Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
PSI Foundation (Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation) is a physician-sponsored granting agency in Ontario, established in 1970, that funds health, clinical, and medical-education research. The website provides funding program descriptions, downloadable guidelines, examples of funded research, and links to an online application portal (SmartSimple).
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Clinician-led research teams or affiliated hospital/university investigators in Ontario conducting clinical, medical-education, or health research and able to apply via an institutional online portal.
Good Fit
- • Located in Ontario
- • Led or co-led by clinician/physician investigators
- • Project is clinical research or medical-education research
- • Institutional affiliation with hospital or university
- • Willingness to apply through the SmartSimple portal and follow published guidelines
- • Timing proposals for one of the four annual competitions
Geography
Observed grant disbursements in the filings are wholly concentrated in Ontario in both available years, indicating a provincial footprint rather than multi‑provincial or national giving.
Recipient Variety
Filings show a single aggregated 'Grants Paid' line each year (one reported recipient line), but program materials and grant descriptions indicate the foundation distributes funding to multiple clinician-research recipients; the filings' aggregation limits precise counting of individual beneficiaries.
New Applicants
The foundation publishes application guidelines, uses an online SmartSimple portal, and runs four competitions annually, so unfamiliar, eligible applicants appear able to submit through a clear public process even though the filings report aggregated disbursements.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
