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Research Funding

Mathison Centre Research Funding

The Mathison Centre will support its research vision by funding projects that meet the following criteria.

  • Enhance collaboration between members and collaboration with other researchers.
  • All proposals should include at least two members of the centre and have the potential to involve a number of investigators and students.
  • Have the potential to leverage external funding.
  • Enhance the centre's research infrastructure and the capacity of the members to successfully obtain team and operating grants.
  • Align with the mission and vision of the centre

Application for research support will use existing application processes and decisions will be made using existing formal decision making processes within the Mathison Centre, Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), the Cumming School of Medicine or the University of Calgary. 

Research Funding


HBI/Mathison Centre Pilot Research Fund Program (PFUN)

Due December 20th, 2023. ($20,000) To fund early-phase studies in promising new directions of clinical brain or mental health research, with the potential to develop into a new area of investigation with sustainable funding from other sources.

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The Mathison Centre Research Grant (MRG)

Due April 12th 2024. The Mathison Centre Open Research Grant Competition is to support innovative ideas that will advance existing research priorities of the centre. In line with our mission, projects must demonstrate that they are multi and or inter disciplinary by including members from at least two of the centre’s 3 pillars of research.

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