WorkSafeBC Research Grants Program (Innovation Grants, Research Training Awards, Ralph McGinn Postdoctoral Fellowships)
WorkSafeBC (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia)
A workers' compensation board research program funding occupational health and safety work through several streams: innovation grants for applied, prototype, and exploratory projects; training awards for master's and doctoral students; a postdoctoral fellowship; and commissioned work on specific priorities and systematic reviews.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)Figures on the page are in Canadian dollars, so the numeric fields are left null rather than converted. Published amounts: Research Training Awards CAD 22,500 per year for one year (master's) and CAD 40,000 per year for two years (doctoral); Ralph McGinn Postdoctoral Fellowships CAD 50,000 per year
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The page states that the listed grant stream deadlines fall in October 2026, with the Specific Priorities stream listed as to be determined. No specific calendar day is published on the page, so no exact date is recorded here. Applicants can subscribe to the Research Services e-news for new postings
- Who can apply
- Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- Research Training Awards are for master's and doctoral students in British Columbia. The Ralph McGinn Postdoctoral Fellowships are for doctoral graduates in Canada. Innovation Grants are described as open to Canadian residents and academics. Specific Priorities and systematic review work is for academic researchers. Geography and Canadian residency are the real gates: a US-based researcher would need a Canadian institutional host or collaborator.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- occupational health and safety · injury prevention · worker wellbeing · systematic reviews
- Apply at
- https://www.worksafebc.com/en/about-us/research-services
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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