Grants & Fellowships
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Canadian Environmental Agency is seeking input
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Value: Up to $150,000
Duration: 6 to 24 months
Deadline: rolling
NRC: Materials for Clean Fuels - invitation to collaborate
Value: expected $200K/year
Duration: expected 2 years
Deadline: express your interest by Oct 7, 2019
New Challenge Statement for ENCQOR 5G SME Technology Development
Value: $150K
Duration: 1.5 years
Deadline: September 26, 2019
Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholar Awards
Value: Up to $150k
Duration: 3 years
Deadline:
Applications will open – September 3, 2019
Application will close – October 3, 2019 by 3PM
IDEaS Competitive Projects launches five new Challenges
Value: up to $200K
Duration: 6 months
Deadline:
Last day to request an epost connection – September 25, 2019
Lassonde deadline for signatures – September 26, 2019
ORS deadline – October 1, 2019
Agency deadline – October 3, 2019
SOSCIP - Collaborative Projects
Value: ND
Duration: 6 months - 2 years
Deadline: rolling
IDEaS contest: Pop-Up City
Value: $3.5 M
Duration: 2 years
Deadline: November 1, 2019
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Call for Applications: Gairdner Ontario Symposium Grant
Value: Up to $25K
Deadlines:
Proposals due at ORS – September 6, 2019
Proposals due at agency – September 9, 2019
Training Grant: CIHR-NSERC-SSHRC Healthy Cities Research Training Platform (HCRTP)
Value: up to $5.1M
Duration: N/A
Deadline:
Letter of Intent – December 10, 2019
Application deadline – August 27, 2020
Bank of Canada Fellowship Program
Value: $90,000 per year
Duration: Up to five years
Deadlines:
Lassonde deadline: September 23, 2019
SIRI deadline (MAAC review): September 30, 2019
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France-Canada Research Fund
Value: Up to $15K
Duration: Up to 2 years
Deadline: November 15, 2019
Solar Decathlon Middle East - Dubai 2020
Value: Up to $3.6M in prizes
Duration: N/A
Deadline: N/A
Call for Applications: Canadian Hemophilia Society Research Programs
Value: Up to $75k per year and per project for a maximum of $150k
Duration: Up to 3 years
Deadlines:
ORS deadline – November 1, 2019
Agency deadline – November 15, 2019
SSHRC Connection Grants: Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research
Value:
Events - $7K to $25K
Outreach Activities - $7K to $50K
Duration: 1 year
Deadline:
ORS deadline for full review – October 18, 2019, and January 20, 2020
Agency deadline – November 1, 2019, and February 1, 2020
PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES
- Submission to Lassonde for signatures - Sep 5, 2019
- Deadline to request a Secure epost conversation - Sep 7, 2019
- Submission to ORS for signatures - Sep 10, 2019
- Submission to DND - Sep 12, 2019
Canadian Space Agency: FAST 2019
Value: Up to $300,000
Duration: 1-3 years
Deadline: Due at CSA (by mail) on October 18
***obligatory internal deadlines will apply (tbc)***
DRDC - Canadian Safety and Security Program
Value: up to $2M per project
Duration: Up to 36 months
Eligibility: Each team needs to include a Canadian Lead Government Department (LGD).
Deadline: Sep 20, 2019
NSERC Research Tools & Instruments Competition
Value: Up to $150K
Duration: 1 year
Deadlines: October 25, 2019 (internal deadlines will apply, tbc)
***The Lassonde RTI top-up program will be announced shortly.***
Simons Foundation - Mathematics and Physics
Value: Up to $200K per year
Duration: Up to 5 years
Deadlines: September 25, 2019
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, various opportunities
Value: various
Duration: various
Deadlines: starting Aug 28, 2019
HRF - AI Health Research
Value: $100K/fellowship
Duration: 1 year
Deadlines: September 27, 2019
Bickell Foundation - Medical Research Program
Value: Up to $65,000
Duration: Not stated
Deadlines:
ORS deadline for internal adjudication – by 9:00am on Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Agency deadline – Friday, November 1, 2019
Guggenheim Fellowships
Value: N/A
Deadline:
Foundation deadline - September 16, 2019
Canadian Cancer Society - Innovation Grants
Value: Up to $100K/year to a maximum of $200K per grant
Duration: Up to 3 years
Deadlines: October 15, 2019
Canadian Cancer Society - Innovation to Impact Grants
Value: Up to $150K/year to a maximum of $450K per grant
Duration: Up to 3 years
Deadlines: October 15, 2019
Call for proposals: Strengthening education systems with proven innovations in developing contexts
Value: $1.35M to $2.7M
Duration: Up to 42 months
Deadline:
Deadline for submitting proposals - October 1, 2019
Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence Initiative
Value: Up to $173,333 per year
Duration: 3 years
Deadline:
NOI: Mandatory ORS deadline for signatures - August 16, 2019
Full application: Mandatory ORS deadline for signatures - Sep 9, 2019
2019 Exploration competition - NFRF program
Value: up to $125k per year
Duration: 2 years
Deadline:
NOI - August 7, 2019
Application deadline - December 10, 2019
Early Researcher Awards
Value: Up to $100k (more details enclosed)
Deadline:
Provide referee names to Christina Corre - August 9, 2019
Letters of Reference due at ORS - September 19
ORS Deadline - October 3, 2019
ORS will submit all applications to the Agency by October 10
summary of guidelines
PDF guidelines
application form
Value: $7500
Deadline:
Internal review for selection (2 per faculty) - August 16, 2019.
Nominations submission - September 6, 2019
NSERC Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering
Value: up to $110k per year (details enclosed)
Duration: 5 years with renewal term of 3 or 5 years
Deadline:
Application deadline - October 8, 2019
Note: Please contact Paulina Karwowska-Desaulniers if you are interested.
Biocodex Microbiota Foundation - Call for Projects
Value: 25,000 €
Duration: Up to 2 years
Deadline:
Submission of full application to ORS – October 17, 2019
Submission of application to agency – October 31, 2019 by 5 pm PST
NSERC PromoScience Program
Value: up to $200k per year
Duration: 3 years
Deadline:
NSERC deadline - before 8:00 p.m. (ET) on September 15, 2019
IDRC Research Awards 2020 -for research focusing on developing countries
Value: CA$41k - $47k
Duration: 12 months
Deadline: September 18, 2019 by 16:00 (EDT)
Ontario HIV Treatment Network - The Endgame Program
Value: $40k - $250k/year depending on award
Duration: 2 - 3 years
Deadline:
LOI due at agency – July 12, 2019 by 5:00pm EST
Full Application due at agency - Oct 7, 2019
Regional learning partners - Global Partnership for Education’s Knowledge and Innovation Exchange
Value:
Up to CA$3,360,000 for KIX hub 1,2,3
Up to CA$1,235,000 for KIX hub 4
Duration: 50 months
Deadline: August 21, 2019 by 23:30 (EDT)
Important Note: Candidates must be located in a KIX hub region of focus. Details enclosed.
Open Research Area (ORA) for Social Science 2019 Competition
Value: SSHRC - Up to $400,000 per project (details enclosed)
Duration: 24 to 36 months
Deadline:
Mandatory ORS deadline - September 9, 2019
OCE: Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network - Talent Development - Students
Value: $10,000 + equal match from partner
Duration: 4 months
Eligibility: Final-year undergraduate students or graduate student, or recent undergraduates and Masters graduates within three years of graduation from an Ontario-based post-secondary institution.
Deadline: Rolling
OCE: Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network - Talent Development - Postdocs
Value: $35K from OCE + $50K from partner
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Fellows must hold a PhD from within the last five years from an Ontario University.
Deadline: Rolling
SSHRC: Open Research Area, 6th Call for Proposals
Value: up to $135k per year
Duration: 2-3 years
Deadline:
ESRC outline proposal deadline - September 11, 2019
Stem Cell Network (SCN): Research Funding Programs
Value:
maximum $75k for 25 months for Translation and Society Program
maximum $500k for 25 months for Fueling Biotechnology Partnerships Program
Duration: 25 months
Deadline:
The SCN application deadline is August 8, 2019
Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence Round 10
Value:
Tier 1 - $200k to $1M
Tier 2 - $1M to $4M
Duration: 5+ years
Deadline:
First draft of application due - July 22
Second draft of application due - Mid-August
Final application due to SIRI Unit - September 18
Submission of application to Ministry by SIRI Unit - September 20
Note: Contact Paulina Karwowska-Desaulniers as soon as possible
NSERC Discovery Grant
Value: Variable
Duration: 5 years
Deadlines:
NOI - August 1, 2019
Application deadline - November 1, 2019
Full application internal deadlines to follow
IBM: Call for Code Initiative
Value: $200k
Deadline:
ORS deadline - July 15, 2019
Application deadline - July 29, 2019
Sloan Research Fellowships
Value: $70k
Duration: 2 year term
Deadline:
ORS deadline - September, 2, 2019
Application Deadline - September 16, 2019
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program
Value: $70k per year
Duration: 2 years
Deadline:
LOI due at Lassonde - July 15, 2019
LOI due at FGS - July 22, 2019
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NCGR - The Spectrum Of Gambling Behaviors And Policy-relevant Research
Value:
Seed grant - $30k/year
Large grant - $75k/year
Travel Grant - $1.5k/year
Duration: 1-2 years
Deadline: variable (more details enclosed)
Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences 2019
Value: up to $135k per year (more details enclosed)
Duration: 2 - 3 years
Deadline:
Submission to ORS for full administrative review - August 27, 2019
Submission to ORS - no later than 9:00am, September 9, 2019
Submission of Stage 1 Proposal to agency - September 11, 2019 by 16:00 (UK Time)
Submission of Stage 2 Proposal to agency - September 11, 2019 by 16:00 (UK time)
Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence Round 10
Value:
Tier 1 - $200k to $1M
Tier 2 - $1M to $4M
Duration: 5+ years
Deadline:
First draft of application due - July 22
Second draft of application due - Mid-August
Final application due to SIRI Unit - September 18
Submission of application to Ministry by SIRI Unit - September 20
Operating Grant: Terry Fox New Investigator Award
Value: $150k per year
Duration: 3 years
Deadline:
Registration to TFRI - June 28, 2019
Full Proposal to TFRI - September 13, 2019
Abbreviated CIHR Application (201909TFX) - September 13, 2019
Collaborative Health Research Projects – Call for Artificial Intelligence, Health and Society
Value: up to $20.4M total
Duration: 3 years
Deadline:
LOI Agency Deadline - June 25, 2019
Full Application Agency Deadline - October 29, 2019)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Value: up to $500k
Duration: 5 years
Deadline:
Submission of pre-proposal to ORS - June 28, 2019
Submission of pre-proposal to agency - July 15, 2019 12:00pm Eastern Time
Submission of full application to ORS - November 1, 2019
Submission of full application to agency - November 15, 2019 by 12:00 pm Eastern Time
Operating Grant: CIHR Summer Institute on Equitable AI for Public Health
Value: up to $525k
Duration: 5 years
Deadline:
Application deadline – Aug 1, 2019
Team Grant : Next Generation Networks for Neuroscience (NeuroNex)
Value: up to $5M
Duration: 5 years
Deadline:
Application deadline – Dec 13, 2019
Cancer Research Society - Translational Research Partnership Program
Value: up to $1.5M
Duration: Up to 3 years
Deadlines:
Submission of LOI to ORS for review – 10 working days before agency submission
Submission of LOI to agency – Rolling deadline
Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium
Value: TBD
Duration: TBD
Deadlines:
Submission of LOI to ORS - 10 working days before agency
Submission of LOI to agency - Rolling deadline
SSHRC Open Research Area: Pre-call Announcement
Value: TBD
Duration: TBD
Deadlines:
ORA due to open April 2019
Closing estimated July 2019
Cancer Research Society - Translational Research Partnership Program
Value: Max $1.5M
Duration: Up to 3 years
Deadlines:
Submission of LOI to ORS for review – 10 working days before submission to the agency
Submission of LOI to agency – Rolling deadline
Lassonde Grant Writing Support Fund - Pilot 2018
Value: contact the research support team for more details
Deadlines: rolling
Weston Brain Institute - Early Phase Clinical Trials
Value: Up to $1.5M
Duration: Up to 4 years
Deadlines: LOI - rolling deadline
Weston Brain Institute - Big Ideas Canada
Value: $5M - $20M
Duration: Approximately 5 years
Deadlines: LOI - rolling deadline
The Simon Foundation's Autism Research Initiative: Explorer Awards
Value: Up to $80K (including indirect costs)
Duration:1 year
Deadline: rolling
The Simon Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division: Targeted Grants in MPS program
Value: flexible
Duration: Up to 5 years
Deadlines: Rolling
Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship
Value: Up to $80K (including $36K from partner)
Duration: 36 months
Deadline: rolling
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
Value: $7k - $25k
Duration: 1 year
Deadline: June 15, September 15, December 15, 2018
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