News & Updates

The Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program encourages innovative, unorthodox, and exploratory research that may be in the early and conceptual stages of project development but has potential for significant impact on our understanding of the brain.

Dr. Benicio Frey, a researcher and clinician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, is pioneering the development of a new platform that will accelerate the pace of mood disorder research in Canada.

Twenty-six early-career scientists will each receive $100,000 to pursue bold high-risk ideas in brain and mental health research, from eating disorders to chronic pain to neurodegeneration.

Redesigning Effective aNd Equitable systems of care for Women’s heart-brain recovery (RENEW) Network, will receive $5 million over five years to establish a Canada-wide collaboration focused on improving rehabilitation and recovery for women following heart-brain events such as stroke, heart attack, and cardiac arrest.

Brain Canada and CABHI launch new Knowledge Mobilization Grants to accelerate the application of evidence into mental health practices that benefits older Canadians.

The Canadian Neurodevelopmental Research Training Platform (CanNRT) and Brain Canada Foundation are pleased to announce a new partnership that will strengthen the CanNRT Fellowship, CanNRT’s flagship program for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical fellows in neurodevelopmental research.

New Funding Opportunities for Postdoctoral Fellows, Early-Career Investigators, and Clinician-Scientists in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research

The Amazing Brain Science Talks program invites researchers to share exciting, innovative brain health findings with a public audience. Selected speakers will deliver a 15-minute TED-style talk at a prominent Ottawa venue.

Heart & Stroke, in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and Brain Canada, is excited to announce the recipients of the Cardiac Arrest Research Team Grants - an investment in groundbreaking research to address the most urgent challenges in cardiac arrest prediction, care, and recovery.

The 2026 Undergraduate Student Fellowships is a program designed to attract the brightest young scientists into the field of Huntington disease research and to facilitate meaningful research to clarify the biological mechanisms underlying Huntington disease pathology.

By funding researchers at different stages of their careers, the Alzheimer's Society Research Program helps support new ideas and advance promising areas of dementia research. 

Ontario is reinforcing its leadership as a centre of excellence in brain research, with four new Brain Canada–supported platforms that will accelerate discoveries and improve care for people living with neurological disease, mental illness, and childhood brain conditions.