Funding Opportunities

Students and judges mingling during the CHRD Poster Session contest.

The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, has a number of funding opportunities for researchers and students involved in child health research-related studies.

We support excellence and innovation in pediatric research by providing funds for:

  • Operating grants
  • Travel grants
  • Small grants
  • Undergraduate summer studentships

Grants and Awards Guide

CHRIM Grant Application – Signature Page

CHRIM Grant Support- Chalk Talk Request

Travel Grant Application 

Deadlines are as follows:

  • Travel Grants — must be submitted by the 1st business day of the month prior to the month of departure. Results to be announced approx. 3 weeks later.

CHRIM Application Deadlines

Please note, any application that is submitted late, incomplete, or otherwise not meeting the requirements listed in the guide will NOT be processed or reviewed.

The Institute stresses the importance of having all applicants review the appropriate requirements PRIOR to applying.


Grant Reporting Forms

Final Report

Annual Report


Applicant Details (February 2025)

FAAF Process (September 2024)

CIHR Application Requirements (August 2024)

CIHR Updates (August 2024)



CHRIM also partners with other organizations by providing matching funding in the following competitions:

University of Manitoba:

  • BSc Medicine studentships
  • BSc Dentistry studentships

More Information

Research Manitoba:

  • Graduate studentships
  • Post-doctoral fellowships
  • New investigator operating grants

More Information

Empowering Next-Generation Researchers In Perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)

  • For more information please visit their website below. 

More Information

These competitions are managed and adjudicated by our partner organizations.