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 | 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 |
| Royal Society of Canada | 2021 RSC Medals & Awards | Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grant: Spring 2022 | Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Transitions in Care - Phase 2 | Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Adoption Stream | Thursday, March 31, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Grants—Stage 1 | Thursday, February 10, 2022 |
| World Anti Doping Agency | Call for proposals - 2022 Social Science Research Grant Program: Smaller Tier 3 Projects | Monday, January 31, 2022 |
| MITACS | Elevate | Wednesday, January 19, 2022 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Eureka SMART Cluster's 5th call for proposals | Monday, January 24, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Summer Program in Aging | Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
| Ontario HIV Treatment Network | OHTN HIV Endgame Funding Program call | Monday, November 29, 2021 |
| Ministry of Colleges and Universities | Launch of Round 11 of the Ontario Research Fund -Research Excellence (ORF-RE) program | Monday, March 21, 2022 |
| Universities Canada | Weston Family Awards in Northern Research | Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
| Ontario Genomics Institute | Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) | Tuesday, February 8, 2022 |
| International Development Research Centre | IDRC Research Awards 2022-2023 | Monday, February 14, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS | Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC Storytellers Challenge | Monday, January 24, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships | Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
| MITACS | Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship | Wednesday, February 2, 2022 |
| Crohn’s and Colitis Canada | Innovations in IBD 2022 | Monday, January 31, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Insight Development Grants | Wednesday, February 2, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
| Associated Medical Services (AMS) | AMS Healthcare Small Grants in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence | Tuesday, February 22, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Health System Impact Fellowship | Thursday, February 24, 2022 |
| CIHR - Canadian Psychiatric Association | CIHR – CPA Glenda M. MacQueen Memorial Career Development Award for Women in Psychiatry | Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
| CIHR-NRC | NRC's Aging in Place Challenge program and CIHR Institute of Aging joint funding call | Wednesday, December 22, 2021 |
| Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) and Ontario Genomics | AcCELLerate-ON: Food Innovation with Cellular Agriculture Competition | Monday, February 28, 2022 |
| SSHRC/Canadian Heritage | Connection Grants — Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research | Tuesday, February 1, 2022 |
| Brain Canada | 2021 Platform Support Grants | Monday, February 7, 2022 |
| Natural Resources Canada | Energy Innovation Program – Clean Fuels and Industrial Fuel Switching | Wednesday, February 2, 2022 |
| Human Frontier Science Program | HFSP Research Grant Program | Thursday, March 24, 2022 |
| Canadian Foundation for Legal Research | Research Grants | Friday, February 11, 2022 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | Innovation to Implementation Supplement | Wednesday, January 26, 2022 |
| WSIB Ontario | 2021 Grants Program strategic initiative: Occupational exposure to asbestos and the development of lung cancer (Systematic review) | Friday, February 18, 2022 |
| CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network | Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Network Grants in Oral Health and Bone Health | Tuesday, February 22, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation grants | Monday, April 4, 2022 |
| 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 |
| GlycoNet | Call for Proposals | Friday, March 11, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Tuesday, March 15, 2022 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | 2022 WOO Network - Call for Concepts | Monday, February 7, 2022 |
| Horizon Europe | MSCA Staff Exchanges - Call for applications | Wednesday, March 9, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program Phase II (2021 funding opportunity) | Thursday, March 3, 2022 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Impact Awards | Friday, April 1, 2022 |
| Canadian Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) | Early Career Researcher Award in Asthma | Monday, January 31, 2022 |
| Pfizer | Optimizing Telehealth Use in Canada Competitive Grant Program | Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
| Ontario Centre of Innovation | Northern Ontario Regional Technology Development Site (RTDS) – Call for Proposals | Tuesday, January 25, 2022 |
| Kidney Foundation of Canada | 2022 Krescent Post-Doctoral Fellowships | Monday, February 7, 2022 |
| Kidney Foundation of Canada | KRESCENT program New Investigator Award | Monday, February 7, 2022 |
| International Development Research Centre | Strengthening inclusive science and innovation systems in the Americas | Friday, February 18, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research | Tuesday, April 26, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research | Tuesday, April 26, 2022 |
| ArcticNet | ArcticNet Core Research Program (2022-24) | Friday, February 18, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program | Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
| Digital Alliance of Canada | Data Champions Pilot Project Call | Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
| BBVA Foundation | Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Thursday, June 30, 2022 |
| Deutscher Academischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) / German Academic Exchange Service | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - Research Stays in Germany | Monday, May 16, 2022 |
| CIHR/Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance | Operating Grant : 14th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects (2022) | Tuesday, March 8, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Opportunity for Early Career Researchers: Call for expressions of interest to the Spring 2022 Reviewer in Training program | Friday, February 4, 2022 |
| Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) | Contributions Program: annual call for innovative research and knowledge translation proposals | Wednesday, February 9, 2022 |
| Brain Canada | ALS Canada-Brain Canada Clinical Research Fellowship | Friday, February 25, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Healthy Cities Research Initiative: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts | Tuesday, April 12, 2022 |
| European Union Joint Programme/Brain Canada/CIHR | EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND): Understanding the Mechanisms of Non-pharmacological Interventions | Tuesday, March 1, 2022 |
| L’Oréal Canada | L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships | Thursday, April 14, 2022 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Monday, April 11, 2022 |
| Human Frontier Science Program | Postdoctoral Fellowships | Wednesday, May 18, 2022 |
| Royal Society of Canada | 2022 RSC Awards | Thursday, March 31, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Call for Nominations: Synergy Awards | Tuesday, April 19, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Friday, April 1, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Friday, April 1, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC John C. Polanyi Award | Friday, April 1, 2022 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research | Friday, April 1, 2022 |
| Canadian Blood Services | 2022 Intramural Research Grant Program Competition | Monday, February 28, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : CPHO’s Report 2021: Future of Public Health | Wednesday, May 4, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : Crisis Line and App-based Support for Public Safety | Tuesday, March 15, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : E-Rare-6 Joint Transnational Call | Wednesday, February 16, 2022 |
| Making The Shift Inc.—a Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab – MtS | 2022 Call for Proposals: Seven new funding streams to fill the evidence gaps in youth homelessness prevention | Monday, February 28, 2022 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
| The Royal Society | The Royal Society - Exchange Scheme (Standard Program, 4th round) | Wednesday, March 9, 2022 |
| AGE-WELL | AGETECH Implementation Reponse (AIR) Program Request for Proposals (RFP) | Friday, March 18, 2022 |
| SickKids Foundation/CIHR | New Investigator Research Grant Program | Wednesday, April 20, 2022 |
| American Chemical Society | ACS Petroleum Research Fund | Friday, March 11, 2022 |
| Volvo Environment Prize Foundation | Volvo Environment Prize | Tuesday, January 10, 2023 |
| The Royal Society | The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships programme | Wednesday, March 23, 2022 |
| The Royal Society | The Royal Society - Exchange Scheme (Standard Program, 4th round) | Wednesday, June 8, 2022 |
| The Royal Society | The Royal Society - Exchange Scheme (Standard Program, 4th round) | Wednesday, September 28, 2022 |