Research and Grants Program

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Research and Grants Program

We're committed to providing exceptional programs and services to the people and businesses of Ontario.

The objective of the WSIB Research and Grants Program is to enhance workplace injury and illness insurance system outcomes by supporting innovative proposals that help advance our strategic mandate.

The program accomplishes this through highly practical research and training studies delivered by professionals and organizations that can strengthen Ontario's workers' compensation system now and in the future.

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2023 Grants competition is now open for proposals

The 2023 grants competition opened on Monday August 29, 2022. We will accept initial proposals until Friday, October 14, 2022.

This page provides information about our grant priority areas, proposal selection process, proposal instructions, and the grants application form.

If you would like updates about our research and grants program, including future calls for proposals, please email grants@wsib.on.ca and we'll add you to our email distribution list.

Research and Grant priority areas

The 2023 Research and Grants Program will focus on research that can help make Ontario the safest place to work. Four considerations for the competition include:

  1. how we work
  2. how we approach health and safety
  3. how we support return-to-work and recovery
  4. how we meet our customers’ expectations

The research and grants agenda provides more information on the topics of interest for the 2023 proposal.

Selection process

We follow a rigorous and transparent proposal selection process for our Research and Grants Program. We accept the following types of proposals:

1. Research proposals

  • Expert research proposals that deliver practical results for the workplace safety and compensation system
  • Workplace-based projects that create partnerships between the workplace, researchers and organizations

2. Training proposals

  • Initiatives that help people with workplace injuries and illnesses, employers and the workplace safety and compensation system solve long-standing barriers
  • Innovative opportunities that build capacity in the community and offer significant potential to improve system results

Opportunities are available for applicants to connect with stakeholders familiar with the WSIB or WSIB staff to better align their proposals to the needs of the organization. However, any engagement must be reported at the time of submission. Please email grants@wsib.on.ca for more information. 

For more information, review the grant proposal instructions

Download the 
WSIB grants application form

Previous research and grants program recipients: