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Long COVID Seed Funding 2026

The Long COVID Web Seed Funding call for proposals aims to support Canadian-led research studies that seek to accelerate our understanding and improve care delivery and treatment of Long COVID. This funding opportunity has been specifically designed to provide seed funding to generate evidence that lay the foundation for future research and applications to other funding opportunities, or to perform and establish necessary fundamental work that enables innovative research.

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Preference will be given to research projects that address Long COVID in children and young people. Preference will also be given to those who address one or more of the sub-priorities in Appendix A.

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Funds Available

Up to $1.2 million CAD is available for this call. With funding amounts of up to $25,000 (4-8 awards), up to $50,000 (6-10 awards), and up to $100,000 (4-6 awards) to support 1-year projects.

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Eligibility

For the proposed research to be eligible, it must fulfill each of the following points:

  1. Be a registered member with Long COVID Web (https://airtable.com/shrbiqADpoCny2EeT).

  2. Be eligible under tri-agency guidelines to be a principal applicant.

  3. The nominated principal investigator/s (NPI/s) of any proposed research can only submit 1 application to this competition (while NPI/s can be co-investigator/s on other applications).

  4. Emerging scholars and early-career researchers are encouraged to apply.

  5. Understand that funds will be transferred to an organization eligible to hold CIHR funds; this organization will ensure and report that funds were used for CIHR-eligible expenses.

  6. The researchers will acknowledge the Long COVID Web partnership and funding in all related presentations and publications.

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Submission Instructions

  1. Name the full application PDF following this format: “Last Name_First Name_Project Title_2026”.

  2. Submit the full application PDF to info@longcovidweb.ca by 5 pm PST on May 4th, 2026.

  3. Once submitted, a written confirmation with an assigned application number will be provided within 3 business days of submission.

  4. It is the responsibility of the applicant to confirm receipt of the assigned application number, and this number will be used in all subsequent communication regarding your application.

  5. If you do not hear back within 3 business days, please follow up to ensure successful delivery.

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For full application details, please refer to the documents below:

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