Daniel Glazier Research Grant in Adolescent Mental Health and Substance
The Daniel Glazier Research Grant in Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Abuse is designed for Canadian family physicians and family physician researchers. This grant is named in memory of Daniel Glazier, a young man from Toronto, Ontario, who died at age 18 in July 2009 of circumstances related to mental health and substance abuse. This grant is meant to support research that will help family physicians in assessing and treating mental health and substance abuse among adolescents and young adults up to the age of 25.
This is one of two grants available to honour Daniel Glazier, at a value of up to $5,000 each. Please refer to the Daniel Glazier CPD Grant in Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Abuse if you are interested in applying for the grant related to continuing professional development (CPD).
Eligibility criteria:
Each applicant must be a College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) member who has been in good standing for at least one year.
Applicants cannot have received this award in the past three years.
Eligible activities include any research activity that would benefit Canadian youth, including young adults up to the age of 25, with mental health and/or substance abuse problems. For example, a research activity might be the development of a screening tool that family physicians can use to detect adolescent mental health problems or substance abuse.
The project start date must be between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2026.
Applicants cannot claim lost time from practice, or the cost of a locum in their budget.
The applicant must be in active practice and can be either community or academic based.
Family medicine residents and medical students are not eligible.
Please visit our Guidelines for basic eligibility and additional considerations.
Taxable income:
Payments will be made in the name of the principal investigator unless indicated on the application that funds are to be redirected to a registered charity.
Award funds received are taxable and are considered part of your personal income in the fiscal year in which they are received. The CFPC will issue a statement of income (T4A information slip) at the end of the year for these amounts.
It is recommended that recipients enter an agreement with an institution so that it can hold and disburse grant funds to avoid personal taxes.
The Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM), guided by its values and accountability to donors, does not permit administrative fees to be included in project budgets or retained by the institution holding the grant funds. The FAFM will entrust grant funds to the chosen organization once the charitable registration number or the business GST number is received.
Application process:
Applications are due to the CFPC National Office by 4:00 p.m. (ET) on April 13, 2026.
Applications must be submitted online.
Please refer to the Application Guidelines for requirements.
Selection process:
The joint CFPC and FAFM Honours and Awards Committee uses the peer endorsements from a national review process to compile their recommendations to be approved by the CFPC and FAFM Boards of Directors.
Applicants will be formally notified of results in August.
Recognition of support:
This grant is made possible through the generosity of the FAFM’s donors.