer Society through partnerships:
| Program |
Type |
Funding organization(s) |
Competition announcement |
Competition results |
| Team Grants: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention |
Team grant | CIHR | 2025 | 2026 |
| Biology to Prevention Award | Research grant | Cancer Research UK | 2025 | Summer 2026 (previous cycle) |
All previous funding opportunities
2024
Awards For ExcellenceData Transformation Grants
Disruptive Innovation Grants
Health Equity Research Grants
Research Training Awards
Workplace Cancer Research Grants
2023
Awards For ExcellenceChallenge Grants
Emerging Scholar Research Grants
Research Training Awards
2022
Accelerator GrantsAwards For Excellence
Breakthrough Team Grants
Data Transformation Grants
Health Equity Research Grants
Travel Awards
2021
Atlantic Cancer Research GrantsAwards for Excellence
CCS/CIHR Action Grants
Challenge Grants
2020
CCS/CIHR/BC Spark GrantsEmerging Scholar Award
Innovation Grants
Uterine Cancer Research Grants
2019
Cannabis Research Team GrantsCCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants
Quality of Life Research Grants
2018
Chordoma Research GrantsImpact Grants
Innovation to Impact Grants
Knowledge to Action Grants
Stand Up to Cancer