Neuromuscular Funding and Employment Opportunities
Application Deadline: June 16, 2026.
The CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI, pronounced “ready”) Early Career Transition Award supports trainees such as post-doctoral researchers, clinicians, and research associates, from specific underrepresented groups to launch independent their research careers in Canada.
*** This funding opportunity uses new application resources, including the tri-agency CV and REDI 2025 Linkage Tool.
*** CIHR will also host webinars to help applicants and host institutions understand the requirements and answer questions about “REDI 2025”. Registration for the webinars are now open on our Upcoming Events page.
Deadline: November 16, 2025 (11:59 PM ET), Open until Filled.
Effective January 1, 2026, the Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Division of Neurology at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, an academic health science centre dedicated exclusively to children, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is recruiting a full-time permanent staff physician for the position of Paediatric Neuromuscular Disorders Physician – Division of Neurology
Deadline: November 16, 2025 (11:59 PM ET), Open until Filled.
Effective January 1, 2026, the Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, affiliated with the Division of Neurology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, an academic health science centre dedicated exclusively to children, is recruiting a full-time permanent staff physician for the position of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Division of Neurology. The successful candidate will be an academically oriented pediatric neurologist with subspecialty training in neuromuscular disorders and EMG/NCS certification.
Deadline: Monday, November 3rd, 2025 at 5pm EST.
Defeat Duchenne Canada is looking for a visionary leader to join their team as Director of Research and Education.
Deadline: November 13, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
CIHR-IMHA is now accepting applications for its Planning and Dissemination Grants in areas including Patient Engagement, Digital Health, Pain, and Open Science, for Canada-based projects with activities held in Canada or abroad.
Registration Deadline: December 16, 2025 | Application Deadline: March 17, 2026.
CIHR-IMHA is now accepting applications for its Catalyst Grant – Digital Health in areas including Patient Engagement, Digital Health, Pain, and Open Science, for Canada-based projects with activities held in Canada or abroad.
Deadline: November 17, 2025.
Muscular Dystrophy Canada’s Neuromuscular Research Grant Program that invests in projects related to diagnosing, treating, or providing clinical care for neuromuscular disorders.
Did you know RareKids-CAN offers a range of subsidized services for investigator-initiated (academic-led) pediatric rare disease clinical trials?
Dr. Toshifumi Yokota‘s laboratory at the University of Alberta is actively seeking applications for various positions including postdoctoral fellows, as well as undergraduate and graduate…
Together the Canada’s Stem Cell Network (SCN) and the RDMM Network are collaborating to provide funding that will identify and support connections between clinician scientists discovering new genes in patients with rare diseases, and stem cell scientists who can analyze these genes and related pathways in human cell models.
See more career opportunities:
- the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation (CNSF) Neuro Career Webpage
- the World Muscle Society (WMS) Job Postings