General Eligibility criteria for Fertility Friends Foundation applicants:

• Applicants and their partner (if applicable) must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents and reside in Canada.
• Applicants must have a medical diagnosis of infertility certified in writing by a medical provider, with the following exceptions:
1. Applicants who are members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community
2. Applicants who are single
• Applicants must have seen a Reproductive Endocrinologist within the previous 6 months.
• All applicants must not have a medical condition that would pose a serious risk to themselves or, in the case of females, the child they would carry (e.g., active acute infections).
• All applicants must possess the means to offer continued child support (at least one partner must maintain employment).
• Grant applicants must be patients of a Fertility Clinic located in Canada. Grants will exclusively be disbursed to Canadian Fertility Clinics.
• Recipients must begin treatment within 6 months after receiving the grant.
• Applicants must be applying for a grant to cover upcoming fertility treatment. Please note that Fertility Friends Foundation does not reimburse expenses that have already occurred.
• Grants will not be awarded to cover or supplement fertility treatments that are fully or partially funded by a government program.
• Grants are awarded on a one-time basis; previous recipients are not eligible to apply again.

Clinical criteria for grant applicants:

Applicants MUST be between 18 and 50 years of age. 

• Heterosexual couples MUST meet the ASRM definition of infertility

Same sex females: MUST have completed 6 IUI cycles unless other diagnoses of infertility have been made.