Research Admin Offices:

• ROADS

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Disciplines:

• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Health Sciences

Sponsors:

• Movember

Deadlines:

Description:

Request for Application opens: May 7, 2026

Movember is seeking to support Community Fellows who have partnered with organizations working directly with boys and younger men aged 12–35—either through an existing relationship or newly established one.

Strong partnerships will involve organizations that:

• are already delivering programs that support boys’ and younger men’s emotional and relational health, including established service providers or research ready grassroots groups delivering funded programs with strong community trust, lived experience led design, and reach into underserved populations
• are delivering research-ready intervention or program(s) in at least one of the core themes below

Community organizations receive an annual contribution to support their capacity to host the Community Fellow, participate in shared learning and evaluation, and engage in a wider community of practice with Movember and other funded partners. The focus is on working alongside existing programs to better understand, strengthen and evidence what is already working.

The three core themes are:

• Coping and consumption: How younger men cope with stress, trauma and adversity, including the role of alcohol, other drugs, gambling, gaming, pornography and other consumption behaviors, and how these shape help-seeking, relationships and health system use.
• Social connection: Loneliness, isolation, peer relationships and belonging, including how community settings create trust, identity and pathways into support for men who are otherwise disengaged from services.
• Early fatherhood and health: The transition to fatherhood as a critical window for men’s emotional and relational health, including how services and community support can better reach, support and retain new and expectant fathers.

Additional Program Information:

One Community Fellow will be embedded within each community organization, receiving funding over three years (administered through their host university), mentorship from global experts, and access to world-class learning and development.

Embedded within their partner organization, Community Fellows will design and deliver research to generate high quality, ethical and impactful evidence on how boys’ and younger men’s emotional and relational health is improved in real world settings

Eligibility:

To encourage Community Fellows (early career researchers <5 years post PhD) in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States (California only) to register their interest in this funding opportunity. There are 16 positions available across four markets (6 in United Kingdom, 6 in Canada, 2 in Ireland, and 2 in California). The full Request for Applications will be published on May 7, 2026.

Resources:

Additional details.

An information session will be held (and recorded) ON May 14, 2026 at 11 am EST for prospective applicants. Register Here!

Contact:

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