The following funding institutions provide financial support for work in tobacco control. For detailed descriptions of programs, eligibility criteria, funding and application deadlines please follow the links to the individual funding institutions.

Canada

Government Funding Agencies

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's major federal funding agency for health research. CIHR funds a variety of personnel awards including graduate training awards. Research grants to individual investigators and research teams are also funded.

CIHR Strategic Training Program in Public Health Policy: This training program provides a platform for acquiring knowledge, skills and experience related to public health policy, assisting trainees to develop an ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in other disciplines and professions. Stipends are available at the Masters, Doctoral, and Post-Doctoral level.

CIHR Training Grant in Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention: A Pan-Canadian Program (PICDP): The PICDP training program is designed to build population intervention research by providing supplemental training to graduate and post-graduate trainees from a variety of disciplines. The program includes competitive annual salary stipends, a foundational course, monthly web-conferencing, an annual meeting and apprenticeship opportunities.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) provides research and infrastructure grants, partnership opportunities and personnel awards, including graduate training awards, related to engineering and the natural sciences.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is Canada's federal funding agency for research and training in the social sciences and humanities. SSHRC distributes funds through institutional and research grant programs as well as training awards and the Canada Research Chairs program.

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation supports applied health systems research through research grants and a capacity development program that includes training and personnel awards.

Canadian Lung Association funds research and training through its medical and allied health societies, the Canadian Thoracic Society, the Canadian Nurses Respiratory Society and the Physiotherapy Cardio-Respiratory Society. Most provincial Lung Associations also support research programs at the provincial level.

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSF) supports research in heart disease and stroke by providing research grants and personnel awards including training awards. Provincial Heart and Stroke Foundations support research operating costs through grants-in-aid.

The Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI) ) funds the most promising cancer research, through its peer review process, as well as offering programs that help train, develop and support the next generation of cancer researchers.

Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) offers awards for research in tobacco control to students enrolled at universities in Ontario.

Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research - Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC), provides training opportunities in interdisciplinary primary health care research.

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research funds basic, patient and health research carried out by investigators and researchers-in-training in Alberta. Investigators must have an appointment or full time position at an institution within Alberta.

Donner Canadian Foundation funds charitable organizations and researchers who work for charitable organizations in areas such as public policy research, international affairs, delivery of social services, and medical research.

Hospital for Sick Children Foundation provides funding through scholarships, fellowships and research projects in specific areas of childhood health.

Ontario Mental Health Foundation provides personnel awards, training awards and research funding for projects related to mental health.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) support health research through personnel and training awards.  Research grants include project grants, support for meetings and conferences, and clinical trials planning grants.

National Science Foundation (NSF) funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering through grants, cooperative agreements, training awards, and educational activities.  The Foundation also supports cooperative research between universities and industry, and US participation in international scientific and engineering efforts.

American Legacy Foundation provides grants in two major categories: national calls for proposals and small innovative grants. Periodically, the foundation may also issue grants for research demonstration projects. The foundation conducts awards competitions for the best use of tobacco industry documents.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supports research (excluding biomedical research) aimed at improving the health and health care of Americans through both solicited and unsolicited grants programs in the US and its territories.

Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC) provides training awards and research grants in the area of social sciences and humanities.

Thrasher Research Fund provides grants for pediatric medical research. Concept papers for research grants are accepted on a rolling basis. The Fund also supports new investigator awards.

Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) supports California-based research that focuses on the prevention, causes, and treatment of tobacco-related disease and the reduction of the human and economic costs of tobacco use. TRDRP also funds personnel and training awards.

Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) at Roswell Park Cancer Institute supports a career development program for investigators at institutions associated with the Roswell Park TTURC and a development research program in specified topic areas.

William T. Grant Foundation funds research that focuses on young people aged 8-25, including their development, the systems that affect them, and the public's view of them. The Foundation funds research and personnel awards including a distinguished fellows program for mid-career researchers, policy makers, and practitioners.

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