Accelerator Grants in Genomic Medicine 2026 - Call for LOI
“Canadian Precision Health Initiative: Enhancing Resources and Data Impact and McLaughlin Centre Scholars Post-Doctoral Fellowship”
Request for Letters of Intent (LOI)
The University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre (MC) is pleased to announce its 16th research funding competition. The competition will be based on invited grant applications passing an initial letter of intent stage. Both steps will go through committee peer-review adjudicated by the Director. McLaughlin Centre continues to be committed to the principles of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in research and innovation.
Timelines
LOI Deadline: December 12, 2025
LOI Decision: January 16, 2026
Application Deadline: March 13, 2026
Application Decision: April 24, 2026
Funding Start: May 1st, 2026
Option 1 (Research only)
Canadian Precision Health Initiative (CPHI) - Enhancing Resources and Data Impact: Discovery (data analyses and mining) and technology development (new algorithm, pipeline, database, machine learning/AI) to maximize impact and enhance utility and accessibility of the data assets generated from funded CPHI (Pillar 1) projects. Applications can range from across all ‘omic’ types of data: data generation, and analyses. Participation in CPHI is encouraged and projects can be used as co-funding for each other.
Letters of Intent (LOI) up to two pages long should outline (i) background and rationale, (ii) objectives and activities, (iii) relevance to McLaughlin Centre's mission, (iv) planned deliverables and (v) a brief budget summary. Priority will be given to applications demonstrating promise for near-term deliverables, potential to seed larger grants, and those involving two or more institutions from the University of Toronto (UofT) and the hospitals/research institutes fully affiliated with UofT (TAHSN). Successful grants will be awardedfor one yearwith up to $100,000. Matching funds (1:1) to MC Accelerator Grant is required.
Option 2 (Research + MC Scholars Fellowship)
MC Scholars Post-Doctoral Fellowships: In addition to research funding request above, each lab/team may opt in to nominate one candidate to apply for the MC Scholars Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award ($100,000 for one year). Student/trainee in the final 6 months of their PhD and/or MD or those with less than 3 years of post-doctoral experience is eligible to apply. MC Scholar’s research project should align with this year’s Accelerator Grant Call emphasis mentioned above.
Pre-submission enquiries are welcomed to encourage potential applicants to understand the intended scope. For enquiries or direct submissions contact:
