Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
The Brain Canada & Weizmann Institute of Science Team Grants program has an overall funding envelope
of $1,500,000 CAD to support up to three grants of $500,000 CAD each over two years.
Overview
The Brain Canada & Weizmann Institute of Science Team Grants program encourages innovative,
unorthodox, and exploratory research that may be in the early and conceptual stages of project
development but has potential for significant impact on our understanding of the brain. The research
topic will focus on hypothesis-driven inquiries on the brain and nervous system, and may span the range
of basic, translational, and clinical approaches, including:
• Basic research into fundamental properties and mechanisms, including functional studies based on
the use of “-omics” data.
• Projects related to disease or dysfunction of the nervous system leading to new insights into
fundamental biological mechanisms.
• Projects that experimentally test novel hypotheses addressing therapeutic or interventional
approaches for brain disorders.
• Projects aimed at developing novel methods, if these methods allow new neuroscience questions
to be answered.
• Projects, such as those using epidemiological, “-omics”, or other approaches, that will generate
large datasets, if hypotheses are clearly stated.
Eligibility Criteria
This funding opportunity is open to research teams of two or more members and must include a minimum
of two independent investigators. At least one independent investigator must be conducting research at,
and affiliated with, an eligible academic institution in Canada, and one at the Weizmann Institute of
Science, designated as co-Principal Investigators. Additional team members and collaborators may be
included, as needed, to ensure the required expertise is present to carry out the proposed research.
Researchers in Canada are encouraged to visit the Faculties and Departments page from the Weizmann
Institute of Science where they can consult the directory of faculty members from the departments of
brain sciences, molecular neuroscience, and more.
The co-Principal Investigators must be:
• Considered independent researchers at their respective institutions. Such an individual normally
holds the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor; can initiate and direct their own independent
lines of research as principal investigator; have full responsibility for running their laboratories;
have full control of their research funds; and are permitted to supervise trainees, if applicable, as
per their institution’s policy. Postdoctoral fellows, research associates, or adjunct faculty are not
eligible to apply.
• Conducting research at their respective institutions for the entire duration of the grant, and
academic appointments must have started by the deadline for Full Application submission.
• Able to initiate the project on September 1, 2024, when funding is expected to begin.
Only one application per research project can be submitted to this funding opportunity. Individuals can
be involved in more than one application; however, applications submitted must be distinct from one
another.
Please note that applications may be related but cannot be identical to any other funded projects. It is the
responsibility of the applicant to notify Brain Canada and Weizmann Institute immediately should overlap
arise from funding awarded during the application and review process of this funding opportunity.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | April 4, 2024 |
| Registration Deadine | February 8, 2024 by 5 pm EST |
| Full Application Deadline | April 11, 2024 by 5 pm EST |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE