Canadian Obesity Summit 2026 – Travel Award Competition

Travel Award Competition

Call for application

The MyRoad training and mentoring platform, in collaboration with Obesity Canada, is launching its Travel Award Competition to participate in the Canadian Obesity Summit 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, from March 25 to 29, 2026. It is where Canada’s obesity community comes together — researchers, and healthcare professionals— to exchange ideas, share the latest science, and put evidence into practice.

The theme this year is Obesity Across the Lifespan: Connecting Research to Real-World Care. The Canadian Obesity Summit 2026 bridges science, practice, and policy to transform how obesity is seen, supported, and understood across the lifespan.

Travel Award

Travel awards of up to $1500 to cover transportation, accomodation and registration fees (allowable under CIHR research grant rules) to participate to the scientific event will be offered to selected participants.

Eligibility criteria:

• Be a graduated student, a post-doctoral student, a medical resident or an Early Career Investigator in the field of obesity, diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases;
• Not having any other source of funding to participate in this event;
• Be registered for the Canadian Obesity Summit 2026.

How to apply?

We strongly encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and people from the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities to apply for MyRoad funding. We invite applicants to share lived or professional experiences that they feel may relate to their submission. Applicants should feel free to share as little or as much as they wish according to their comfort level. Any information shared will be kept confidential by the selection committee. For the purposes of evaluation, we take care to recruit a diverse committee reflecting the profiles of the applicants and we ensure that the evaluation process considers the career stage and individual context of each applicant, including atypical trajectories. Please ensure that your application meets the eligibility criteria of the funding call.

Please provide:

1. a brief description of your training path so far and, if relevant, how your lived experience may have influenced your progress. (max. 250 words)
2. a brief description of your most significant achievements so far (scientific or other) and how those achievements have prepared you for the activity you are applying for in the present funding call. (max. 250 words)
3. a brief description of how this award will contribute to academic and career progress. (max. 250 words)
4. a confirmation from supervisor that no other sources of travel funding is available.

The deadline for submission is January 16, 2026. There are 10 travel awards available. Selected candidates will be contacted in February 2026.

If you have any questions or concerns, please send your inquiries at MyRoad.MaRoute@criucpq.ulaval.ca.