Research at Dalhousie Medical School

Faculty of Medicine

The River Philip Foundation Transformational Medicine Research Grants

Open: Calls for Notice of Intent - NOW OPEN
Closes: Friday 29 November 2025

Purpose:
The Transformational Medical Research Grants program provides a significant investment in research projects and teams that are on the cusp of making a significant discovery or advancement in their field. The grant will accelerate success and enable the team to capitalize on emerging opportunities. The funding available for 2025 is $1M to fund research projects over three years. Successful applicants will submit an annual progress report due on the anniversary of the project start date. The River Philip Foundation has generously funded this award.

Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine researchers will be asked to submit a notice of intent by Friday 29 November 2025.

Successful proposals will be notified by Friday 25 April 2025

Term

Research projects will span up to three years.

Award Value and Number of Awards

The award value and number of available awards will depend on funding available, and quality of proposals received. In 2025, the funding available is $1.0 million dollars to fund proposals over 3 years.

Eligibility and Criteria

  • The principal investigator must be a Dalhousie University professor with a primary appointment with the FoM.
  • The principal investigator and team must have a research and academic track record to support the proposal’s success
  • Proposed research must have the potential to advance medical knowledge in the respective domain.
  • Proposals that advance healthy aging, frailty prevention, food as medicine (particularly foods like blueberries), and cardiovascular research, particularly cardiac arrhythmias, are of interest. However, all transformative medical research initiatives will be considered.
  • Successful proposals research should demonstrate how they benefit rural and underserved communities.

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Notice of Intent - Submission Process

  • Call for applications begin in Friday 18 October 2024
  • Applications submitted by eligible research teams by Friday 29 November 2024.
  • Applications must be a single PDF containing the following:
  • Completed Notice of Intent Form.
  • CCV Academic format of applicant and co-applicants.
  • PDF file naming conventions: Researcher Last Name_Researcher First Name_TMGP_2024-2025
  • Email application to Medical Research Development Office (mrdo@dal.ca) and submit via ROMEO.
  • Scientific Review Committee reviews and ranks applications and identifies by mid-December 2024.
Notice of Intent Form

Final Applications

Notice of Intents that are selected by the Scientific Review Committee will be invited to submit a full application by Friday 14 March 2025

Final Application Process

  • Applications must be a single PDF containing the following:
  • Completed Proposal Form.
  • Completed Budget Form.
  • PDF file naming conventions: Researcher Last Name_Researcher First Name_TMGPFinal_2024-2025
  • Completed proposals are to be submitted to the Medical Research Development Office (mrdo@dal.ca) and are required to update the initial ROMEO application.
  • The Scientific Review Committee will review the submitted proposals rank them and recommend the top proposals for funding.