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 |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Grants - Stage 1 | Tuesday, February 10, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Monday, March 16, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Convening the Canadian Meta-Research Community Connection Grant | Monday, February 2, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Monday, February 2, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Insight Development Grants | Monday, February 2, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Storytellers Challenge | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC Impact Awards: April 2026 Competition | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan (JSPS PDF) - Standard Program | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan – Short-term program | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation grants | Monday, March 30, 2026 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Belmont Forum – Towards the Ocean We Want: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability for Nature and Human Well-Being (CRA Ocean 2) | Thursday, March 5, 2026 |
| Natural Resources Canada | Education and Awareness Project Funding – Electric Vehicle Test Drives and Charging Education | Thursday, February 19, 2026 |
| Ministry of Transportation Ontario | 2026–27 Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP) | Monday, January 26, 2026 |
| Government of Canada | 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other: CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award 2025 | Tuesday, June 16, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other: Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Researcher Award | Wednesday, February 4, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | IHSPR-CAHSPR Article of the year award | Thursday, January 15, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 2026 IHSPR-CAHSPR Health Services & Policy Research Impact Award | Thursday, January 15, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2025) | Tuesday, April 28, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Beyond Treatment: Advancing Cancer Survivorship Team Grants | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant: Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research | Wednesday, February 11, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : EUP OHAMR Joint Transnational Call 2026 (European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR) JTC1 “OH-TREAT” Treatments and Adherence to Treatment Protocols) | Monday, February 2, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Network: Emerging LHS in Perinatal Mental Health | Thursday, February 5, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grants: Spring 2026 | Wednesday, February 4, 2026 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS Research Training Awards - Master's Level | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme | Saturday, January 31, 2026 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | Funding WORBE: Workplace 0pportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity | Friday, February 13, 2026 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | Funding WHVPF: The Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Fund – Call for Concepts | Friday, February 13, 2026 |
| Brain Canada | Research Network of Excellence in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health | Thursday, January 15, 2026 |
| Brain Canada | Brain Canada, Weizmann Canada & Weizmann Institute of Science Team Grants | Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
| Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) | 2026-2027 Contributions Program Call for Proposals: "Achievement Unlocked: Protecting Privacy While Online Gaming" | Friday, February 20, 2026 |
| Associated Medical Services (AMS) | AMS Healthcare Small Grants in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence | Tuesday, February 10, 2026 |
| GlycoNet | Collaborative Team Grants | Tuesday, March 31, 2026 |
| GlycoNet | Research Pipeline Grant | Friday, January 30, 2026 |
| Human Frontier Science Program Organization | Postdoctoral Fellowships | Tuesday, May 5, 2026 |
| Human Frontier Science Program Organization | Human Frontier Science Program HFSP Research Grant Program | Tuesday, March 17, 2026 |
| The Canadian Bar Association | Law for the Future Fund (LFFF) | Friday, May 1, 2026 |
| Universities Canada | Tanaka Fund Program | Friday, January 30, 2026 |
| Crohn’s and Colitis Canada | Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIA) | Friday, January 23, 2026 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Increasing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Canadian Space Sector | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
| CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC | Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
| Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke | Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars | Thursday, February 12, 2026 |
| Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke | Personnel Awards for Black Scholars | Thursday, February 12, 2026 |
| Government of Alberta | Gender-Related Injury and Illness Prevention Program (GRIIPP) Grant | Monday, March 16, 2026 |
| Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation | OSSTF/FEESO Research Grant for Emergent Issues and Priorities | Saturday, January 31, 2026 |
| Canadian Foundation for Legal Research | Research Grants | Saturday, February 28, 2026 |
| University of the Arctic (UArctic) | 2026 Calls for Applications | Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| Ontario Centre of Innovation - Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) | R&D Partnership Fund – Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (C/AV) & Smart Mobility - Stream 2 | Tuesday, January 27, 2026 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) - Master’s | Sunday, March 8, 2026 |
| Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans | Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) - Doctoral | Sunday, March 8, 2026 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Fellowships | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition | Research Grants | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| AMS Healthcare / Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) | Hannah Studentship 2025 | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
| Research Impact Canada | 2026 RIC Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students | Sunday, March 1, 2026 |
| Editing Press | Laura Bassi Scholarship | Sunday, March 8, 2026 |
| Nature Manitoba | Nature Manitoba Native Habitat Grant | Saturday, January 31, 2026 |