Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Registration) | June 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: Up to CAD $300,000 annually for five years ($1.5 million per grant); $10.5 million total
Summary: Supports youth-led or youth-engaged research addressing Canada's Youth Policy priorities to improve youth health and well-being.
Key Information: Teams require three distinct principal leaders: an independent researcher, a knowledge user, and a youth with relevant lived experience.
Description
CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health leads this opportunity with partner institutes and Breakthrough T1D Canada. Part of the Healthy Youth Initiative, it supports interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral research that generates evidence, informs policy and practice, and builds capacity for youth-led or youth-engaged research in Canada.
Projects must address at least two priorities of Canada's Youth Policy: Leadership and Impact; Health and Wellness; Innovation, Skills and Learning; Employment; Truth and Reconciliation; and Environment and Climate Action. Proposals must also align with IHDCYH's Empowered Youth Area of Focus. The program emphasizes meaningful youth involvement throughout research, equitable and inclusive methods, Indigenous rights, and sustained knowledge mobilization. It sets no fixed youth age range: applicants must justify their population and its relevance to youth in Canada.
