Funding

Based on the generous support of the network's public, academic, and industry partners, CanVECTOR provides four main funding streams through annual competitions. 

Learn more about each of the funding streams.

Funding Competitions

1. Pilot Study Funding Opportunity

Purpose

The purpose of the Pilot Study Competition is to build research capacity related to VTE and to enable CanVECTOR scientists and research teams to collect pilot data that will inform the conduct of larger multicentre clinical trials and increase the ability to attract external peer-reviewed funding.

The Pilot Study competition is held annually in the fall and administered by the network's Clinical Trials & Shared Platforms.

Competitions

Status: We are currently accepting applications for the 2024 Pilot Study Funding Opportunity

Deadline: January 20, 2025.

 

 

2. Fellowship Awards

Purpose

CanVECTOR Fellowship Awards

The purpose of the CanVECTOR Research Training Awards: Fellowship Stream is to provide financial support for highly qualified, promising fellows to allow them to pursue research training in thromboembolism at a Canadian centre.  

The area of training must: 1) align with CanVECTOR priorities, 2) be research focused, and 3) be supervised by a CanVECTOR member

The Fellowship Awards competition is held annually in the fall and administrated by the network's Training, Mentoring, & Early Career Development Platform. 

Eligible candidates: MDs that aim to become clinician scientists or clinician investigators in venous thromboembolism (VTE). 

Thrombosis Canada Fellowship Award in partnership with CanVECTOR

The purpose of the Thrombosis Canada CanVECTOR Fellowship is to provide financial support for highly qualified, promising new clinician-investigators to allow them to pursue further training in thromboembolism at a Canadian center, focusing on knowledge translation and/or clinical outcomes research.

One award will be offered annually in the fall alongside the CanVECTOR Fellowship Competition. 

Eligible candidates:

  1. completed an MD degree (or equivalent) and has obtained a fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada (or equivalent from a foreign country) or from the Canadian College of Family Physicians; or
  2. completed a PharmD; or
  3. is a registered nurse (or equivalent from a foreign country); or
  4. completed a PhD (post-doc).

Competitions

Status: We are currently accepting applications for the 2024 Fellowship Awards Competition(s). 

Deadline: January 20, 2025.

3. Studentship Awards

Purpose

The purpose of the CanVECTOR Research Training Awards: Studentship Stream is to provide financial support for highly qualified, promising graduate students to allow them to pursue research training in thromboembolism at a Canadian centre.  

The area of training must:

  1. align with CanVECTOR priorities
  2. be research focused
  3. be supervised by a CanVECTOR member

The Studentship Awards competition is held annually in the spring and administrated by the network's Translational / Basic Science Platform.

Eligible candidates: trainees enrolled in an MSc or PhD program who are interested in conducting basic science or translational VTE-focused research.

Competitions

Status: Not currently accepting Applications. Stay tuned for the next competition in Spring 2025.

4. Research Start-up Awards

Purpose

Research start-up funding is intended to provide operating funds to support individual trainees’ research activities. These funds are intended to help trainees to achieve their research objectives. To this end, the funds may be used for start-up operating funds for a research project or preliminary/pilot work to strengthen their research, including services, materials, or supplies.

Competitions

Status: We are currently accepting applications for the 2024 Research Start-up Awards Competition. 

Deadline: January 20, 2025.