Breast Cancer Canada, in partnership with AstraZeneca Canada, is offering two matched research awards for Canadian-led projects addressing gaps in survivorship care following primary treatment for early- or advanced-stage breast cancer. The program supports innovative surveillance diagnostics, therapeutic interventions, and care-delivery models that improve transitions between community and specialty services.
Eligibility Criteria:
- The principal investigator must hold an academic position at a Canadian university, hospital, or healthcare centre.
- The project and associated data discovery must be conducted and maintained in Canada.
- The project must be led by a clinician or translational researcher.
- The research team must include at least one clinical expert in breast cancer and one breast cancer patient advocate or local breast cancer advocacy group.
- Therapeutic intervention and resource-model applications must have a clinician-scientist lead.
- Diagnostic applications must be co-led by a translational research scientist and a clinician scientist.
- Proposals should include a planned clinical outcomes analysis, a three-year impact plan, a budget, and the use of AI technologies where applicable.
Funding Details:
- Two research grants of CAD 100,000 each are available.
- An initial payment of CAD 50,000 will be issued on December 31, 2026.
- The remaining CAD 50,000 will be issued on June 30, 2027, following submission and Breast Cancer Canada’s approval of a brief project progress report.
- Institutional or university overhead costs are not permitted.
Deadline:
- Letter of Intent deadline: July 31, 2026.
- Notice of invitation for eligible applicants: August 5, 2026.
- Invited full proposal deadline: September 11, 2026.
- Notice of decision: October 14, 2026.
Further Information:
- Submit the application and Letter of Intent by email to research@breastcancerprogress.ca.
- Visit the official Breast Cancer Canada grant page for the complete guidelines and application materials.
- Download the official 2026 application package.