CIHR Early Career Researchers in Human Development, Child and Youth Health

The goal of this funding opportunity is to build research capacity, generate new knowledge, and support knowledge mobilization in human development, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career researchers.

Objectives

• Support early career researchers in initiating and conducting independent research in human development, child and youth health with the goal of building research capacity in this important health research area.
• Generate new knowledge that will contribute to improving human development, child and youth health outcomes, promote health equity, and increase our understanding of the challenges, needs and current gaps in this research area.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange and translation between early career researchers and other stakeholders in human development, child and youth health.

Eligibility

Please see full eligibility criteria in the full funding opportunity on ResearchNet. To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be an independent researcher appointed at an eligible institution;
• Must be holding an independent research appointment as an Early Career Researcher, as per CIHR definition; and
• Have at least 50% protected time for research.

Research areas

In addition to supporting projects relevant to human development, child and youth health in IHDCYH's mandate area, separate funding pools will support the following priority areas:

• Indigenous Human Development, Child and Youth Health: This funding pool will support distinctions-based research that focuses on human development, child and youth health in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and/or communities.
• Human Development, Child and Youth Health for Equity-Deserving Groups: This funding pool will support research that focuses on human development, child and youth health in equity-deserving groups. Equity-deserving groups include, but are not limited to, women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority/racialized groups and members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

Funds available

The total amount available from CIHR for the 2025 funding opportunity is $1.5M, enough to fund up to 10 grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate.

The maximum amount per grant from CIHR is $50,000 per year for up to 3 years for a total of $150,000.

• Of this $1,500,000:
  • $1,200,000 is available to fund eight (8) applications relevant to the overall purpose of the funding opportunity.
  • $150,000 is available to fund one (1) applications relevant to the Indigenous Human Development, Child and Youth Health pool.
  • $150,000 is available to fund one (1) applications relevant to the Human Development, Child and Youth Health for Equity-Deserving Groups pool.

Important dates

These timelines are estimates and subject to change.

Date modified:

2025-05-14