Funding Opportunities

Who May Apply

Funding Programs for Faculty and/or Diabetes Health Care Professionals: One must be a registered member of the BBDC to apply for funding except for programs indicated by an asterisk (*).

Funding Programs for Trainees (fellows, graduate, undergraduate, medical students): The trainee’s supervisor must be a registered member of the BBDC to apply for funding.

Specific eligibility requirements are outlined for each program. Those who are new to the field of diabetes research, education, or care and are not members of the BBDC can request free membership prior to submitting an application. For more information about BBDC membership and eligibility, please view the Membership section of this website.

 

Funding Programs for Faculty and/or Diabetes Health Professionals

Funding ProgramApplication Deadline
Archie Sopman Diabetes Research and Education Awards (UHN) 2024March 26, 2024
Diabetes Team of the Year Award 2023*October 18, 2023
Drucker Family Innovation Fund Grants 2024/2025*September 19, 2023
Innovative Diabetes Quality Improvement Grants 2024/2025January 24, 2024
Novo Nordisk-BBDC New Investigator Award 2024-2026*October 24, 2023
Novo Nordisk-BBDC Pilot and Feasibility Grants 2024/2025* and
Sonia M. Yung Pilot and Feasibility Grant 2024/2025*
November 28, 2023

 

Funding Programs for Trainees

(Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellows, Graduate Students, Undergraduate and Medical Students)

Funding ProgramApplication Deadline
Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program 2024January 16, 2024

Graduate Studentships 2024/2025:

April 2, 2024
Patricia L. Brubaker Trainee Awards 2023/2024January 9, 2024

Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024/2025:

  • BBDC Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • BBDC Fellowship in Diabetes Care (Funded by Eli Lilly)
  • D.H. Gales Family Charitable Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • Novo Nordisk-BBDC Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Sellers Postdoctoral Fellowship
February 27, 2024
Sally & Paul Wang Graduate Scholarship in Biomedical Engineering
This award is administered by the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, U of T.
For information see the BME website or contact the BME graduate administrator at [email protected].
See the BME website for deadline date.
Trainee Travel Awards (Virtual & In-Person) 2023/2024 (Period 1)
Trainee Travel Awards (Virtual & In-Person) 2022/2023 (Period 2)
Period 1: October 3, 2023
Period 2:  April 18, 2023