In order to conduct community-based research, funding is critical. Increasingly, community-based research is becoming recognized as a legitimate and powerful approach for conducting research and evidence-based action.

Funding Sources

The following are some of the major funders for community-based research projects in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and beyond. If you have other potential sources of funding not listed here, please let us know.

CBR funding sources in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Manitoba Medical Service Foundation
www.mmsf.ca

Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
www.shrf.ca

The Muttart Foundation (for Saskatchewan)
www.muttart.org

Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
www.disabilitystuddies.ca

Jewish Foundation of Manitoba
www.jewishfoundation.org

CBR funding sources in Canada

The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR)
www.canfar.ca

Canadian Institute of Health Research HIV CBR program
www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Canadian Institute for Health Information - Canadian Population Health Initiative
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=cphi_researchrfp_e

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
http://www.chsrf.ca/funding_opportunities/index_e.php

Other potential sources

MAC AIDS Fund

www.macaidsfund.org/support/grantprogram.html

Levi Strauss Foundation

www.levistrauss.com/Citizenship/LeviStraussFoundation.aspx

The Alva Foundation
www.alva.ca

The Donner Canadian Foundation
www.donnerfoundation.org

The KPMG Foundation
www.kpmg.ca

The McLean
www.mcleanfoundation.ca

The Thomas Sill Foundation
www.thomassillfoundation.com

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
www.mcconnellfoundation.ca

The Canadian Million Dollar Round Table Charitable Foundation
www.mdrtcf.org