Western Research

Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
https://braincanada.ca/funding-opportunities/
Sponsor/Award: BRAIN CANADA - RISING STAR TRAINEE AWARDS - 2025 COMPETITION

Grant Amount: VARIES PER AWARD TYPE
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jun 19, 2025
Sponsor's: Jun 26, 2025

Subject Areas:
Description:

The Brain Canada Rising Stars Trainee Awards aim to recognize the excellent research being conducted at Canadian institutions by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and medical residents in all fields spanning neuroscience research. With the goal of helping trainees launch their academic careers and pursue their professional goals, the Rising Stars Trainee Awards aim to broaden the funding opportunities available to trainees.

Please review the sponsor's guidelines closely.

Application Details: Applications are to be submitted through Brain Canada?s electronic grant management system, SmartSimple (https://braincanada.smartsimple.ca/s_Login.jsp), by 17:00 ET on June 26, 2025. Applicants will be required to create a SmartSimple account, if they do not already have one, and the 2025 Rising Stars Trainee Awards application form(s) can be accessed through the ?Funding Programs? section on their account?s homepage

NOTE: All research-related grant applications, letters of intent, contracts and agreements requiring an institutional or organizational signature must submit related documents to the Office of Research Services for review and approval. Requests for institutional signature should be received a minimum of five to ten business days before the posted Sponsor deadline. Please see Western Research's website regarding the institutional signatory process for more details. Specific opportunities may have their own timelines and requirements for submissions. A ROLA Proposal submitted by the PI and bearing department and faculty approvals is required.
Western Contacts: Latinovich,Cessandra
Hancock,Jennifer Anne
Mora Stock,Cindy
Patel,Pinal
Raymond,Sandrena
McCandless,Kate Elizabeth

Sponsor Contacts:

2155 Guy Street
Suite 900
Montreal, Quebec, Canada