Announcements
National funding available for Rapid Response Research on Wildfires and other Emergencies
NEW for 2026: Up to $20,000 of funding for First Nations and Métis communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan impacted by the 2025 wildfire season, and communities nationally affected by emergencies. For wildfires and other emergencies, this includes communities who were evacuated, and host communities where evacuees were relocated during an evacuation.
This funding comes from a separate grant held by the NEIHR National Coordinating Centre, to conduct rapid response research into the impacts of wildfires and other emergencies on Indigenous communities. Applications from Saskatchewan and Manitoba were accepted until March 31, 2026, and now this funding is open to communities nationally, until December 1, 2026, or whenever the funding envelope runs out. If your project is funded, research must be conducted within four months of the transfer of funds to your organization.
More information about this project is available in a story here, or in this video of Dr. Robert Henry talking about this new funding at the Saskatchewan NEIHR's 2025 Research Engagement Day here (go to the 12:50 minute mark in the video).
See below for the funding application, and email wildfires@usask.ca for more information.
Improving CIHR Funding for Indigenous Health Researchers
This report by Verna St. Denis and Sharissa Hantke offers a powerful and deeply researched examination of how systemic racism shapes the grant funding experiences of Indigenous health researchers in Canada. Commissioned by the CIHR Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health, the study draws on firsthand accounts to illuminate structural barriers and propose meaningful, Indigenous-informed recommendations for change. Click below to read the full report (English and French copies).