Research Admin Offices:

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Value:

Overall funding envelope of $480,000 CAD to support up to three grants of $160,000 each over three years.

Disciplines:

• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Science
• Health Sciences

Sponsors:

• Brain Canada Foundation

Deadlines:

Description:

Migraine Research program aims to support bold, innovative research that has the potential to drive new insights and improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for migraine. Projects must consider the influence of sex- and gender-related factors in the design, analysis, and evaluation of the research given the disproportionate impact of migraine on women. It is anticipated that this funding will catalyze new insights and support the generation of preliminary data, tools, or interventions that can inform and enable new directions in the field.

Eligibility:

This opportunity supports multidisciplinary teams that bring together the expertise required to address
this complex neurological condition. Where appropriate, applicants are encouraged to meaningfully
engage people with lived experience to ensure that research priorities, design, and outcomes reflect realworld needs and perspectives.

• Teams must include a minimum of two independent investigators, as described below, with one
designated as the Principal Investigator.
• Investigators must be conducting research at, and affiliated with, an eligible Canadian academic
institution for the entire duration of the grant and must be considered a full-time independent
researcher at their institution. Such an individual normally holds the rank of assistant, associate,
or full professor; can initiate and direct their own independent lines of research as principal
investigator; has full responsibility for running their laboratories; has full control of their research
funds; and is permitted to supervise trainees, if applicable, as per their institution’s policy.
Academic appointments must have started by the deadline for Full Application submission.
Postdoctoral fellows, research associates, and adjunct faculty are not eligible to apply.
• Teams may include additional members and collaborators, as needed, to ensure the required
expertise is present to carry out the proposed research.
• Proposals may be related but cannot be identical to any other funded projects. It is the
responsibility of the applicants to notify Brain Canada immediately should overlap arise from
funding awarded during the application and review process of this funding opportunity. Overlap
is defined as having the same objectives and/or experimental aims as any other funded work.
• Applicants can only submit one application as Principal Investigator.
• Applicants must submit a Registration Form to be eligible to submit a Full Application.
• Applicants must be able to initiate the project in February 2027, when funding is expected to
begin.

Application/Nomination Process:

Please note that this funding opportunity includes a Registration Form and a Full Application stage. Applicants must submit a Registration Form in order to be eligible to submit a Full Application. Following an administrative check and relevance review, applicants deemed eligible will be invited to submit a Full Application.

Deadline for Receipt of Registration Form 17:00 ET, June 18, 2026

Invitation to Full Application Week of June 22 – 26, 2026

Deadline for Receipt of Full Application 17:00 ET, September 3, 2026

Resources:

Additional details.

Contact:

For more information on how to apply contact, Claire Arabski, Senior Advisor, ROADS.