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 Prizes | Tuesday, June 30, 2020 |
| CMC Microsystems | Douglas R. Colton award | Friday, August 14, 2020 |
| Canadian Science Policy Centre | CSPC 2020 Awards | Friday, August 28, 2020 |
| Gairdner Foundation | The John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award | Thursday, October 1, 2020 |
| Gairdner Foundation | The Canada Gairdner International Awards | Thursday, October 1, 2020 |
| The Gairdner Foundation | Call for Nominations: Canada Gairdner Wightman Award | Thursday, October 1, 2020 |
| Canadian Cancer Society | CCS 2020 Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research | Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : CIHR Network for Emerging Variants Research | Thursday, February 18, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity | Tuesday, February 23, 2021 |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environmental Damages Fund | Wednesday, February 24, 2021 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program | Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Canada – South Korea 2021 collaborative industrial research and development call for proposals | Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Summer Program in Aging | Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
| Canadian Blood Services | 2021 Intramural Research Grant Program Competition | Friday, February 26, 2021 |
| Bell | Post-Secondary Fund | Friday, February 26, 2021 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | 2021 Euripides²/PENTA joint call for proposals | Friday, February 26, 2021 |
| Stratas Foundation | Stratas Foundation 2021 Winter Award | Sunday, February 28, 2021 |
| Ministry of Colleges and Universities | Skills Development Fund | Sunday, February 28, 2021 |
| Kidney Foundation of Canada | Allied Health Kidney Doctoral Fellowship | Monday, March 1, 2021 |
| Kidney Foundation of Canada | Allied Health Kidney Research Grant | Monday, March 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) 2021 | Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
| EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) / Canada, Brain Canada Foundation/Women’s Brain Health Initiative | A sex and gender approach to linking pre-diagnosis disturbances of physiological systems to neurodegenerative diseases | Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | Sectoral Initiatives Program | Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Project Grant: Spring 2021 | Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Health System Impact Fellowship - National Cohort Retreat | Tuesday, March 9, 2021 |
| Crohn’s and Colitis Canada | Grants-in-Aid of Research | Wednesday, March 10, 2021 |
| American Chemical Society | ACS Petroleum Research Fund | Friday, March 12, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Partnership Engage Grants | Monday, March 15, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity (March 2021) | Monday, March 15, 2021 |
| CIHR/Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance | Operating Grant : 13th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects (2021) | Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
| Brain Canada | Bell Let’s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program | Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | Phase II of the Canada Learning Bond Grants and Contributions Pilot Project | Wednesday, March 17, 2021 |
| Human Frontier Science Program | HFSP Research Grant Program | Thursday, March 18, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Chair : Applied Public Health | Thursday, March 18, 2021 |
| Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program | Friday, March 19, 2021 |
| Canadian Blood Services | Winter 2021 Kenneth J. Fyke Award Program | Friday, March 19, 2021 |
| National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | EUREKA SMART Cluster’s fourth call for proposals | Wednesday, March 24, 2021 |
| Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | BBRF Young Investigator Grant | Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
| Accessibility Standards Canada | Call for proposals for the Advancing Accessibility Standards Research program | Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
| Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility | EnAbling Change Program | Friday, March 26, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation Grants | Monday, March 29, 2021 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Essential Open Source Software for Science, Cycle 4 | Tuesday, March 30, 2021 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Pediatric Networks for the Human Cell Atlas | Tuesday, March 30, 2021 |
| Royal Society of Canada | 2021 RSC Medals & Awards | Wednesday, March 31, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | SSHRC Impact Awards | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Department of Defense | Defense Health Program Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | John C. Polanyi Award | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | The NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC | Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada | Monday, April 5, 2021 |
| International Development Research Centre | Call for concept notes: Collaborative One Health Research Initiative on Epidemics | Monday, April 5, 2021 |
| IDRC and the Swedish International Development Agency | Call for expressions of interest: Managing Organization (Hub) for Responsible Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action Innovation Research Network in Africa | Monday, April 5, 2021 |
| Department of Defense | Defense Health Program Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) | Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
| Associated Medical Services (AMS) | AMS Healthcare Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence | Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
| Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke | Heart-Brain Connection IMPACT Award | Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
| Department of Defense | Defense Health Program Department of Defense Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) | Friday, April 9, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Indirect Socio-Economic Burden of Inherited Diseases | Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
| Canadian Internet Registration Authority | Community Investment Program grants fund | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
| Global Affairs Canada | Call for Concept Notes – Education for Refugee and Displaced Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
| Universities Canada / Scholarship Partners Canada | L'Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 |
| GlycoNet | Translational Grants | Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
| GlycoNet | Strategic Initiatives | Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | NSERC Synergy Awards | Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
| GlycoNet | Clinical Partnerships | Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : CIHR-CEPI Leadership Award for Vaccine Research | Tuesday, April 20, 2021 |
| SickKids Foundation/CIHR | Operating Grant : New Investigator Grants in Child and Youth Health (2021) | Tuesday, April 20, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Training Grant : Health Research Training Platform (2021/22 Pilot) | Wednesday, April 21, 2021 |
| Harrington Discovery Institute | ADDF-Harrington Scholar Program | Friday, April 23, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Operating Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research | Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North | Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
| The Canadian Bar Association | Law for the Future Fund | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Dissertation Fieldwork Grants | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Post-Ph.D. Research Grants | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowships (ethnographic film) | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Connection Grants | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships (writing) | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness | Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation | Conference and Workshop Grants | Tuesday, June 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Hepatitis C Research | Tuesday, June 1, 2021 |
| Associated Medical Services (AMS) | AMS Healthcare Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Small Grant program | Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Data and Sample Mining (DM) or Research Models (RM): Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Health & Life Sciences | Friday, June 4, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Catalyst Grant : STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Cohort Research Study (I-HeLTI) | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Team Grant : Indigenous Gender and Wellness Team Grant | Tuesday, June 22, 2021 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Idea to Innovation Grants | Monday, June 28, 2021 |
| Canadian Space Agency | Developing innovative food production technologies with the Deep Space Food Challenge | Friday, July 30, 2021 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative | Sunday, August 1, 2021 |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Other : Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS | Friday, December 31, 2021 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | AgriRisk Initiatives: Microgrants | Friday, March 31, 2023 |