The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program supports and promotes research excellence in a wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of health, natural sciences and engineering and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research. This support allows postdoctoral researchers to add to their experience by engaging in research either in Canada or outside of Canada and facilitates their transition to the next phase of their career.

Faculty members who will be supporting a candidate for a CPRA should be aware of the following as well: Candidates who are successful in securing a CPRA are considered by Lakehead University as being postdoctoral award recipients.

For postdoctoral fellow award recipients, in addition to the PDF award fellowship, Mandatory Employment Related Costs (MERCs) in the amount of 2.5% must also be paid.  However, please note that paying the 2.5% from the fellowship itself is not allowed in the case of Tri-agency postdoctoral awards and in such cases, the required 2.5% must be covered by the Lakehead supervisor using an eligible grant, or another source.  Therefore, Lakehead University faculty members should be aware of this potential commitment/cost when agreeing to take on a CPRA applicant.

The NOVA program supports research projects led by junior researchers at Quebec universities in collaboration with researchers from other Canadian provinces and territories. By fostering new interprovincial research partnerships in the natural sciences and engineering, the program aims to strengthen research capacity, enhance the competitiveness of Canadian researchers, and generate new knowledge with social, environmental, technological and economic benefits for Quebec and Canada.

The objective of the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program is to foster the development of research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, recognizing and empowering the next generation of outstanding research trainees and innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers. It aims to do so by providing funding and flexibility needed to contribute to building world-class research capacity and drive Canada’s prosperity and competitiveness.

OICR is inviting applications for CT’s Pre-Clinical Acceleration Team Award (Pre-CATA) funding stream. This program is intended to accelerate promising cancer biomarkers toward clinical application. It supports biomarkers that have undergone initial discovery and possess sufficient preliminary evidence to justify translational advancement.

The R&D Partnership Fund supports projects related to the development, testing, validation, and demonstration of automotive and mobility technologies in four focus areas:

1. Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (C/AV), Smart Mobility and AI
2. Electric Vehicles (EV)
3. Advanced Charging and Vehicle to Grid (A/C & V2G)
4. Semiconductor and Hardware (S&H)

Technological barriers and enablers to the use of Digital Support Tools and Agentic AI Support Tools

This is a joint initiative between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). This initiative will support collaborative research to improve understanding of and resilience to wildfire occurrence and impacts in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Research teams are encouraged to adopt interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches.

NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR each expect to allocate $3M to this call (total Canadian investment of $9M). Each agency expects to fund four projects, with a duration of three years. The number of awards and funding level are subject to each agency’s availability of funds.

Interdisciplinary projects are welcomed but not required. Projects may request budget from one, two or all three Canadian funding agencies. Each agency’s maximum budget request for a project is $750K total ($250K per year, per agency). The maximum level of Canadian support for a three-year interdisciplinary project would be $2.25M if the maximum budget was granted from NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR. 

The Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program (FSIIP) provides funding for strategic investments in the forest sector that:

• improve productivity and innovation
• enhance competitiveness
• support new market access
• provide benefits to Ontario’s broader forest sector
• strengthen regional economies

The Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF) supports projects that advance research, development and commercialization of innovative technologies, techniques, processes and solutions for critical minerals and relate to Ontario’s key priority areas. Objectives of the CMIF include:

• increasing critical minerals exploration, mining, development, production and processing
• stimulating investment in Ontario’s critical minerals supply chain
• enhancing collaboration between industry, academia, start-ups, and research and development firms to encourage innovation in the critical minerals sector

Eligible recipients can receive up to $500,000 per project to cover 50% of eligible costs.

The Project Grant program is expected to:

• Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation proposals at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization;
• Promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors; and
• Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge.