Western Research

Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
https://westonfoundation.ca/grant_call/pop25
Sponsor/Award: WESTON FAMILY FOUNDATION - PROOF OF PRINPICLE - 2025 COMPETITION | MICROBIOME-BASED INTERVENTIONS? | FULL

Grant Amount: $300K OVER 30 MONTHS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Aug 08, 2025
Sponsor's: Aug 15, 2025

Subject Areas:
Description:

The Weston Family Foundation, through its Proof-of-Principle program, funds Canadian scientists performing high-risk, high-reward translational research that leverages the microbiome towards improving human health.

This funding opportunity supports high-impact, scalable projects that utilize microbiome-based interventions to modulate the microbiome, enhance therapeutic responses, or improve health outcomes

Application Details: Proposals must be submitted using the Foundation's online grants management system, available at westonfdn.smartsimple.ca

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED

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:

22 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 2001
Toronto, Ontario, Canada