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 Program	Application Deadline
Archie Sopman Diabetes Research and Education Awards (UHN) 2019	March 26, 2019
BBDC/HSRLCE Pilot and Feasibility Grant in Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research 2018	May 31, 2018
Diabetes Educator of the Year Award 2019	August 20, 2019
Pilot And Feasibility Grants 2019/2020*	November 13, 2018
Sun Life Financial New Investigator Award for Diabetes Research 2020-2022 and  Reuben & Helene Dennis Scholar in Diabetes Research 2020-2022	October 22, 2019

 

Funding Programs for Trainees

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

Funding Program	Application Deadline
Annual Trainee Awards 2018/2019	January 15, 2019
BBDC-Joslin-UCPH Abstract Competition	July 9, 2019
Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program 2019	January 17, 2019
Graduate Studentships 2019/2020: BBDC-Novo Nordisk Studentships BBDC-University Health Network Graduate Awards Tamarack Graduate Award in Diabetes Research Yow Kam-Yuen Graduate Scholarship in Diabetes Research	April 2, 2019
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2019/2020: BBDC Postdoctoral Fellowships BBDC Fellowship in Diabetes Care (Funded by Eli Lilly & Boehringer Ingelheim) Heffel Postdoctoral Fellowship Sellers Postdoctoral Fellowship	February 26, 2019
Sally & Paul Wang Graduate Scholarship in Biomedical Engineering This award is administered by the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, U of T. For information contact IBBME graduate programs administrator at (416) 978-4841 or grad.ibbme@utoronto.ca	Check the IBBME website for deadline date.
Trainee Travel Awards 2019/2020 and Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation Travel Awards 2019/ 2020	Period 1: October 1, 2019 Period 2: April 21, 2020