Research and Workplace Innovation Program

Working with our partners, we promote safe and healthy workplaces while facilitating recovery and return to work. We also provide compassionate and supportive compensation services for workers and employers and ensure responsible financial stewardship.

As part of this commitment, the WCB created the Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) to promote and fund projects related to prevention of occupational injuries, diseases and return to work of injured or ill workers.

Each year, RWIP provides $600,000 to fund high-quality scientific research and programs that develop, implement or evaluate innovative, practical, shop-floor solutions for improving workplace health and safety.

The RWIP accepts applications for funding each year from the end of August until the end of October.

RWIP call for applications

The announcement for 2025 project funding will be added to this webpage when it is available.

If you would like to be notified when new funding opportunities are posted, please send an email to the following address: RWIP@wcb.mb.ca. Note the subject line as: “Subscribe to e-mail notifications for RWIP funding opportunities”. Please include your first and last name and all email addresses you would like the notification to be sent to.