Grant Opportunities
JDRF provides funding and support for the best and brightest minds in T1D research in Canada. Since our inception over 50 years ago, we have been part of almost major breakthrough in type 1 diabetes research, and we’re always looking for the next big discovery that will transform the lives of people with T1D.
If you are a researcher interested in changing the lives of millions of people with T1D, we encourage you to apply for funding and become part of our team.
Take a deeper dive on our research strategy.
*check back often for new funding opportunities.
Open Funding Calls
Program Launch: January 10th, 2024
Application Deadline: May 1st, 2024
Anticipated Notice of Decision: October 31st, 2024
Funding Start Date: November 1st, 2024
Application Deadline: November 30th, 2023 (midnight PT)
Notice of Decision: Spring 2024
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2024
JDRF International funding opportunities are open to Canadian researchers through multiple mechanisms, including Strategic Research Agreements, Innovative Grants, training grants for postdoctoral fellows and early career researchers, and Industry Discovery & Development Partnerships.
For additional information on JDRF Canada research, please contact JDRF Canada’s research team.
Funding opportunity launch: October 23, 2023
Application deadline: February 27, 2024, 17:00 ET
Notice of decision: May 2024
Funding start date: Aug 1, 2024 (October 15, 2024 latest)
Past Funding Calls
Launch: January 2024
Webinar Date: February 2024
Application Deadline: May 2024
Funding Start Date: November 2024
Funding opportunity launch: November 22, 2022
Letter of Intent application deadline: March 24, 2023
Stage 2 application deadline: June 9, 2023
Notice of decision: anticipated August/September 2023
Funding start date: Fall 2023
Program Launch: November 9th, 2022
Registration: February 15th, 2023
Application Deadline: March 14th, 2023
Notice of Decision: June 30th, 2023
Application Deadline: May 3, 2023
Notice of Decision: September 2023
Funding Start Date: July 1, 2023
Registration: September 4th 2022
Application Deadline: September 18th 2022
Notice of Decision: November 2022
Program Launch: June 3, 2022
Application deadline: November 1, 2022
Notice of Decision: March 2023
Program Launch: May 25, 2022
Registration: July 21, 2022
Application Deadline: August 23, 2022
Notice of Decision: January 2023
Program Launch: May 31, 2023
Registration: August 11th, 2023 (5pm ET)
Application Deadline: September 11th, 2023 (5pm ET)
Notice of Decision: October 31, 2023
Earliest Anticipated Start Date: November 15, 2023
Funding opportunity launch: November 1, 2022
Application deadline: February 28, 2023, 17:00 ET
Notice of decision: May 1, 2023
Funding start date: Aug 1, 2023 (October 15, 2023 latest)
Partnerships
Our research partnerships enable collaboration to achieve shared goals, increase our collective impact, and accelerate our global research strategy. We partner with government agencies, academic institutions, research networks, other non-profit organizations, and industry. Our flexible approach allows us to engage in small to large scale research partnerships through a variety of funding models and mechanisms.
Ongoing and past partnerships:
If you’re interested in exploring research partnership opportunities with JDRF Canada, please reach out to us at research@jdrf.ca.