The IBRO US-Canada Regional Committee is providing travel awards to encourage the participation of Canadian trainees from underrepresented groups in the CAN meeting. The underrepresented groups targeted for inclusion included: Students at a smaller university/college (non U15 university); Uniquely abled persons; Aboriginal people (including Status Indians, Non-status Indians, Métis, and Inuit); Visible minorities and others.
| Name | Supervisor | Affiliation |
| Tina Wang | Hongyu Sun | Carleton |
| Jennifer Brock | Per Jesper Sjöström | McGill University Health Centre- Faculty of Medicine |
| Angela Fung | Jesse Jackson | University of Alberta |
| Briana Renda | Jennifer Murray | University of Guelph |
| Clara Amegandjin | Graziella Di Cristo | Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine |
| Sarah Zhang | Greg Silasi | University of Ottawa |
| Shahnaza Hamidullah | Jibran Khokhar | University of Guelph, Biomedical Science |
| Sivaniya Subramaniapillai | M. Natasha Rajah | McGill University – Douglas Research Institute |
| Mariana Marquez | Maurice Chacron | McGill University |
| Haley Geertsma | Maxime Rousseaux | University of Ottawa |
| Aditi Sankhe | Melissa Chee | Carleton University |
| Prajwal Raghunatha | Michael F Jackson | University of Manitoba |
| Danusa Mar Arcego | Michael Meaney | McGill University |
| Barbara Barth | Patricia Pelufo Silveira | McGill University |
| Eric Chu | Paul Pavlidis | University of British Columbia, Michael Smith Laboratories |
| MohamadReza Aghanoori | Paul Fernyhough | Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre |
| Bensun Fong | Ruth S Slack | University of Ottawa, University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute |
| Roger Hudson | Steven Laviolette | University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| Miguel Skirzewski | Dr. Tim Bussey | University of Western Ontario, Brain and Mind Institute, BrainsCAN |
| Shea Keil | Tuan Bui | University of Ottawa, Department of Biology |
| Maria Neus Ballester Roig | Valérie Mongrain | Université de Montréal |
| Aoi Ichiyama | Wataru Inoue | Western University, Robarts Research Institute |
| Shuo Huang | Dr. Gerald Zamponi | University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute |
| Antonios Diab | James P Fawcett | Dalhousie University |