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 |
|---|---|---|
| CIHR-NRC | NRC's Aging in Place Challenge program and CIHR Institute of Aging joint funding call | Wednesday, December 22, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation grants | Monday, June 27, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation grants | Monday, September 26, 2022 |
| BBVA Foundation | Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Volvo Environment Prize Foundation | Volvo Environment Prize | Tuesday, January 10, 2023 |
| The Royal Society | The Royal Society - Exchange Scheme (Standard Program, 4th round) | Wednesday, September 28, 2022 |
| Ontario Genomics Institute | Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) | Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Monday, August 1, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Alliance International Quantum grants | Tuesday, January 31, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) DoD Funding Opportunities Lung Cancer Research Programs - July Deadline | Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
| The Royal | Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research | Friday, July 15, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine) – Information for CIHR grant holders | Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC: Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine) | Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC: Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine) | Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme: Call for Proposals | Tuesday, May 31, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities - July Deadlines | Tuesday, July 12, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities - August Deadline | Wednesday, August 17, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program Funding Announcement | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities - July Deadlines | Thursday, July 7, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities - August Deadlines | Thursday, August 4, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Neurofibromatosis Research Program Funding Opportunities | Monday, June 20, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
| Michelson Medical Research Foundation | Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants | Sunday, June 26, 2022 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine | Monday, September 12, 2022 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
| Lab2Market/NSERC | Lab2Market (L2M) Program | Monday, June 27, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Pancreatic Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities | Friday, July 8, 2022 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Killam Prizes | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy | Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Alliance Consortia Quantum grants | Friday, October 21, 2022 |
| Government of Canada | Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships | Wednesday, September 21, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Grant | Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program | Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
| MITACS | Elevate (for Postdoctoral Fellows) | Wednesday, July 6, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities - August Deadline | Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: Housing Research Awards | Friday, July 29, 2022 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Engaged Research Grants | Monday, August 1, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DOD Bone Marrow Failure Research Program Funding Opportunities | Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
| Government of Canada | New Frontiers in Research Fund: 2022 Exploration Competition | Tuesday, June 28, 2022 |
| ALS Canada & Brain Canada | 2022 ALS Canada – Brain Canada Discovery Grant Program | Tuesday, July 5, 2022 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) | Thursday, July 14, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Vision Research Program Funding Opportunities | Friday, July 15, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Clinical Trials Projects | Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Hearing Restoration Research Program Funding Opportunities | Friday, July 22, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Lupus Research Program Funding Opportunities | Tuesday, August 16, 2022 |
| Genome Canada/Ontario Genomics | Interdisciplinary Challenge Teams (ICT) Funding Opportunity: Climate Action Genomics Initiative – Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Health Equity Research Grants – Advancing a more accessible and inclusive cancer care system | Wednesday, July 20, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DOD Military Burn Research Program Funding Opportunities | Monday, June 27, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Fellowship : HostSeq Fellowship | Thursday, July 14, 2022 |
| Public Health Agency of Canada | Call for spring 2022 letter of intent: Dementia Community Investment | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine | Thursday, July 21, 2022 |
| GlycoNet | Calls for Proposals | Friday, July 15, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DOD Chronic Pain Management Research Program Funding Opportunities | Tuesday, July 12, 2022 |
| WSIB Ontario | 2022 Grants Program Strategic Initiative: Occupational exposure to allergens and irritants and the development of occupational asthma (Systematic Review) | Friday, August 5, 2022 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | CIMVHR Fellowship | Friday, August 5, 2022 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Awards for Canadian Scholars 2023/2024: Research Chairs | Tuesday, November 15, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Ship Time program | Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Parkinson's Research Program Funding Opportunities | Tuesday, August 16, 2022 |
| Brain Canada/Alzheimer’s Association | Advancing Research on Care & Outcome Measurement 2.0 (ARCOM-2) | Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | ADDF-Harrington Scholar award | Monday, July 18, 2022 |
| Ontario HIV Treatment Network | HIV Endgame Funding Program | Monday, July 18, 2022 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | New Frontiers Program Project Grants | Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Terry Fox New Investigator Award | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Melanoma Research Program Funding Opportunities - July Deadline | Friday, July 8, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Melanoma Research Program Funding Opportunities - September Deadlines | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 |
| Francophone Association for the Advancement of Sciences | Call for Applications - Research Cooperation in the Canadian Francophonie Program | Saturday, September 10, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Funding Opportunities | Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Diabetes, Psychosocial Health, Prevention and Self-Management | Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS | Wednesday, July 27, 2022 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | Scaling Up for Seniors stream of the Age Well at Home Initiative | Friday, July 22, 2022 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Canada-France 2022 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 |
| IC-IMPACTS, Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) | Building Resilient And Carbon-Neutral Communities Post Covid | Friday, July 15, 2022 |
| Accessibility Standards Canada | Advancing Accessibility Standards Research Program: Call for expressions of interest | Friday, August 5, 2022 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC): Youth Award Application | Friday, August 19, 2022 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | Trailblazer Award Application | Friday, August 19, 2022 |
| Alzheimer Society of Canada | Proof of Concept Grant | Monday, July 11, 2022 |
| Amazon | Amazon Research Awards | Friday, July 8, 2022 |
| Government of Canada | Climate Action and Awareness Fund | Monday, July 18, 2022 |
| Ontario Centre of Excellence - Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) | Stream 2: Research and Development (R&D) Partnership Fund – Electric Vehicle | Friday, September 9, 2022 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | Cancer Therapeutics Innovation Pipeline – Request for applications | Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
| Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry | Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program | Friday, September 16, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : Policy Research for Health System Transformation | Tuesday, October 4, 2022 |
| Fulbright Canada | Traditional (All Disciplines) Award | Tuesday, November 15, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Kidney Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities - September Deadlines | Thursday, September 29, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Reconstructive Transplant Research Program Funding Opportunities - July Deadlines | Wednesday, July 27, 2022 |
| Department of Defense | DoD Reconstructive Transplant Research Program Funding Opportunities - September Deadline | Wednesday, September 28, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts (2022) (CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH)) | Wednesday, September 7, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships | Wednesday, September 14, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Insight Grants | Monday, October 3, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | PromoScience: Call for Applications | Thursday, September 15, 2022 |
| Natural Resources Canada | Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative - Calls for Proposal | Thursday, August 18, 2022 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) | Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
| CMC Microsystems | Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence | Friday, August 19, 2022 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Dynamic Imaging | Tuesday, August 23, 2022 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Data Insights Cycle 2 | Thursday, August 25, 2022 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Advancing Imaging Through Collaborative Projects | Thursday, September 8, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) Training and Community Support Grant (2022/2023) | Friday, September 30, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Travel Awards – AIDS 2022 Conference (Second round of funding) | Thursday, July 7, 2022 |
| Grain Farmers of Ontario | Call for Letters of Intent | Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Gender-Based Violence | Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
| MIT Solve/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Novel Measurement for Performance Improvement Challenge | Tuesday, August 9, 2022 |
| International Development Research Centre | Call for Proposals: Organizations (Hubs) Managing Regional Innovation Networks for Responsible Artificial Intelligence to Improve Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health (SRMH) Outcomes | Thursday, August 11, 2022 |
| Brain Canada and the ALS Society of Canada | ALS Canada-Brain Canada Career Transition Award 2022 | Monday, August 22, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : Standards for Children and Youth Mental Health Services | Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright-National Archives Heritage Science Fellowship | Saturday, October 15, 2022 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) | Tuesday, October 4, 2022 |