Funding Tracker
Competition
| State | Type | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | EOI / LOI / NOI | 2025-08-08 | |
| Anticipated | Internal (HSS) | 2025-09-08 | |
| Anticipated | Internal (RIS) | 2025-09-16 | |
| Confirmed | External | 2025-09-19 |
* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)
The Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Fund (NLHRF) is an annual fund provided by Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and administered by the Faculty of Medicine that aims to build a comprehensive multi-disciplinary health research ecosystem in Newfoundland and Labrador. The 2025 NLHRF competition will feature up to 7 Innovation grants and 5 Trainee fellowships as described below.
Deadlines The Registration deadline for Innovation Grants will be: August 8th, 2025 The Application deadline for both the Innovation and Trainee competitions will be: September 19th, 2025.
The 2025 NLHRF competition will include the following two awards:
Innovation Grants
Up to six Innovation Grants will be awarded.
Each grant will be for a total amount of up to $100,000.
one year of funding with a one-year automatic extension to the authority to use funds
Trainee Fellowships
Up to five trainee fellowships will be awarded to full-time trainees
Currently enrolled or with a start date of Sept. 2025
Each top-up award is valued at $20,000
$20k awarded; $10k dispersed per year for 2 years
There will be three streams for consideration
Graduate students
Medical Residents
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Submission procedures will be updated once the agency and Memorial's Research Initiatives and Services (RIS) have published the relevant information; please check back.
If you plan to apply to this competition or other research funding opportunities (as either PI or CI), e-mail an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of your intent to apply. E-mailing the intent to apply as early as possible will help to facilitate an efficient review. A Grants Facilitator can answer any questions you may have about internal or external submission procedures and may also be able to help with proposal development.