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November 27, 2025  |  
  • Funding Opportunities
Here are the most recent rare diseases funding opportunities identified by RARE.Qc:

 

  • Canadian Hemophilia Society Dream of a Cure Research Program
    • Basic scientific research grants and studentships aimed at developing treatments for hemophilia A and B, von Willebrand disease, rare factor deficiencies, platelet function disorders
    • Amount : Individual grants valued at $75,000 per year and per project will be awarded to researchers for a maximum of $150,000 which can be expended over 2 or 3 years.
    • Next deadline : Application deadline: November 28, 2025

 

  • Ataxia Canada Research Grants
    •  Ataxia Canada funds relevant research where ataxia is the primary symptom and is genetic (recessive, dominant) and progressive in nature.
      This years, The Ataxia Canada Foundation invites researchers to submit research projects around the following themes: Adaptation, Rehabilitation Clinical research
    • Amount : One to two years and between 5 000 $ and 20 000 $CDN
    • Next deadline : Application Internal Deadline (R+I) November 27, 2025 10AM

 

  • RARE Grant Program – Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration
    • The RARE Grant is a two-year award designed to fund research that will lead to the development of therapies for patients with RUNX1-FPD that will either intercept the transition from a precancer state (clonal hematopoiesis) to MDS/AML or prevent blood cancer (before clonal hematopoiesis).
    • Amount : $250,000 USD over 2 years
    • Next deadline : Application Internal Deadline (R+I) December 9, 2025 10AM

 

  • ERDERA 2026 Joint Transnational Call
    • “Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non‑genetic diseases through variant validation and new technological approaches”. The call will welcome proposals focused on providing diagnostic clarity in unsolved rare genetic and non‑genetic diseases.
    • Next deadline: Free information webinar December 16

 

  • Catalyst Grant: Digital Health (CIHR)
    • This funding opportunity will catalyze discovery in digital health, advance pivotal research, and inform applications or interventions relevant to CIHR-IMHA’s broad mandate areas.
    • Amount : $100,000 per year for up to one (1) year
    • Next deadline : LOI Deadline (Sponsor) December 16, 2025 10AM

 

 

  • CIHR : Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Researcher Award
    • Four-year program designed to support:
      – Career pathways for early career researchers embedded in health system organizations
      – Researchers to develop their roles and programs of as embedded researchers
      – Strengthening health system-academic partnerships and cultures of evidence use
      -Advancing evidence-informed health system impact
    • Amount:  $200K/year for 4 years. $100K/year from CIHR and $100k from a matching partner.
    • Next deadline : Application deadline: February 4, 2026

 

  • Brain Canada Foundation and Heart & Stroke Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars
    • Heart and/or brain health research encompasses research addressing conditions, including neurological, that affect the cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular health of people living in Canada. This could include research focused on prevention, treatment, and/or recovery related to heart conditions, stroke, vascular cognitive impairment, and mental health in relation to these conditions.
    • Amount : Master’s Personnel Awards : up to $54,000 CAD, Doctoral Personnel Awards: up to $120,000 CAD
    • Next deadline : Application deadline : February 12, 2026

 

  • Brain Canada Foundation and Heart & Stroke Personnel Awards for Black Scholars
    • Heart and/or brain health research encompasses research addressing conditions, including neurological, that affect the cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular health of people living in Canada. This could include research focused on prevention, treatment, and/or recovery related to heart conditions, stroke, vascular cognitive impairment, and mental health in relation to these conditions.
    • Amount : Master’s Personnel Awards : up to $54,000 CAD, Doctoral Personnel Awards: up to $120,000 CAD
    • Next deadline : Application deadline : February 12, 2026