SInce the Lambda Foundation received charitable status in 2003, its activities having grown into education and research.

There is also a Doctor Gary Gibson Award at Saint's Paul's Hospital Foundation/UBC in Vancouver, and the Friends of Lambda scholarship at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Law (Foster Prize in Human Rights).

Each university selects candidates and projects, based on academic merit and relevance to the LGBT community.

Students meeting these criteria are welcome to apply to the participating university, regardless of sexual orientation, gender or any other grounds.

In December 2008 Lambda supported an education and research initiative with Queer Peace International to co-produce the publication Breaking Free: Sexual Diversity and Change in Emerging Nations,[2] which examines ways in which sexual/gender minorities in developing countries empower themselves, educate their communities on gender and sexuality differences, and work collaboratively with international allies.