External Research Funding
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 | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | John C. Polanyi Award | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Health System Impact Fellowship - National Cohort Retreat | Tuesday, March 9, 2021 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS 2020 Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research | Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
| Royal Society of Canada | 2021 RSC Medals & Awards | Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
| Volvo Environment Prize Foundation | Volvo Environment Prize | Monday, January 10, 2022 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Grants for Canadian Scholars in the US for 2022/2023 | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Healthy Cities Implementation Science (HCIS) Team Grants | Wednesday, October 13, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR Fellowship | Wednesday, October 6, 2021 |
| Natural Resources Canada | Clean Fuels Fund - Building New Domestic Production Capacity | Wednesday, October 13, 2021 |
| NSERC-European Commission | NSERC-European Commission – Joint call on quantum technologies | Thursday, October 21, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Development Grants | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
| Warren Alpert Foundation | 2021 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize | Tuesday, November 2, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grant: Spring 2022 | Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Wenner-Gren Foundation Funding Opportunities | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| Genome Canada/Ontario Genomics | Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) - Round 2 | Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Research Tools and Instruments grants program | Monday, October 25, 2021 |
| Livestock Research & Innovation Corporation | Ontario Pork 2021 | Friday, October 15, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Postdoctoral Fellowships program | Sunday, October 17, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Grants – Northern Research Supplements Program | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| American Chemical Society | ACS Petroleum Research Fund | Friday, October 15, 2021 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Canadian Space Agency: Supplements to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowships Program 2021 | Friday, January 7, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| National Organization of Research Development Professionals | 2021 NORD/InfoReady Grant Competition for Research Development Professionals | Monday, November 8, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : Quadruple Aim and Equity | Tuesday, October 26, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : SPOR Primary Care Network | Tuesday, December 7, 2021 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Support to Inclusive Governance in Ukraine | Thursday, November 18, 2021 |
| Agence nationale de la rechereche/SSHRC | Open Research Area 7th Call for Proposals | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
| Canadian Frailty Network | Request for Proposals: AVOID Frailty Regional Centres for Healthy Aging Grants Competition | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| MITACS | Globalink Research Award Thematic Call | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Livestock Research & Innovation Corporation | 2021 Poultry Call | Tuesday, October 12, 2021 |
| IC-IMPACTS Centres of Excellence | IC-IMPACTS Call for Proposals on Food Security | Sunday, October 31, 2021 |
| CIFAR | CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program | Wednesday, October 27, 2021 |
| Government of Canada | 2022 Transformation Competition | Tuesday, November 2, 2021 |
| WSIB Ontario | Call for Proposals: 2022 WSIB Research and Grants Competition | Friday, October 15, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Transitions in Care - Phase 2 | Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Knowledge Synthesis Grants Call - “The Emerging Asocial Society” | Friday, December 17, 2021 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Royal Society of Canada | Nomination of Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Bank of Canada | Fellowship Program | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 |
| Bank of Canada | Governor's Award | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Adoption Stream | Thursday, March 31, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Addressing the Wider Health Impacts of COVID-19 | Monday, October 18, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Cannabis Research in Longitudinal studies | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Canadian Student Participation in the NASA International Internship (NASA I2) Project (summer 2022, fall 2022 & spring 2023) | Wednesday, October 13, 2021 |
| Canadian Blood Services | 2021 Graduate Fellowship Program competition | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research - Call for Nominations | Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
| GlycoNet | Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) Calls for Proposals | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Conference and Workshop Grants | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Alzheimer Society of Canada | 2022 Alzheimer Society Research Program funding competition | Friday, November 5, 2021 |
| Canada Foundation for Innovation | Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund | Monday, October 18, 2021 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | Advancing research on servicewomen and women Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit | EMPOWER Awards V | Tuesday, November 9, 2021 |
| WSIB Ontario | 2021 Grants Program strategic initiative: Occupational exposure to vapours, gases, dusts and fumes and the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Systematic review) | Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
| Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs | Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative - Knowledge Mobilization and Research Synthesis streams | Friday, October 29, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Summer Program in Aging - Planning Grant | Tuesday, December 7, 2021 |
| National Research Council/CELTIC-NEXT | CELTIC-NEXT – Autumn 2021 call for proposals | Monday, November 22, 2021 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | Improving Canadian Armed Forces mental health and resilience training: understanding trainee preferences for the Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) Program | Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | Investigating Intra-articular Treatment Strategies for Early-Stage Joint Tissue Damage In the Canadian Armed Forces | Wednesday, November 3, 2021 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | Evaluation of Strength and Conditioning Program Implementation with the Goal of Reducing Musculoskeletal Injuries | Friday, November 5, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC Prizes – Science Promotion | Thursday, November 25, 2021 |
| Canadian Blood Services | James Kreppner Award | Monday, November 15, 2021 |
| Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation | OSSTF/FEESO Research Grant for Emergent Issues and Priorities | Friday, October 29, 2021 |
| Bioenterprise Canada Corporation/Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) | Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative – Commercialization | Friday, October 29, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity | Tuesday, November 9, 2021 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Canada – Germany 3+2 collaborative call for proposals on low-carbon hydrogen technologies | Friday, December 3, 2021 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | Data Transformation Grants | Monday, November 8, 2021 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Single-Cell Biology Data Insights | Tuesday, December 14, 2021 |
| Independent Electricity System Operator | Grid Innovation Fund - Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Integration Joint Targeted Call | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 |
| Government of Canada | H.L. Holmes Award for Post-Doctoral Studies | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Call for Applications: Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program 2022-23 - Internal Deadline November 18 | Thursday, December 2, 2021 |
| Canadian Hemophilia Society (CHS) | Call for Applications - CHS Research programs | Friday, December 10, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Grants—Stage 1 | Thursday, February 10, 2022 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP) | Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
| World Anti Doping Agency | Call for proposals - 2022 Social Science Research Grant Program: Tier 1 and 2 Projects | Monday, November 22, 2021 |
| World Anti Doping Agency | Call for proposals - 2022 Social Science Research Grant Program: Smaller Tier 3 Projects | Monday, January 31, 2022 |