WE-SPARK Grants Program

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To enable and advance health research in Windsor-Essex, WE-SPARK is focussed on increasing competitiveness in major granting competitions and on building an academic healthcare culture for our region.  The WE-SPARK Grants Program ensures there are dedicated grant opportunities to support local researchers at all stages of their career.

Grant Review Process


The WE-SPARK Incentive Grant Program was established to support health research projects that have been unsuccessful towards recent external National/ International health funding competition and will be resubmitted to subsequent application rounds.

The WE-SPARK Igniting Discovery Grants Program was established as an annual grant program to invest in emerging, innovative and novel health research and education projects that are aligned with WE-SPARK HEALTH Institute’s mission and strategic priorities.

The Igniting Discovery Grants will provide source funding to promote the development of early-stage, innovative health research and health education projects in Windsor-Essex. These projects may include studies related to emerging topics in health, addressing gaps in healthcare needs, igniting new health ideas, generating and disseminating knowledge, and sparking collaborations. The intent is to:

  1.  Provide new research teams/ research programs with support to pursue quality projects.
  2.  Encourage exploratory and discovery-oriented projects.
  3.  Boost collaborations among WE-SPARK HEALTH Institute’s partner institutions, as well as other collaborations in the Windsor-Essex community and beyond.

These grants are intended to provide seed funding which could potentially be leveraged to generate interest and eagerness in the Windsor-Essex health research environment, result in practice changes and/or policy reform, create a wider and all-encompassing health research portfolio in Windsor-Essex, and obtain new funding from other sources. Proposals must also describe a clear plan for knowledge dissemination and future plans following the grant period, including plans addressing how results will be leveraged.


Igniting Discovery Grants

Igniting Discovery Grants The WE-SPARK Igniting Discovery Grants Program invests in emerging, innovative and novel health research and education projects.

Incentive Grants

Incentive Grants The WE-SPARK Incentive Grant Program was established to support health research projects that have been unsuccessful towards recent external National/ International health funding competition and will be resubmitted to subsequent application rounds. While many proposals to these funding agencies (e.g., Canadian Institutes of Health Research) are worthy of funding, not all are successful because of steep competition and/or insufficient funds. The WE-SPARK Incentive Program is designed to support researchers and enhance their health research programs in an effort to increase the prospect of their success for future external funding. Contact Information Grants Program WE-SPARK Health Institute University of Windsor 519-253-3000 x4394 wesparkgrants@uwindsor.ca

IDEA Grant

IDEA Grant NEW! The WE-SPARK IDEA Grants support low-cost, low-complexity ideas.

Cheers to Hope

Cheers to Hope

Grant Success

Grant Success Finding Funding Opportunities University of Windsor Office of Research & Innovation Services (ORIS)  Funding Databases (i.e. Mitacs Accelerate Program) Government Funding Sources & Other Funding Sources UWindsor Funding Opportunties Fellowships & Scholarships International Programs United States Funding Sources Self-Funded Research How to Use Pivot to Find Funding Opportunities How to Submit a Grant Application Preparing Your Grant Application Your Research Team Eligibility Requirements Evaluation Reviewing Your Work in Progress Presentation Budget Record of Research Achievement Characteristics of a Successful Application Common Problems Additional Resources for Preparing Grant Applications Preparing Budgets Research Grant Proposals Contract Research Managing Your Grant Authorizing and Setting Up Projects Cheques Sent Directly to Researchers & Unsolicited Funding Delays in Project Set-UP Deliverables and Project Reports Invoicing Agencies Making Expenditures from Research Awards Notices…
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