Knowledge - Growth – Innovation

OUR VISION

A healthy and prosperous New Brunswick through excellence in health research and innovation.

OUR MISSION

To provide leadership and support to build health research capacity, improve the health of New Brunswickers and advance the knowledge economy.

What’s New     

Funding Opportunities 

NBHRF is pleased to announce a new partnership with The Terry Fox Research Institute of Canada with Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Award offerings for the February competitions.  

NBHRF Establishment Grants

Application form and requirements

The NBHRF Establishment Grant program has been created to attract outstanding health researchers to the province of New Brunswick by providing funding to their initiating organization to help establish independent health research programs in the province.   Grants are up to $60,000 per year for up to 2 years, 50% of which may be used as a teaching release.   To be eligible to apply, investigators must submit a copy of their applicable CIHR application together with CIHR notification and comments.   A one page plain language summary, a one page explanation of the relevance of the project/program to health related research in New Brunswick, information on other sources of funding, a Canadian Common CV and letters of sponsorship from the initiating organization must also be submitted.   There is no application deadline for this program; decisions are normally made within six weeks of submission of request. 

NBHRF New Investigator Grants

Application form and requirements

The New Investigator Grant program is intended to support researchers who are new to the health discipline in New Brunswick.  Grants are up to $60,000 per year for up to 2 years, 50% of which may be used as a teaching release.  To be eligible to apply, the investigator must submit a copy of their CIHR New Investigator Award and Operating Grant application together with CIHR notification and comments.   A one page plain language summary, a one page explanation of the relevance of the project/program to health related research in New Brunswick, information on other sources of funding, a Canadian Common CV and letters of sponsorship from the appropriate academic institution must also be submitted.  There is no application deadline for this program; decisions are normally made within six weeks of submission of request.

Additional new funding opportunities from NBHRF will be launched in the spring.

NBHRF is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 RPP-CIHR (PPR-IRSC) award recipients.

Government of Canada and partners support research to improve health services in New Brunswick. read more

Maritime wide proposal-Strategies for patient oriented research (SPOR) read more....