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) 2023March 28, 2023
NEW: Diabetes Team of the Year Award 2022*October 18, 2022
Drucker Family Innovation Fund Grants 2023/2024*September 20, 2022
NEW: Innovative Diabetes Quality Improvement Grants 2023/2024January 25, 2023
Novo Nordisk-BBDC New Investigator Award 2023-2025*October 25, 2022
Novo Nordisk-BBDC Pilot and Feasibility Grants 2023/2024*November 29, 2022

 

Funding Programs for Trainees

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

Funding ProgramApplication Deadline
Annual Trainee Awards 2022/2023January 17, 2023
Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program 2023January 19, 2023

Graduate Studentships 2023/2024:

April 4, 2023

Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023/2024:

  • 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 28, 2023
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 grad.bme@utoronto.ca.
See the BME website for deadline date.
Trainee Travel Awards (Virtual & In-Person) 2022/2023 (Period 1)
Trainee Travel Awards (Virtual & In-Person) 2022/2023 (Period 2)
Period 1: October 4, 2022
Period 2:  April 18, 2023