Grants and Bursaries
Learn more about our grants, scholarships, awards and bursaries
Contact usOpen calls for applications
A wide range of support is available to individuals at various stages of their careers and includes scholarships, awards and bursaries for education and research initiatives. We also provide grants for items that fall outside of regular hospital budgets.
For more information, please contact HHSFGrants@hhsc.ca
Contact usExpected to Open: November 2026
The Dr. Stephen Buttrum Memorial Bursary for Excellence in Clinical Psychology is awarded to PhD candidates in clinical psychology, who have been accepted into the Clinical Psychology Internship Program at McMaster Children’s Hospital. This Bursary has been established in memory of the late Dr. Stephen Buttrum, a beloved psychologist and clinician at McMaster Children’s Hospital, through a generous donation to Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation from the Buttrum family. There is $10,000 available to be awarded annually.
All applications must be submitted to HHSFGrants@hhsc.ca
Deadline: November 16, 2026
The Woods Family Nurse Practitioner Bursary is an education award designed to provide funding for nurse practitioners working in oncology and hematology at Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre. The Bursary is intended to enhance the ability of nurse practitioners to provide comprehensive, person-centered integrated care to individuals with cancer and their families across the care continuum. The bursary will be awarded annually in the amount of $2,000 and staff supported through this bursary are expected to share their skills with their colleagues at JHCC and to make academic presentations of their work.
Please review the following for full details:
Upcoming calls for applications
Grants open periodically throughout the year. Please check back for more details.
The Cameron Family Award provides financial support to nurses, physicians, therapists, and/or allied health members of the pediatric surgery interdisciplinary team and is intended to support capital expenditures, workshops, education, professional development, collaboration and/or team building initiatives in the Department of Pediatric Surgery. The award was established by Occupational Therapist, G. Patricia Cameron and Pediatric Surgeon, Dr. Gordon S. Cameron and their family, and recognizes their contributions to improving health care in Hamilton. The award is valued at $3,000.
Extended Deadline: August 31, 2026