The Canadian Cancer Society Workplace Cancer Research Grants 2027 support research to prevent occupational cancers in Canada. Awards provide up to CAD $300,000 over three years for projects that turn knowledge about workplace cancer risks into practical prevention approaches.
Research may address exposures such as asbestos, diesel exhaust, silica, radon, solar ultraviolet radiation and hazardous chemicals, alongside risks associated with shift work. The competition welcomes both biomedical studies and research informing workplace policies, practices and interventions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Principal investigators must hold an academic appointment permitting independent research throughout the project.
- Principal investigators must be based at, or formally affiliated with, an eligible Canadian university, research institute or healthcare agency.
- Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and investigators based outside Canada cannot apply as principal investigators.
- Projects must demonstrate a clear potential to reduce workplace cancer risks.
- Teams must meaningfully involve people affected by, or at risk of, workplace-related cancer.
- Relevant knowledge users, such as employers, policymakers or union representatives, must participate.
- Each principal investigator may submit one application, while serving as co-principal investigator on others.
- Early-career researchers and trainees are encouraged to join research teams.
Funding Details
- Maximum award: CAD $300,000.
- Duration: Up to three years.
- Annual maximum: CAD $150,000.
- Expected awards: At least four.
- Equipment limit: 15% of the requested budget.
Deadline
- Mandatory abstract registration: January 13, 2027, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
- Full application: April 7, 2027, at 5:00 p.m. ET, following an eligible abstract registration.
- Results: August 2027.
- Anticipated funding start: September 1, 2027.