IGH-BCCWH Seed Grant Competition 2025-2026 (up to $40,000)

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About IGH-BCCWH Seed Grant Competition

The Institute for Global Health at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre (IGH-CW) invites individuals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and at C&W working to address pressing challenges in global child health to submit new project proposals to the 2025-26 IGH Seed Grant Competition.

The purpose of the IGH Seed Grant Competition is to catalyze the development of high-quality, transformative global health projects in research, education, or capacity-building. Projects that are not primarily research projects will be considered but they must have an appropriate plan for evaluating implementation and impact. As these funds are considered Catalyst Grants, these funds cannot be used to subsidize an already-funded project.

• Sponsor Organisation: Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH)

Benefits of IGH-BCCWH Seed Grant Competition

They invite applications for funding up to $40,000 over two years.

IGH-BCCWH Seed Grant Competition Requirements

• Applications must be submitted by teams that include one Principal Applicant (PA) with a full-time position at an appropriate institution in an LMIC (e.g., health centre, educational, researcher, not-for-profit) and one co-
  PA affiliated with C&W or its research institution whose role enables them to hold funds within their respective institution(s).
• Postdoctoral fellows, research associates, clinical fellows/residents, and health professionals are eligible to apply as PA or co-PAs, but the team must then include a co-PA whose role enables them to hold funds within their respective institution.

Application Date and Process

All teams are required to submit a Letter of Intent (LOl) in line with the requirements listed.

• If you are interested in applying but need support identifying suitable co-PAs at C&W, please contact Stefanie Novakowski ([email protected]) by Aug 19, 2025 and and include a brief description of your proposed project in the email.

Timeline:

• LOI Due: Oct 7, 2025
• Full Application Due (by invitation only): Jan 15, 2026

See the competition guidelines (attached) for more details. These can also be accessed here. 

Application Deadline

19 August, 2025

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