The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance is inviting Canadians to participate in its annual pre-budget consultations process. A report on these consultations will be tabled in the House of Commons. The committee will accept written briefs through the committee’s website until Friday, May 22, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
CAN submitted a brief with the following recommendations:
Recommendations
- Recommendation 1: That the Government of Canada provide an immediate boost to the Canadian health research ecosystem by providing a targeted 25% increase to CIHR project grants in Budget 2026 with the long-term objective of restoring project grant application success rates to a minimum 25% with two competitions per year.
- Recommendation 2: That the Government of Canada implement a multi-year plan to rebuild base research funding by increasing the core budgets of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) by 10% per year.
- Recommendation 3: That the Government of Canada make neuroscience a core mission area within the mandate of the proposed federal capstone research agency announced in Budget 2024.
- Recommendation 4: That the Government of Canada embed neuroscience research and expertise across national strategies and federal advisory bodies related to mental health, neurodegenerative disorders, defense, and artificial intelligence, and align federal programs to translate discoveries into real-world commercial impacts.
Read CAN’s submission here:
