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 |
|---|---|---|
| BBVA Foundation | Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Tuesday, June 30, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts (2026) | Wednesday, September 2, 2026 |
| Editing Press | Laura Bassi Scholarship | Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (2026) | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| Egg Farmers of Ontario | Call for Research Proposals | Monday, July 6, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Funding Research for Evidence in School Food and Health (FRESH) | Thursday, June 25, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Alliance Quantum grants Call for Proposals: Advancing the Development and Adoption of Quantum Technologies in Canada | Monday, July 27, 2026 |
| Health Research Foundation | Health Research Foundation Medal of Honour | Friday, July 10, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Trans-Atlantic Platform: Preparing for Tomorrow – Societies and Strategies in Times of Transition | Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
| Terry Fox Research Institute | Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants | Monday, July 6, 2026 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | CSPC Trailblazer Awards | Friday, July 3, 2026 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | Youth Award | Friday, July 3, 2026 |
| Health Research Foundation | Diversity & Equity in Research Award | Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | Clinical Acceleration Team Awards | Thursday, July 30, 2026 |
| Government of Canada | New Frontiers in Research Fund: Exploration | Tuesday, August 18, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Discovery Grants program (individual) | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | Secondary Data Analysis of Chronic Pain Among Canadian Armed Forces Veterans | Monday, July 6, 2026 |
| IOF Olympic Studies Centre | PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant Programme | Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Research Grants | Saturday, August 1, 2026 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Fellowships | Saturday, August 1, 2026 |
| Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research | CIMVHR Fellow | Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
| Gairdner Foundation | Peter Gilgan Canada Gairdner Momentum Awards | Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease | Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants Program | Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative Connection Grants | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Research Training Awards - Master's Level | Tuesday, June 30, 2026 |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environmental Damages Fund | Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
| ALS Canada & Brain Canada | 2026 Discovery Grant Program | Friday, July 3, 2026 |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | Canada Environmental Science Opportunity | Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
| WorkSafeBC | Analytical Sampling Methods for Substances with an ACGIH TLV | Friday, July 24, 2026 |
| WorkSafeBC | Impact of Fuel Selection During Live Fire Training on Firefighter Exposures to Carcinogens | Friday, July 24, 2026 |
| Brain Canada | Brain Canada Rising Stars Trainee Awards | Friday, June 26, 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 |
| Digital Research Alliance of Canada | Call for Proposals: Research Software Maintenance Fund | Friday, June 26, 2026 |
| Fulbright Canada | Awards for Students | Sunday, November 15, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : TRANSCAN-4 (TRANSCAN-4 JTC 2026 in Translational Research on Cancer Metabolism: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment) | Tuesday, July 21, 2026 |
| Joint Federal Research Funding Program for Military Personnel and Veterans | Advancing Pilot G‑Tolerance: Evidence‑Based Innovations in Anti G Straining Maneuver Training | Friday, July 17, 2026 |
| Joint Federal Research Funding Program for Military Personnel and Veterans | Improving Early Identification and Early Intervention for CAF Mental Health Needs: Evidence on Measurement-Based Care (MBC) Uptake and the Role of Digital Support Tools and Agentic AI Support Tools | Thursday, July 9, 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 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | New Horizons for Seniors Program - Community-based Projects | Tuesday, July 14, 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 | Friday, July 31, 2026 |
| National Defence | NATO Defense College (NDC) Fellowship | Monday, July 13, 2026 |
| Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | OICR Window-of-Opportunity (WOO) Trial – Call for Concepts (2026) | Wednesday, July 8, 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 |
| The Centre for International Governance Innovation | The Quantum Nexus: A Framework for Canadian Strategic Advantage in a Contested Domain | Wednesday, July 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 Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research | SEEDS‑STBBI Awards | Tuesday, July 7, 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 |
| Joint Federal Research Funding Program for Military Personnel and Veterans | Environmental Scan and Evaluation Plan of Key Attributes of Virtual Stress Exposure Training Scenarios in Support of the Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) Program | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Increasing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Canadian Space Sector | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| Brain Canada | 2026 Amazing Brain Science Talks | Friday, July 31, 2026 |
| Health Research Foundation | 2026 Health System Solutions Grant Program | Wednesday, July 22, 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 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grants | Wednesday, August 12, 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 |