Heart & Stroke Foundation – Grant-in-Aid (GIA) Fall 2025 Competition
Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
Up to $400,000 for up to 4 years.
Heart & Stroke will not approve total budgets exceeding $400K for a 4-year term, $300K for a 3-year term, $200K for a 2-year term, or $100k for a 1-year term. For requested terms greater than 1 year, there is not an annual cap on request. However, please be advised that awarded budgets, including term, may result in cuts that could adversely affect the final award if not significantly justified.
Indirect costs are ineligible
Overview
The Grant-in-Aid (GIA) program provides operating funds to support research in the areas of heart disease and/or stroke.
Eligibility Criteria
Principal Investigators (and Co-PIs) must have a full-time academic or faculty appointment (i.e., at minimum, at the Assistant or Clinical Assistant Professor level) in Canada at the time the application is submitted.
Applicants may submit only one grant application (new or renewal) as either PI or co-PI.
Applicants may hold up to two (2) Heart & Stroke-funded GIAs as Principal and/or Co-Principal Investigator at any time.
Funds may only be used for research conducted in Canada.
Special Requirements
All applicants are required to complete one of CIHR’s sex and gender GBA+ training modules from the Institute of Gender and Health.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
VPRI Resource Contact: Katie Harriman
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRII Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | August 21, 2025 |
| Submission to Sponsor | August 28, 2025 – 3:00 PM ET (Registration closes at 12:00 PM ET) |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE