Grant Development Supports

The Office of the Vice Dean, Research, Innovation & Health Science Education (RIHSE) offers complimentary grant editing services to principal investigators within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. 

Our experienced editorial team reviews grant applications to federal tri-council (CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and other funding agencies or foundations, as capacity allows.

We also welcome requests from hospital-based off-campus investigators; please note that off-campus requests are subject to a fee of $70.00/page + HST and require completion of the off-campus request form.

Grant Editing Services

Our services include:

• Ensuring compliance with agency-specific guidelines
• Improving organization and structure for stronger, more effective narrative
• Enhancing the articulation of research impact to ensure the proposal is clearly positioned and compelling
• Clarifying language and refining style to improve readability and flow
• Editing for grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation
• Strengthening resubmissions

Editorial Support Priorities

We prioritize grant applications based on:

• Strategic impact to the University of Toronto and Temerty Medicine (e.g., CRC and CFI programs)
• Application deadlines
• Order of receipt

During peak CIHR Project Grant periods (mid-February to mid-March and mid-August to mid-September), editorial support is reserved for CIHR Project Grant applications, with priority given to on-campus researchers. Off-campus requests are accepted as capacity allows.

Contact Us 

For editorial support, please contact Frances Hauser, Research Funding, Awards and Honours Officer and Dawn Bannerman, Strategic Research Development Officer and include the submission deadline in your request.

Please note:

• We are unable to review manuscripts, verify budgets, edit references or edit/format CVs. 
• Raw, unedited output from LLMs will not be accepted for editorial review.
  • We recognize that generative AI can be a valuable tool for researchers for grant preparation. However, the role of the service is not to humanize AI-generated text. We also encourage faculty to consult current tri-agency guidelines surrounding the use of AI-generated text.

Additional Grant Development Supports

Related Resources

We also provide slides from previous Grant Writing Workshops:

• Grant Writing Workshop 2022
• Grant Writing Workshop 2021
• Grant Writing Workshop 2020
• Grant Writing Workshop 2019