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The 2026 Clinical Innovation Opportunities Fund competition is now closed.

Annual Target Timelines - Clinical Innovation Opportunities Fund

NOAMA has dedicated a significant amount of the AFP funding to Clinical Innovation grants to physician clinical faculty. Competitions have been held to date with 285 successful projects being awarded ~$13.8 million.

Community physicians are well placed to identify the questions, processes and issues directly impacting on the patients in their community. Projects focused on Mental Health and Addiction, Aboriginal health issues including opioid dependency in pregnancy, and methodologies to improve direct patient care, are examples of the research and innovation interests supported through this AFP.

CIOF Grants to Date

Call For Proposals

NOAMA invites all AFP Participating Physicians to submit a project proposal for the Clinical Innovation Opportunities Fund competition.

Due Date for Submissions: Friday, January 30, 2026 @ 11:00PM EST

All funding competition forms are fillable forms. The use of these forms is a requirement, and applications that do not adhere to the requirement will not be accepted. Refer to the 'Local Guidelines and Application Process' document (below).

The application forms are:

  1. CP1 - Project Proposal (Word - read and follow the instructions on CIOF - Project Application Summary Directions document (below))
  2. CP2 - Proposal Budget (Excel)

NOAMA has implemented the following forms which need to be submitted as well, with the CP1 and CP2:

  1. CIOF Grant Application Checklist
  2. NOSM U ROMEO approval letter
  3. *NEW* - TPA Agreement Sign-off Letter

 

Project Application Documents

Please direct questions to Michelle Labate and Taylor Hays at grants@noama.ca.

Reference Documents
Progress Report Templates
Final Report Templates
Extension and Budget Reallocation Request Templates
Current and Completed CIOF Projects
Research Ethics Approval
Grant Review