Neuromuscular Funding and Employment Opportunities

CIHR-IMHA Planning & Dissemination Grant – Winter 2026 Now Open

October 2, 2025

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.

CIHR Catalyst Grant – Digital Health

October 1, 2025

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.

MDC Translational Science and Clinical Research Grants

September 25, 2025

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.

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2026 Early Career Scholar Grants

August 1, 2025

Deadline: September 5, 2025.
The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2026 Early Career Scholar Grants—two-year, $190,000 awards supporting early-career researchers in basic, translational, or clinical research on myotonic dystrophy.

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2026 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

August 1, 2025

Deadline: September 5, 2025.
The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2026 Research Fellowships. Funding is available for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers advancing care, treatment, and research in myotonic dystrophy.

Subsidized Clinical Trial Services from RareKids-CAN

November 29, 2024

Did you know RareKids-CAN offers a range of subsidized services for investigator-initiated (academic-led) pediatric rare disease clinical trials?

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Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students | Yokota Lab, University of Alberta

April 17, 2024

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…

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Rare Diseases Models and Mechanisms Network – Catalyst Grant Awards

March 12, 2024

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. 

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Pediatric Neuromuscular and EMG Fellowship, CHU Sainte-Justine

February 2, 2024

Pediatric Neuromuscular and EMG Fellowship at the CHU Sainte-Justine is seeking fellows for 2025 and beyond.

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