Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
The 2023 competition has an overall funding envelope of $2,000,000 to support up to 20 grants of $100,000 over two years.
Overview
The purpose of the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program is to accelerate novel and transformative research that will fundamentally change our understanding of nervous system function and dysfunction and their impact on health. The ultimate goal is to reduce the social and economic burden of neurological and mental illnesses through prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment.
Eligibility Criteria
• This competition is open to early–career researchers within five years of starting their first independent
research position by the deadline to submit Full Applications. Leaves of absence (e.g. maternity and
parental leave, sick leave, etc.) will not be included in calculating the five–year window. Investigators
must be conducting research at a Canadian institution for the entire duration of the award, and
academic appointments must have started by the deadline for Full Application submission.
• Researchers must be considered an independent researcher at their institution. Such an individual
normally holds the rank of assistant or associate professor; can initiate and direct their own
independent lines of research as principal investigator; has full responsibility for running their
laboratories; has full control of their research funds; and is permitted to supervise trainees (if
applicable, as per their institution’s policy). Postdoctoral fellows or adjunct faculty are not eligible to
apply.
• Applicants must be able to devote a minimum of 50% of their time to research activities.
• Research applications may be related but cannot be identical to any other currently funded projects.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to notify Brain Canada immediately should substantial overlap
arise from new funding awards during the application and review process of this competition.
• Applicants must submit a Letter of Intent in order to be eligible to submit a Full Application.
• Applicants who have received or are currently holding an Azrieli Foundation Early Career Capacity
Building Grant or a Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Grant are not eligible for this funding.
• Applicants must initiate the project in August 2022, when funding will start.
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) | March 13, 2024 |
| Letter of Intent | November 29, 2023 at 5 p.m. ET |
| Submission to Sponsor | March 20, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET |
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