2025 Operating Grant Competition

Prepare the Application
The application submission must contain the following:
  • A completed application form
  • A proposal limited to 5 pages in length (excluding references and appendices), single-spaced, 11-point Arial or Calibri font, 2 cm margins, with the following sections:
    • Summary of current state of knowledge
    • Rationale
    • Objectives and research questions
    • Methods
    • Plans for knowledge translation
    • Timeline for the project
  • References – use Vancouver style of referencing
  • Budget with justification and quotations for equipment purchases, statistician/technician time
  • A printed or pdf copy of a CV (CIHR Project Biosketch format) for each Principal Investigator and Co-investigator
Submit the Application
Please complete this form and upload your completed and signed application package to apply to the Manitoba Lung Association: 2025 Operating Grant Competition. The competition guidelines and the application form can be found on the Manitoba Lung Association website at mb.lung.ca/funding-opportunities.

Full Application deadline: Tuesday, July 16, 2025 by 16:00 CDT

  • Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
  • Manitoba Lung Association reserves the right to withdraw late or incomplete applications, or those exceeding page limitations, from the competition.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Applications will be considered from independent researchers with a current faculty appointment in any post-secondary education institution in Manitoba.
  • Priority will be given to:
    1. Research related to inhaled air quality (this includes, but may not be limited to industrial, traffic, forest and wildfire pollution, tobacco and cannabis smoking, and vaping)
    2. Interdisciplinary research
    3. An interdisciplinary team that includes one or more of: knowledge users, care givers, patients/clients, and/or an implementation science provider.
    4. Research with a clinical partner.
    • Submissions for pilot projects, new projects, or new studies linked to existing projects will be given funding priority.
    • Applicants may only submit one application as a principal investigator or a co-principal investigator per year.
      • At the time of application and for the duration of the award, the principal investigator, co-principal investigator, co-investigator(s), and collaborator(s) are not eligible if they hold or have held funding, directly or indirectly within the last 5 years, from the tobacco and/or cannabis and/or vaping industry.

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      * 1. Eligibility Acknowledgement

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      * 2. Principal Investigator/Applicant Contact Information

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      * 3. Is the principal investigator an Early Career Investigator (ECI)?
      An ECI is defined as a researcher who has held an independent research appointment for a period of 0 to 72 months at the competition deadline date

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      * 4. If yes, when did they attain their first independent research appointment?

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      * 5. Co-Principal Investigator/Applicant Contact Information (if applicable)

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      * 6. List the Co-Investigator(s)/Co-Applicant(s) and Collaborator(s) (if applicable)
      Please provide the first names, last names, and institutions of the co-investigator(s)/co-applicant(s), and collaborator(s).

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      * 7. Title of the research proposal

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      * 8. Which of the priorities listed below apply to this project?

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      * 9. Please choose the category that best describes your project.

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      * 10. Which of the research pillars listed below apply to this project?

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      * 11. Full Application Upload

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