External Research Funding Opportunities
Important Note Regarding Internal Deadlines
The External Funding Opportunities Database shows opportunities by external deadline. All external funding applications must be submitted to the Office of Research Services for internal review at least two weeks prior to the external deadline. Special competitions may sometimes involve earlier internal deadlines.
| Agency | Program | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research | Thursday, June 13, 2024 |
| NSERC/NRC | Alliance Quantum Grants: Call for Proposals: Advancing the Industrial Readiness of Quantum Sensing Technologies | Friday, June 14, 2024 |
| BBVA Foundation | Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 2024 Research Grants | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Killam Trust | Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship | Thursday, June 20, 2024 |
| NSERC/SSHRC/NSF | National Science Foundation Global Centres - Call for Proposals: Bioeconomy | Tuesday, June 11, 2024 |
| Government of Canada | 2024 NordForsk-led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development of the Arctic | Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Thursday, June 20, 2024 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
| Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry | Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program | Friday, June 21, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health | Wednesday, September 4, 2024 |
| Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke | Personnel Awards for Black Scholars | Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
| Ontario Centre of Innovation | Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN): Stream 2: Research and Development (R&D) Partnership Fund – C/AV & Smart Mobility | Thursday, June 20, 2024 |
| Killam Trust | Killam Prize | Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
| Killam Trust | Dorothy Killam Fellowship | Thursday, June 13, 2024 |
| Natural Resources Canada | Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | ADDF-Harrington (funding and drug development support of research efforts that aim to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease) | Monday, June 3, 2024 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | Brain Health Medicines | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | Assessing and Improving Quality of Life of Canadian Veterans Living with Chronic Pain and Common Comorbidities | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | Health System and Policy Innovations for Canadian Veterans Living with Chronic Pain | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | Understanding the Diverse Experiences of Canadian Veterans Living with Chronic Pain | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : Community Based Research in Climate Change Priority Areas | Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Biomedical Research for HIV/AIDS and STBBI | Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Canada-Germany 3+2 Collaborative Call for Proposals on Battery Material Discovery and Processing | Monday, June 24, 2024 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Breakthrough Team Grants - Transforming the Future of Metastatic Cancer | Thursday, June 27, 2024 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | Harrington Scholar-Innovator | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 |
| Government of Canada | 2024-2025 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition | Tuesday, September 17, 2024 |
| The Royal | 2024 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research | Monday, July 15, 2024 |
| MITACS | Mitacs Globalink Research Internship | Tuesday, June 4, 2024 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Terry Fox New Investigator Award | Monday, June 3, 2024 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants | Monday, July 8, 2024 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | CSPC Trailblazer Awards | Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | Science Policy Youth Award | Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
| Canadian Foundation for Governance Research | 2024 Bertram Scholarship Awards | Friday, May 24, 2024 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | The 2025 Invictus Games Research Legacy Project | Sunday, May 19, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Chair: Implementation Science Chairs in HDCYH | Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
| Ministry of Colleges and Universities | Early Researcher Award Round 18 | Thursday, July 25, 2024 |
| Government of Canada | New Frontiers in Research Fund: Exploration Stream | Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Grants | Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Horizons (Pilot) | Friday, June 14, 2024 |
| Universities Canada | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program (QES) | Friday, June 7, 2024 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Thursday, July 25, 2024 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Partnership for Clean Competition Research Grants | Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Fellowships | Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation Grants | Monday, September 16, 2024 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Canada-UK 2024-25 Collaborative Industrial Research and Development Call for Proposals on Enabling Technologies and Innovations for Biomanufacturing of Biologics and Advanced Therapeutics | Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts | Thursday, November 7, 2024 |
| University of the Arctic (UArctic) | Travel Fund | Saturday, August 31, 2024 |
| UArctic/Lloyd's Register Foundation | Research Fellowships Program - Maritime Safety within the Arctic | Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
| 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub | 2024/25 Call for Applicants | Friday, May 31, 2024 |
| The British Academy | Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2025 | Wednesday, September 18, 2024 |
| Weston Family Foundation | Northern Biodiversity Research Program | Friday, June 21, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2024) | Tuesday, December 10, 2024 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Sunday, September 15, 2024 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Traditional Scholar Awards | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Research Chairs | Friday, November 15, 2024 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Housing Research Awards | Friday, August 23, 2024 |
| IOF Olympic Studies Centre | PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme | Monday, September 23, 2024 |
| Alzheimer Society of Canada/Brain Canada | ALS Canada-Brain Canada Discovery Grant Program 2024 | Thursday, July 11, 2024 |
| Ontario Centre of Innovation | Critical Industrial Technologies initiative - Sector Adoption (SA) Program | Saturday, June 15, 2024 |
| Canada Council | Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes | Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
| Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation | Original Research on University Support Staff Workload Request for Proposals | Sunday, June 30, 2024 |
| Ministry of Mines | Critical Minerals Innovation Fund | Wednesday, July 17, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts (2024) | Tuesday, September 10, 2024 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: TRANSCAN-3 (TRANSCAN-3 Joint Transnational Call for Proposals (JTC 2024) in Translational Research for New Combination Therapies Against Cancer) | Friday, July 5, 2024 |