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: ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (2026) | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| IOF Olympic Studies Centre | PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme | Tuesday, September 22, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Housing Research Awards | Tuesday, September 29, 2026 |
| Sony | Sony Research Award Program | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Editing Press | Laura Bassi Scholarship | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Sloan Research Fellowships | Tuesday, September 15, 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 |
| 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 |
| Modern Language Association | 2026-27 MLA Pathways Step Grants (Humanities and Social Sciences | USA and Canada) | Friday, October 30, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other: Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS | Tuesday, November 10, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Saturday, November 28, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC John C. Polanyi Award | Saturday, November 28, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Saturday, November 28, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research | Saturday, November 28, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Synergy Awards for Innovation | Friday, December 4, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Monday, December 14, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Grants – Northern Research Supplements Program | Monday, November 2, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | DND/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplements | Monday, November 2, 2026 |
| SSHRC/DFG | German-Canadian International Research Training Group Joint Initiative | Wednesday, March 31, 2027 |
| Warren Alpert Foundation | Warren Alpert Foundation Prize | Monday, November 9, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC–National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Call for Proposals on Quantum Technologies | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Fellowships: OECD Co-operative Research Programme (CRP) | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Alliance International Collaboration Grants | Wednesday, November 25, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other: CIHR Institute Summer Programs – Travel Awards 2027 | Tuesday, November 17, 2026 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | Canadian Cancer Society 2026 Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research | Wednesday, December 2, 2026 |
| Trudeau Foundation | 2027 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship | Friday, October 2, 2026 |
| Brain Canada Foundation and the Canadian Neurodevelopmental Research Training (CanNRT) Platform | Fellowship in Neurodevelopmental Research | Friday, October 30, 2026 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Research Grants | Monday, February 1, 2027 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Fellowships | Monday, February 1, 2027 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grant: Spring 2027 | Wednesday, February 3, 2027 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Bleeding Disorders Canada | CHS Research Grants: Call for Applications | Friday, November 27, 2026 |
| Stem Cell Network | 2025–2029 Research Funding Competition | Monday, September 21, 2026 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative | Tuesday, November 17, 2026 |
| American Chemical Society | New Directions Grants | Friday, October 9, 2026 |
| American Chemical Society | Undergraduate Research Grants | Friday, October 9, 2026 |