The 2025 EPIC Ignite Grants provide $50,000 of seed funding for one year to support early stage and pilot level projects that show promise in developing novel understanding or innovations in infectious diseases research and/or pandemic preparedness. The program aims to fund research from each of the four streams: applied and/or translational research, clinical research, fundamental research, population, global and public health research.
To be eligible, lead investigators must have a primary affiliation at the University of Toronto or one of EPIC’s partner institutions (The Hospital for Sick Children, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Unity Health Toronto and University Health Network) For eligibility requirements and to apply, please visit our website.
Application deadline is April 2, 2025, 11:59 pm (ET)
The 2025 EPIC New Connections Grants provide $100,000 over two years to support innovative projects that are fostered through cross-disciplinary collaboration between at least two research groups. Successful proposals will feature joint lead investigators with clearly distinct expertise from different university divisions and/or EPIC partner institutions coming together for their first significant research collaboration. The joint investigators will tackle an infectious disease research question by applying innovative methodologies that leverage their different areas of expertise to achieve impactful outcomes. To learn more and apply, please visit our website.
Application deadline is March 24, 2025, 11:59 pm (ET)