OSSTF/FEESO is strongly committed to supporting and promoting evidence-informed practices in public education. As part of that commitment, OSSTF/FEESO supports high-quality research and is pleased to announce up to three (3) research grants of up to $3,500 each, to support conducting, presenting, and publishing research in support of public education. 

There is evidence of gender disparity in workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities; however, there is little information indicating the root cause of this disparity. Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Prevention Initiative places a strong emphasis on supporting workers with vulnerabilities to enhance outcomes.

The Gender-Related Injury and Illness Prevention Program (GRIIPP) Research Grant presents an opportunity to explore various aspects of gender disparity, and address knowledge gaps related to gender impacts and issues in OHS.

Results of the funded projects will support women’s participation in the workforce through:

• prevention of injury and illness
• identification of best practices
• recommendations for OHS policy and practice
• knowledge translation activities

Key research priorities should focus on:

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• violence and harassment
• health and safety differences related to gender

Description This CBI supports a graduate student at the Doctoral level conducting research in the field of Veterans’ chronic pain. 

Description This CBI supports a graduate student at the Master’s level conducting research in the field of Veterans’ chronic pain.

Eligibility 

Candidates must:

• Be registered in a Master’s program at a recognized Canadian university;

• Propose supervised research in chronic pain with a focus on Canadian Armed Forces Veterans that is relevant to the CPCoE Vision and Mission;

• Demonstrate high academic achievement.

• Open to researchers from any Canadian UArctic member
• Designed to build relationships between academic researchers and Indigenous or Northern partners
• Projects focus on relationships outcomes rather than research outcomes
• Projects must be completed 24 months from start of project activities

• The lead applicant must be from a Canadian UArctic member institution.
• Collaboration between multiple UArctic member institutions (including international partners) and partners is required
• Researchers from Northern and Southern institutions are encouraged to apply.
• Only one active project award may be held at a time.

• Developing or strengthening UArctic Thematic Networks
• Creating joint courses or programs relevant to Northern communities
• Advancing online and flexible education initiatives
• Supporting networking and collaborative research across UArctic members

• The lead applicant must be from a Canadian UArctic member institution.
• Collaboration between multiple UArctic member institutions (including international partners) and partners is required
• Researchers from Northern and Southern institutions are encouraged to apply.
• Only one active project award may be held at a time.

• Developing or strengthening UArctic Thematic Networks
• Creating joint courses or programs relevant to Northern communities
• Advancing online and flexible education initiatives
• Supporting networking and collaborative research across UArctic members

• English session: Monday, January 19, 2026 (1:30 p.m., ET)
• French session: Monday, January 19, 2026 (2:30 p.m., ET)

HFSP Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries (see guidelines).

Participation of scientists from disciplines outside the traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience or physics is recommended because such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize living organisms, their evolution and interactions.

Research grants are provided for teams of scientists who are based in different countries and wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches to questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories. Preliminary results are not required and applicants are expected to develop new lines of research through the research collaboration.

Two types of Grant are available: Research Grants – Early Career and Research Grants – Program.

SSHRC Impact Awards are designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities. The awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their research achievements, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or entirely by SSHRC. Past recipients of SSHRC funding are listed in the Awards Search Engine.

Impact Award recipients are to use award funds for activities that promote and further develop the work being honoured. In recognition of the crucial role postsecondary institutions play in mobilizing research knowledge, at least 10% of each award must be used to promote the recipient’s research achievements. Individual recipients and their institutions can choose to devote additional funds, including a higher percentage of the award funds, to these activities.

A multidisciplinary jury made up of distinguished individuals from academia, as well as the public, private and not-for-profit sectors from Canada and abroad, will select award recipients according to the selection criteria associated with each of the five awards.

Gold Medal ($100,000)

The Gold Medal is SSHRC’s highest research honour. It is awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought have inspired both students and colleagues.

The recipient’s achievements must have significantly advanced understanding in their respective fields of research in the social sciences and humanities. The exceptional quality and impact of the recipient’s research, and their ongoing efforts to share the results of this work, must have greatly enriched Canadian society, and contributed to intellectual, cultural, social and/or economic life in Canada and/or internationally.

Talent Award ($50,000)

The Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 1, 2026, holds a SSHRC-funded doctoral scholarship or postdoctoral award. This includes, but is not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada Graduate Research Scholarship, Canada Postdoctoral Research Award, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship.

The Talent Award is given to an individual who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization, and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.

Insight Award ($50,000)

The Insight Award recognizes outstanding achievement arising from a single or multiple SSHRC-funded initiatives. It is given to an individual or a team of six people maximum (including the nominee) whose initiative or initiatives have significantly contributed to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world. The research outcomes must have led to demonstrable impact within the nominee’s fields of research and/or beyond the social sciences and humanities research community.

In the case of team initiatives, the nominee must be the principal investigator. If successful, this person will receive the award on behalf of the team.

The nomination package must include the nominee’s tri-agency CV and those of any team members (up to five), if applicable.

Partnership Award ($50,000)

The Partnership Award recognizes outstanding achievement and societal impact of a project funded through SSHRC’s Research Partnerships funding opportunities in advancing knowledge through research partnerships and/or collaborative knowledge mobilization activities, all while supporting the next generation of scholars.

The Partnership Award is awarded to a partnership (at the local, national and/or international level) that, through mutual cooperation and shared intellectual leadership and resources, has demonstrated intellectual, social, cultural and/or economic impact within and/or beyond a local community, the partner organizations and/or the academic sector.

One project lead must be designated as the nominee to administer the award. However, up to two project co-leads from the winning partnership can be invited to accept the award on behalf of the partnership at the Impact Awards ceremony.

The nomination package must include the nominee’s tri-agency CV and those of any team members (up to five), if applicable.

Jury Prize ($25,000)

The Jury Prize may be awarded to a nomination, in any of the four Impact Award categories, that the jury considered uniquely outstanding in demonstrating excellence in one to many areas related to research, research-creation, communication and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities, within or beyond the academic community.

The Jury Prize is awarded, at the discretion of the jury, to a nomination whether it is or is not the recipient of one of the Impact Awards.

Eligibility

A nominee must:

• be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, or a “protected person” under subsection 95(2) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, by the nomination deadline;
• be an active social sciences and humanities researcher or student;
• hold or have held SSHRC funding relevant to the award category;
• be in good standing with SSHRC;
• be affiliated with an institution that meets the institutional eligibility requirements; and
• maintain affiliation with an eligible institution for the duration of the Impact Award.

Nominees:

• cannot nominate themselves;
• can be nominated in two sequential years for the same award, following which two years must pass before they can be nominated in the same category;
• can be nominated in only one category in any year;
• can be nominated in a subsequent year for a different SSHRC Impact Award; and
• cannot be a current member of SSHRC’s governing council, a previous Gold Medal winner or a SSHRC Impact Awards jury member.

To be eligible to administer an award, the institution affiliated with an Impact Award winner must provide SSHRC with a promotion strategy (two pages maximum) outlining a proposed approach for promoting and celebrating the impact and outcomes of the award winner’s research initiative.

Nomination process

Eligible institutions are invited to put forward nominations for all SSHRC Impact Award categories. Large institutions can submit only one nomination for each award in a given year, up to a maximum of four SSHRC Impact Award nominations. Small or medium institutions, according to the Canada Research Chairs Program’s institution size classification, may choose to wave the nomination quota in each category and submit more than one nomination for any given prize.

Institutions must provide the name and contact information of a person to whom SSHRC will send all questions and correspondence, including results.

If you are interested in being nominated for one of these awards, please contact the Office of Research (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) by February 1, 2026.

The Research Training Awards (RTA) program is designed to support the next generation of cancer researchers across Canada who play a role in driving growth and innovation in research, ultimately improving cancer care. The program focuses on three main goals:

1. Building capacity in the cancer research ecosystem through an equity seeking lens by fostering a more inclusive research environment and increasing diverse representation, particularly by supporting and enhancing Black- and Indigenous-led cancer research.

1. Funding a diverse group of trainees across a range of cancer research areas and fostering long-term connections within the cancer research ecosystem.

1. Encouraging a comprehensive training experience in cancer research through exposure to other disciplines, mentorship, training, knowledge-sharing and engagement initiatives.

Together with the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) and Weizmann Canada, Brain Canada is thrilled to announce the launch of the Brain Canada & Weizmann Institute of Science Team Grants.

This program aims to leverage strengths and foster international collaboration between researchers in Canada and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Its purpose is to support innovative, unorthodox, and exploratory research that may be in the early and conceptual stages of project development but has potential for significant impact on our understanding of the brain and brain disorders. 

The research topic will focus on hypothesis-driven inquiries on the brain and nervous system, and may span the range of basic, translational, and clinical approaches, including the study of disease pathogenesis, progression, diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment. 

Click here to view the Request for Applications

Click here to download the Registration Form