Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities Funding world-class research that will help accelerate precision medicine for cancer

Funding Opportunities

The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is an exciting program managed by the Terry Fox Research Institute with support from the federal government. The MOHCCN’s mission is to bring together leading cancer centres across Canada to collaborate on precision medicine to benefit cancer patients and drive innovation.

To allocate its resources, the MOHCCN has international experts evaluate the excellence and the potential for impact of all its research projects.

PROGRAMS FOR FUNDING RESEARCH

Training Program - Health Informatics & Data Science Awards

This award provides outstanding young researchers in health informatics and related fields with funding to support high-quality research in precision oncology. The award is designed to support young researchers as they complete their studies and develop their careers, in close collaboration and mentorship with established Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN) funded teams. Researchers currently enrolled in graduate (Master and Ph.D.) and post-doctoral studies in the fields of health informatics, data analytics, data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, and related fields at Canadian institutions are invited to apply.

Training Program - Clinician-Scientist Awards

The MOHCCN Clinician-Scientist Awards provide outstanding young clinician investigators with funding to support high quality research in precision oncology. The award is designed to support young investigators as they develop their careers as independent clinician scientists, in close collaboration and mentorship with established Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN) funded-teams.

Patient Voices in Research Initiative

This funding opportunity aims to support research studies that centre patients, caregivers, and survivors and their needs as it relates to precision cancer research and care. It is driven by research themes identified by the Patient Working Group and has a goal of amplifying patient voices and priorities to elevate the quality and impact of cancer research in Canada.

Special Initiatives

The MOHCCN funds special initiatives to ensure representativity and equity from coast to coast in our Network. By investing in precision medicine initiatives in areas that are generally underserved, such as rural, remote and Northern regions, we are working to bring life changing research to more Canadians. As the Network continues to grow, we are also funding projects that pilot new techniques and technologies that allow us to look at scientific questions from new perspectives.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES CURRENTLY OPEN IN THIS PROGRAM:

TFRI-MOHCCN Technology Development Award

MOHCCN Gold Cohort - Regional Consortium Projects

The Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is made up of five regional consortia that span from coast to coast. These consortia, which are supported by leadership and staff from member institutions across the country, play a pivotal role in our Network. In addition to contributing to the Network's operations and governance structure, each consortia selects the cohorts that will be contributing data to the MOHCCN Gold Cohort.

MOHCCN Gold Cohort - Pan-Canadian Projects

The MOHCCN Pan-Canadian Projects program unites researchers and clinicians from multiple provinces to work on projects that cut across regions to accelerate precision medicine for cancer in Canada. In total, the Network will fund 20 groups through this initiative, representing a multi-million-dollar investment over the next three years that will contribute roughly 6,000 cases to the MOHCCN Gold Cohort, the largest and most complete cancer case resource in Canada.

Regional Consortia
Prairie Cancer Consortium

Alberta

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

The overall vision of the PR2C is to create a collaborative, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable multiprovincial initiative that works towards developing new treatment strategies for patients facing...
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Regional Consortia
Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium

Ontario

The Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium coalesces the expertise and efforts of clinicians, pathologists, software developers and data and translational scientists to help accelerate precision medicine...
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Regional Consortia
Atlantic Cancer Consortium

Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

We have rallied our region’s leading cancer researchers, institutions and care facilities to unite around this vision to enhance inter-institutional and inter-provincial cancer research collaboration,...
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Regional Consortia
BC Cancer Consortium

British Columbia

The overall vision of the BC Cancer Consortium is to further strengthen our province-wide research capabilities and partnerships, to improve our ability to support innovation in clinical care, and fir...
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Regional Consortia
Marathon of Hope - Québec

Québec

The Marathon of Hope – Québec (MOH-Q) brings together leading scientists and clinicians from hospitals and research centres including the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-...
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Regional Consortia
Pan-Canadian Projects

Canada Wide

Building on work done by Regional Consortia across the country, the Pan-Canadian Projects program unites researchers and clinicians from multiple provinces to work on projects that accelerate precisio...
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Regional Consortia
Prairie Cancer Consortium

Alberta

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

The overall vision of the PR2C is to create a collaborative, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable multiprovincial initiative that works towards developing new treatment strategies for patients facing...
Read more
Regional Consortia
Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium

Ontario

The Princess Margaret Cancer Consortium coalesces the expertise and efforts of clinicians, pathologists, software developers and data and translational scientists to help accelerate precision medicine...
Read more
Regional Consortia
Atlantic Cancer Consortium

Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

We have rallied our region’s leading cancer researchers, institutions and care facilities to unite around this vision to enhance inter-institutional and inter-provincial cancer research collaboration,...
Read more
Regional Consortia
BC Cancer Consortium

British Columbia

The overall vision of the BC Cancer Consortium is to further strengthen our province-wide research capabilities and partnerships, to improve our ability to support innovation in clinical care, and fir...
Read more

News

Team Canada of Cancer Research

Researcher profile: A Q&A with Dr. Dean Regier
We spoke to Dr. Regier about his research, the importance of multidisciplinary collaborations made possible through the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network and the inspiration he and his family ta...
MOHCCN News

Celebrating women in the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network
In 1980, Terry Fox started a marathon against cancer. Forty-five years later, the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network (MOHCCN) continues his vision, uniting the country to accelerate precision med...
MOHCCN News

2025 kicks off with major milestones for our Network! A letter from Dr. André Veillette
Dr. André Veillette, Executive Director for Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network shares exciting updates from across the network
Research Highlight

New computational tool provides clues on how to target cancers with KMT2D mutations
A new study led by Dr. Marco Marra describes a strategy for identifying potential novel treatment targets in cancers driven by the loss of genes that are classified as tumour suppressors.
Team Canada of Cancer Research

Meet the Team Canada of Cancer Research: A Q&A with Dr. J. Patrick Murphy
In our latest researcher profile story, Dr. J. Patrick Murphy, a cancer researcher and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at University of Prince Edward Island, shares his insights in...
Press Release

On World Cancer Day, Terry Fox Foundation and Research Institute Unveil Bold New ‘Finish It’ Brand Platform and a Moving Short Film Featuring Music by The Tragically Hip
Uniting Canada’s brightest scientific minds, the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is a national movement committed to finishing Terry’s fight against cancer