Awards & Distinctions - Opportunities
Upcoming Deadlines
CAHS - Emerging Leaders in Health Sciences
Emerging Leaders in Health Sciences in Canada will be selected to be part of and work with the Academy to advance its mission for a term of five years.
Deadline: May 19, 2025
Dorothy Killam Research Fellowship
Support researchers whose superior, ground-breaking research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. Value: $160,000 for 2 years.
Deadline: May 22, 2025
National Killam Program Prizes
Awarded annually to provide support to Canadian scholars of exceptional ability who are engaged in research of broad significance and interest. Value: $100,000.
Deadline: May 29, 2025
RSC - Eric Jackman Prize 2025
Celebrates path-breaking and contributions to preventing harm, strengthening resilience, or benefiting humankind in behavioural and social science fields.
Deadline: May 29, 2025
RSC - Prize for Indigenous Engagement 2025
Awarded to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in recognition of contributions to their respective field and toward advancing The Right to Participate (Article 18, UN). Value: $1,000.
Deadline: May 29, 2025
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Citizens whose outstanding leadership and contributions to medicine and the health sciences in Canada or abroad, have led to improvements in human health.
Deadline: June 9, 2025
Other Opportunities
National and Provincial Awards
- Bank of Canada Fellowships
- Bank of Canada Governor's Award
- BIOTECanada Gold Leaf Awards
- Canada Gairdner Momentum Award
- Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
- Canadian Academy of Health Sciences - Emerging Leaders in Health Sciences
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame
- COU John Charles Polanyi Prizes
- Governor General's Innovation Awards
- Health Research Foundation Medal of Honour
- John Charles Polanyi Prizes from the Council of Ontario Universities
- Killam Corkum Fellowship
- Killam Prizes
- Killam Fellowships
- Molson Prizes from the Canada Council for the Arts
- Order of Canada
- Order of Ontario
- Prix Galien Canada
- Research Canada Leadership Award
- Royal Society of Canada: Eric Jackman Prize
- Royal Society of Canada: Fellowship
- Royal Society of Canada: Medals and Awards
- Royal Society of Canada: Membership in the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
- Royal Society of Canada: Païdoussis Medal in Applied Mechanics
- Royal Society of Canada: Prize for Indigenous Engagement
- Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences
- The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research
Tri-Council Awards
International Awards
Internal Awards
Please see individual awards for contact information.
Legacy Internal Awards & Distinctions
Staff Awards
Please see individual awards for contact information.
