CPCoE is an international leader in Veterans' chronic pain research. CPCoE uses a competitive funding process culminating in review by an independent Scientific Advisory Board to allocate funding. CPCoE has 3 types of funding available: general research operating funding; student research funding; and post-doctoral research funding.

The Veteran Engagement in Research Toolkit was developed to provide valuable information and resources to support research teams in achieving meaningful and successful Veteran engagement in research.

“Veteran Foundations for Researchers” and “Engagement Foundations for Veterans and Researchers” are education modules developed to support researchers to better understand Canadian Veterans and work collaboratively on projects. Completion of these modules is required to be eligible for CPCoE funding.

Are you looking for a Veteran partner to be a part of your research team? Through the CPCoE’s Veteran Partner Database, you can provide information about your project and your aspirations for Veteran engagement. If the database has a match for your requirements, you will be contacted.

To learn more about CPCoE's funding guidelines, and CPCoE's principles for responsible conduct of research, review the Researcher Administration Guide.

Current Opportunities
CPCoE is requesting proposals for Spring 2026 for the funding opportunity "Secondary Data Analysis of Chronic Pain Among Canadian Armed Forces Veterans."  

This funding stream is designed to close that gap by supporting investigators to make productive, rigorous, and creative use of existing data infrastructure. By catalyzing secondary data analysis in this area, the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans aims to support the development of a body of evidence that is both scientifically rigorous and directly relevant to the health system and policy decisions that shape the lives of Veterans living with pain.  

Applications close July 6 at 9:00am EST.

Application Process
‍For the CPCoE Application Form

For step by step instructions on how to apply

For details on how CPCoE rates applications

Applications are currently closed.