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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Council | Killam Research Fellowships | Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences | Sunday, June 30, 2019 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Friday, March 1, 2019 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Friday, March 1, 2019 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | John C. Polanyi Award | Friday, March 1, 2019 |
| Gairdner Foundation | The Canada Gairdner International Awards | Tuesday, October 1, 2019 |
| Canadian Wood Fibre Centre | Call for Proposals for a contribution to the Forest Innovation Program—Canadian Wood Fibre Centre | Thursday, December 20, 2018 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC Award for Science Promotion | Monday, November 25, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other - International CoEN Initiative in Neurodegeneration 2019 | Wednesday, November 6, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grant : Spring 2020 | Wednesday, February 5, 2020 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Doctoral Research Award : Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate | Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Fellowship : POR Awards – Transition to Leadership Stream – Phase 1 | Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Pediatric REB initiative | Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Development Grants | Friday, November 15, 2019 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Conference and Workshop Grants | Sunday, December 1, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Canada-EU Smart Living Environments – Transitions in Care | Wednesday, April 22, 2020 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
| CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC | Launch: Healthy Cities Research Training Platform | Tuesday, December 10, 2019 |
| The Gairdner Foundation | Call for Nominations: Canada Gairdner Wightman Award | Tuesday, October 1, 2019 |
| Canada Council | John G. Diefanbaker Award | Friday, November 1, 2019 |
| Canada Council | Molson Prizes | Friday, November 1, 2019 |
| Canadian Blood Services | 2019 Graduate Fellowship Program competition | Friday, November 29, 2019 |
| Canadian Hemophilia Society (CHS) | 1st Call for Applications - CHS Research programs | Friday, November 15, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Training Grant : SPOR National Training Entity | Tuesday, December 10, 2019 |
| MITACS | Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program | Wednesday, November 27, 2019 |
| Ontario Centres of Excellence | Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN): AV R&D Partnership Fund | Wednesday, December 18, 2019 |
| Imperial Oil of Canada, Ltd. | Imperial - University Research Awards Program | Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
| MITACS | Mitacs Accelerate industrial postdoc | Friday, December 6, 2019 |
| MITACS | Mitacs Elevate | Wednesday, January 8, 2020 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Postdoctoral Enrichment Program | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 |
| Ontario Centres of Excellence | ENCQOR 5G Academic Technology Development Challenge Statement: 5G Localization Use case in Mass Rail Transit | Monday, November 18, 2019 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | Biostatistics Training Initiative – Junior Biostatistician Award | Friday, November 29, 2019 |
| Crohn’s and Colitis Canada | Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Grants-in-Aid of Research Competition | Friday, November 22, 2019 |
| Universities Canada | Tanaka Fund Program | Tuesday, January 7, 2020 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Special Call for Proposals on Security-related Advanced Technologies | Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Special Call for Proposals on Explosives Detection | Saturday, February 15, 2020 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Competition open for Canadian and Brazilian professors and graduate students: Canada-Brazil Awards - Joint Research Projects, 2020-2022 | Tuesday, November 26, 2019 |
| CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC | SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Call on “Living Within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity” - Competition January 2020 | Tuesday, January 7, 2020 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation Grants | Monday, January 6, 2020 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | CIHR-IPPH Trailblazer Award | Thursday, November 14, 2019 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | IHSPR Rising Star Award | Wednesday, February 12, 2020 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Prize : IHSPR Article of the Year Award | Wednesday, February 12, 2020 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : Impacts of financial and organizational restructuring of public health | Tuesday, December 3, 2019 |
| International Development Research Centre | Expressions of interest for research on scaling the impact of educational innovations | Friday, December 13, 2019 |
| MITACS | RISE-Globalink Research Internship (RISE-GRI) | Sunday, December 15, 2019 |
| Ministry of Transportation Ontario | Ontario Ministry of Transportation Grant Funding Opportunity: Now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Road Safety Research Partnership Program | Wednesday, December 4, 2019 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | Task 50 - Literature Review on “Military to Civilian Transition: The Importance of GBA+ for the Canadian Armed Forces | Friday, November 22, 2019 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | Travel Awards | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | Task 51 - Literature Review on “Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in the Military" | Wednesday, November 27, 2019 |
| Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) | Fathom Fund | Tuesday, December 31, 2019 |
| W. Garfield Weston Foundation | Weston Family Awards in Northern Research | Monday, January 20, 2020 |
| Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario | POGO Seed Funding Competition Now Open | Monday, December 9, 2019 |
| Beef Farmers of Ontario | Beef Farmers of Ontario Call for Research Proposals | Monday, December 2, 2019 |