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) 2022 | March 29, 2022 |
| 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 2022/2023 | February 3, 2022 |
| 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 Program | Application Deadline |
| Annual Trainee Awards 2021/2022 | January 18, 2022 |
| Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program 2022 | January 20, 2022 |
Graduate Studentships 2022/2023: | April 5, 2022 |
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022/2023:
| February 22, 2022 |
| 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 see the IBBME website or contact the IBBME graduate administrator at grad.bme@utoronto.ca. | Check the IBBME website for deadline date. |
| Trainee Travel Awards (Virtual & In-Person), and Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation Travel Awards 2022/2023 | Period 1: October 4, 2022 Period 2: April 18, 2023 |