Grant Process

Identify Funding Opportunity

After development of a research idea, the next step is to identify a well-suited funding source and apply for funding. Below are a few resources that may be of help in identifying appropriate funding opportunity for your research.

• McMaster Funding Opportunities Database
• Health Research Services Funding Opportunities Bulletin: To sign up for this Bulletin, Please email Health Research Services hsresadm@mcmaster.ca
• MERIT Funding and Award Opportunities
• CIHR Funding Opportunities Overview
• DFM Pilot Funding

Apply for Funding

• What to Know Before Submitting a Grant Application
• McMaster Health Research Services Pre-Award Services
• Presentation: The Grant Process by Catherine Gill Pottruff, Senior Grants Advisor, Health Research Services
• Presentation: Working with Health Research Services: Administrative Processes and General Overview of Services by Dr. Julie Croskill [Video | Slides]
• Presentation: Creating and Managing a Research Budget by Laura Cleghorn, Julie Datta, Dawn Elston & Francine Marzanek [Video | Slides]

Manage Funding

• What to Do When You Are Awarded Funding
• Research staff to support research projects – DFM
• Research Resources Available for DFM Part-time Faculty – DFM

Project Management and Reporting

• Staying Organized: Research Project Management Infographic – MERIT
• Presentation: Accountability, Transparency, Rigour, and Reproducibility: How & Why to Use ClinicalTrials.gov and Research Reporting Guidelines by Jessica Gaber, Dee Mangin, Larkin Lamarche [Video | Slides]
• Presentation: Logic Models Part I & II by Gina Agarwal & Melissa Pirrie [Part 1: Video | Slides, Part 2: Video | Slides]
• Presentation: Research Agreements by Caroline Woods [Video | Slides]
• Presentation: Intro to Business Case by Dr. Ric Angeles and Ms. Francine Merzanek [Video | Slides]