Marco Terwiel Rural Family Medicine Innovation Grant
The Marco Terwiel Rural Family Medicine Innovation Grant is named in honour of Dr. Marco Terwiel, a family physician who was devoted to the health and well-being of patients in rural and remote areas. The grant is for family physicians in northern, rural, and remote locations who would like to enhance or introduce innovative ways to serve the medical needs of their communities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
Family physicians in rural or remote Canada, often the only doctors available for many kilometres, possess exceptionally broad and adaptable skills that enable them to respond effectively to medical challenges that, in urban settings, would typically be referred to emergency departments or other specialists. From the necessity of their situation emerge novel ways to provide the high standard of care they are trained to deliver. This grant is for a family physician looking to develop or enhance a tool, resource, or app; for example, to address the complexity of patients access to care in rural and remote areas.
The value of the grant is up to $5,000.
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 and is working in a northern, rural, or remote community.
If applying as a team, at least one member of the team must be a member of the CFPC who has been in good standing for at least one year.
Applicants cannot have received this grant in the past three years.
Please refer to 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 they are to be redirected to a registered charity.
Grant funds received are taxable and are considered part of 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.
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 Marco Terwiel Northern, Rural/Remote Family Medicine Practice Innovation Award Endowment Fund, managed by the FAFM.