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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts (2026) | Wednesday, September 2, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (2026) | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Government of Canada | New Frontiers in Research Fund: Exploration | Tuesday, August 18, 2026 |
| IOF Olympic Studies Centre | PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme | Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
| Bial Foundation | Grants for Scientific Research 2026/2027 | Monday, August 31, 2026 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Traditional Scholar Awards | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Scholar Entrepreneurship Award | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Fulbright Canada | Fulbright Canada Research Chairs | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Fulbright Canada | Awards for Students | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| MITACS | Accelerate Global Excellence Award | Friday, September 11, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Insight Grants: October 2026 Competition | Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Knowledge Synthesis Grants: December 2026 Competition—Changing Nature of Security and Conflict | Thursday, December 3, 2026 |
| MITACS | Mitacs Accelerate Defence and Security Call | Monday, August 17, 2026 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards at the Scientific Interface | Friday, August 14, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Ship Time Program | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 |
| Brain Canada and Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation | Innovation & Impact Grants: Focus on Brain Health | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
| Ontario Centre of Innovation | Collaborate 2 Commercialize - NSERC-Alliance Stream - Defense and Dual-use Technologies | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Aging in the Community | Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | PromoScience | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation Grants | Monday, September 21, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Evaluation & Implementation Science: Youth Mental Health | Thursday, October 22, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: National Evidence Platform: Youth Mental Health | Thursday, September 24, 2026 |
| The British Academy | UK - The British Academy - International Interdisciplinary Research Projects | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Development Grants | Monday, November 16, 2026 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Increasing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Canadian Space Sector | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| International Development Research Centre | Call for Letters of Interest: Addressing Neglected Areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa (ANeSA) | Sunday, August 23, 2026 |
| Ministry of Energy and Mines | Critical Minerals Innovation Fund | Tuesday, August 25, 2026 |
| Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry | Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program | Friday, September 18, 2026 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | OICR Pre-Clinical Translation Clinical Acceleration Team Awards – Request for Applications (2026) | Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Fellowship: Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) Program | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | NOVA – FRQ – NSERC PROGRAM for Junior Researchers (6th Edition) | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Canada Postdoctoral Research Award Program (NSERC) | Saturday, October 17, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (SSHRC) | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
| Brain Canada | International Research Grant Program (IRGP) 2026 | Friday, August 14, 2026 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Housing Research Awards | Tuesday, September 29, 2026 |
| Sony | Sony Research Award Program | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other: Pan-Canadian Single Research Ethics Review Initiative | Wednesday, August 26, 2026 |
| Joint Federal Research Funding Program for Military Personnel and Veterans | Clinical Evaluation and Assessment of AI-enabled Transfusion Decision Support Systems for Personalized Trauma Care: Phase II Study | Friday, August 28, 2026 |
| Editing Press | Laura Bassi Scholarship | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Sloan Research Fellowships | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Canadian Foundation for Aids Research | Funding Opportunity for Early-Career HIV Researchers: CANFAR Research Cycle 34 Now Open | Monday, August 31, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Research on Quantum Technologies in Partnership with G7 and Nordic Funders | Thursday, September 24, 2026 |
| Law Foundation of Ontario | Responsive Call for Applications | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Geoffrey Hinton Prizes | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Brain Canada | 2026 Knowledge Mobilization Grants: Mental Health of Older Persons | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Thunder Bay Community Foundation | Dr. R. K. Dewar Medical Research Grant Fund | Monday, October 5, 2026 |
| Ontario Pork | Call for Proposals | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data | Thursday, September 24, 2026 |
| Gates Foundation | Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status, Inflammation and Infectious Disease | Tuesday, September 8, 2026 |
| Gates Foundation | AI-Enabled Consumer Engagement to Advance Family Planning | Tuesday, August 25, 2026 |
| Gulbenkian Institute for Advanced Study | Fellowships Program | Thursday, October 15, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Monday, November 2, 2026 |
| Parkinson Canada | 2026 Research Competition | Monday, October 5, 2026 |
| Joint Federal Research Funding Program for Military Personnel and Veterans | Indigenous Military Personnels’ Perspectives on Health Care Received within the Canadian Military Health System | Friday, October 9, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program | Monday, October 26, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: National Cancer Data and Bio-Resource Coordinating Hub | Tuesday, January 26, 2027 |
| Canada Council | Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 |
| Joint Federal Research Funding Program for Military Personnel and Veterans | Timely, Robust, and Equity-Driven Evidence Syntheses | Friday, September 25, 2026 |