Research Programs

The purpose of Research Programs is to build capacity in health research across the four health research categories (biomedical, health policy, health services, and health outcomes). Funding opportunities are available to those who are:

• early career health researchers (i.e., new to health research or new PhD graduate);
• researchers new to the province;
• established researchers;
• and research trainees.

The Research Programs offers the following funding opportunities:

• Partnership Programs
  The Partnership Program provides required matching funds to Nova Scotia health research applicants who are seeking funding in national/international competitions.
• Research Trainee Funding
  These funding opportunities are designed to help research programs recruit and fund top research trainees based on evaluation of the research learning environment (Scotia Support Grant) and support individual research trainees based on their achievements (Scotia Scholarship).
• Operating Grants
  Operating Grants are designed to support the creation, dissemination and use of health-related knowledge, and to help develop and maintain Nova Scotia health research capacity, by supporting original, high quality health research projects proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers and knowledge users. We currently fund two types of operating grants: Establishment Grants and Development/Innovative Grants.