Grants and Funding Opportunities

To find University of Toronto grants, external grants and funding opportunities, visit the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's What's New in Research Funding and Funding Opportunities pages.

Faculty Development Funds and Grants

NAME OF AWARD ELIGIBILITY DEADLINE AMOUNT

Faculty Development (FD) Fund

Faculty appointed to the DFCM, U of T.

April 30 and October 30

Support will be considered for: Publication of scholarly papers (mini-sabbaticals); Travel (and related expenses) to conferences to present scholarly work.

Faculty Development (FD) Educational Initiative Grant

Faculty appointed to the DFCM, U of T.

April 30 and October 30

Four awards annually of $2,500 to support the creation of new educational programs.

Graduate Studies and Continuing Education

NAME OF AWARD ELIGIBILITY

Waddington Fellowship

Family physicians or primary care clinicians licensed and practicing in Ontario who are registered in a graduate program at the University of Toronto for the year the award is granted

Mary Elizabeth McGanity Parkin Graduate Fellowship in Community Health

Students registered in the MPH (FCM), MScCH (FCM) or MScCH (HPTE) fields on the basis of financial need and academic merit

Lifebeat ’96 Graduate Studentship Award in Women's Health

Students registered in the MPH (FCM), MScCH (FCM) or MScCH (HPTE) fields on the basis of financial need and academic merit

Wilfred H. McKinnon Palmer Academic Award

Students registered in the MPH (FCM), MScCH (FCM) or MScCH (HPTE) fields on the basis of academic excellence

Other UofT Awards and External Funding Opportunities

NAME OF AWARD ELIGIBILITY

Janus Continuing Professional Development Grants

CFPC members in good standing who are family physicians in active practice

University of Toronto Tuition Waiver Benefit

Full-time or full-time equivalent clinical faculty pursuing a qualifying program at the University of Toronto

School of Graduate Studies Scholarships and Awards

Varies

Dalla Lana Student Awards and Funding Opportunities

Varies

FOM Education Development Fund (internal)

NAME OF FUND ELIGIBILITY DEADLINE AMOUNT

FOM Education Development Fund (internal) -
matching funds (3 proposals accepted by DFCM)

 

Mid-November

EDF grants require matched funding (up to $10,000 from the
EDF matched by the DFCM) and proposals that would require
this match to come from the Department must be supported
by the Department Chair.

Education Scholarship

NAME OF FUND ELIGIBILITY DEADLINE AMOUNT

Art of the Possible

The primary applicant must

  • hold a primary faculty appointment with the DFCM as a full-time clinical or part-time clinical member of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Members of any academic rank (lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor or full professor) are eligible to apply. Adjunct Clinical Faculty members can act as a collaborator on a grant held by a full-time or part-time faculty member.

  • be a faculty member engaged in the educational activities (such as education scholarship or the development and delivery of our educational programs) in/of the DFCM

  • agree to take responsibility for the overall project design, development, budgetary oversight and completion

Faculty members may apply as an individual or as part of a team.

End of April

12 grants of $5,000 annually