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 |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation grants | Monday, June 19, 2023 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation grants | Monday, September 18, 2023 |
| BBVA Foundation | Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Friday, June 30, 2023 |
| Government of Canada | New Frontiers in Research Fund: 2023 International Initiative for Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition | Tuesday, May 2, 2023 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Thursday, June 15, 2023 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Killam Prize | Friday, June 2, 2023 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Dorothy Killam Fellowship | Friday, June 16, 2023 |
| Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM) | Quantum Leap Pharma-led Funding Program for Drug Discovery Research | Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Canada–Japan Corporate Co-innovation Program | Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Brain Health and Reduction of Risk for Age-related Cognitive Impairment - Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants | Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Mechanisms in Brain Aging and Dementia | Tuesday, June 13, 2023 |
| Government of Canada | Stage 2 Canada Biomedical Research Fund and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund | Thursday, June 8, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Ovarian Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Biomedical Discovery Grants (National Women’s Health Research Initiative: Innovation Fund - Biomedical Discovery Grants) | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials (iCT) | Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
| NSERC/SSHRC | NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative | Monday, May 8, 2023 |
| SSHRC/Public Health Agency of Canada/Genome Canada | Imagining Canada’s Future Ideas Lab: Global Health and Wellness for the 21st Century | Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
| Weston Brain Institute | Brain Health: Sleep 2023 Program | Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
| Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry | Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program | Friday, June 16, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) | Wednesday, May 31, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Prostate Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) - August Deadlines | Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Prostate Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) - June Deadline | Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) - May Deadlines | Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) - July Deadlines | Tuesday, July 25, 2023 |
| Department of Defense | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) | Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
| Ontario Centre of Excellence - Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) | OVIN - Stream 2: Research and Development (R&D) Partnership Fund – C/AV & Smart Mobility - Round 1 | Monday, June 5, 2023 |
| Ontario Centre of Excellence - Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) | OVIN - Stream 2: Research and Development (R&D) Partnership Fund – Electric Vehicle - Round 1 | Monday, June 5, 2023 |
| Ontario Centre of Excellence - Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) | OVIN - Research and Development (R&D) Partnership Fund – WinterTech - Round 1 | Monday, June 5, 2023 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) - Call for Proposals | Friday, June 16, 2023 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)-Harrington Scholar Award | Monday, May 29, 2023 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Awards (CHI) | Thursday, August 31, 2023 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | Harrington Scholar-Innovator | Monday, June 5, 2023 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Measuring Metabolism Across Scales | Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
| Government of Canada | 2023-2024 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition | Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
| Brain Canada | Brain Canada Rising Stars Trainee Awards | Thursday, June 15, 2023 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Alliance Consortia Quantum grants | Monday, October 16, 2023 |
| Brain Canada and CQDM | Call for Collaborative Research Projects on the Brain | Monday, July 3, 2023 |
| MITACS | Globalink Research Internship (GRI) | Thursday, June 8, 2023 |
| Cancer Research UK (CRUK) / National Cancer Institute (NCI) /Cancer Grand Challenges | Cancer Grand Challenges | Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
| Gairdner Foundation | Canada Gairdner Momentum Award | Saturday, July 15, 2023 |
| Genome Canada/Ontario Genomics | Genomic Monitoring of Pathogens in Water: Community Coordination and Collaboration Hub (C3 Hub) Funding Opportunity | Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | 15th Science Policy Youth Award – CSPC 2023 | Friday, August 11, 2023 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | Trailblazer Award | Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant: Crisis Line and App-based Support for Public Safety | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
| Brain Canada/Heart & Stroke/CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health | Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars | Friday, September 1, 2023 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Grants | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
| Profound Impact Corporation | 2023 Impactful Actions Awards | Wednesday, June 14, 2023 |
| Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility | EnAbling Change Program | Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
| International Development Research Centre / Global Partnership for Education | Call for Proposals to Strengthen Education Data Systems and Data Use | Monday, July 17, 2023 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Horizons (pilot) | Friday, June 16, 2023 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Alliance Quantum Grants | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
| International Development Research Centre | Call for concept notes: Scaling Care Innovations in Africa | Friday, June 23, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts | Wednesday, November 8, 2023 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Network on Sustainable Agriculture in a Net-Zero Economy | Friday, October 20, 2023 |
| International Development Research Centre | IDRC International Doctoral Research Awards | Monday, July 17, 2023 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | CMHC Housing Research Awards | Friday, August 25, 2023 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards (Cycle 2) | Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | CPCoE Funding Opportunities | Monday, August 28, 2023 |
| Fulbright Canada | Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award | Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Research Chairs | Wednesday, November 15, 2023 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Wednesday, July 12, 2023 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) | Monday, July 17, 2023 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | PromoScience | Friday, September 15, 2023 |
| ALS Canada & Brain Canada | ALS Canada-Brain Canada Discovery Grant Program 2023 | Wednesday, July 12, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | TRANSCAN-3 Joint Transnational Call: Translational Research on Cancer Epigenetics | Friday, July 21, 2023 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | Challenge Grants Call for Applications | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Resilient Health Systems for All - Concept Notes | Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Friday, September 15, 2023 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Engaged Research Grant | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Terry Fox New Investigator Award | Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants | Monday, July 10, 2023 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Deep Tissue Imaging (Phase 2) | Tuesday, July 11, 2023 |
| Brain Canada | Basics of Better Mental Health Program | Tuesday, June 27, 2023 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | INMD Early Career Researcher Partnership Prize (2023/2024) | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 |