The call has now opened for faculty proposals to the 2027 cohort of Mitacs Globalink Research Internships, with a June 10, 2026 deadline.  ALL DISCIPLINES are eligible. 

Mitacs GRI research internships are fully paid by Mitacs for top undergraduate students to participate in research with Canadian professors.  Placements must begin between May 1 and July 31 and run for 12 weeks.

The list of eligible countries for student applications has grown (newly added countries are bolded):  Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.

Student applications typically open in early August. Applicants select projects of interest and are matched with professors. If a researcher's project is approved, they will be invited to interview and rank the top applicants to their project. If researchers have collaborators in an eligible country/institution, they may encourage their undergrads to apply, however they will go through the same selection process as everyone else. 

Please see the call page and attached call announcement.  The application is submitted online, however here is attached a printout of the Proposal section so that researchers can preview the substantive part of the application. Researchers may submit more than one project, or even resubmit a previous year's project. 

If researchers have any questions, they can contact Jill Sherman, International Research Faciliator at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca

MINDS has partnered with the NATO Defense College (NDC), located in Rome, Italy, to offer members of the Canadian defence and security expert community an opportunity to conduct a five-month fellowship, from mid-February to mid-July each year, at the College as part of the NDC Research Division. The selected Fellow will receive a CAN$100,000 grant to cover all expenses related to this opportunity.

These grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) Window-of-Opportunity (WOO) Network is inviting concept submissions for WOO trials. In presurgical WOO trials, patients with resectable disease are treated for a brief “window” period between diagnosis and surgical resection with an experimental drug/treatment. 

Brain Canada is thrilled to partner with Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) to once again bring neurological conditions to the forefront and make brain health the focus of the 2026-27 Solutions Program. 

Together with Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation, Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, Lung Saskatchewan, and Prostate Cancer Foundation Canada, the Innovation and Impact Grants will support research to develop and implement innovative solutions that address real-world needs and fuels efforts to mobilize research into tangible benefits and sustainable impact for people in Saskatchewan and beyond.

Applicants must select the grant opportunity according to alignment with the following objectives: 

Innovation Grant:

Catalyzing new ideas and approaches to support innovative solutions that respond to focus area needs. 

Impact Grant:

Advancing the translation of innovative solutions, supported by preliminary data, into real-world and practical applications that respond to focus area needs.

Overview of Focus Area - Brain Health

Brain Canada and SHRF have up to $1,400,000 CAD available for research into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of brain health conditions across the lifespan. Brain Health includes neurodevelopment, neurological disorders, mental illness, addictions, and brain and spinal cord injuries.

Proposed solutions must have the potential to impact brain health as reflected in the overall research goals, outcome measures, and future development plans. 

The New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) community-based stream is a federal grant. It supports projects that are designed by seniors and for seniors in their communities. This program funds projects that empower seniors in their communities through increased social inclusion.

As organizations can only submit one application for this competition, researchers are asked to contact Nicole Westlund Stewart (sshrc.research@lakeheadu.ca) by June 16, to indicate their interest in applying.  An internal competition may need to be held.

BWF's Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) provide $560,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund launched the Career Awards at the Scientific Interface in 1999 to foster the early career development of researchers who are transitioning from training environments in the physical, mathematical, computational sciences and/or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research.

Delivered in collaboration with Canada’s Department of National Defence, this competitive funding opportunity supports industrial innovation partnerships that advance Canadian sovereign capabilities in areas identified in Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy.

The Mitacs Accelerate Defence and Security call advances Canada’s sovereign defence capabilities by pairing Canadian researchers and innovators with partner organizations on applied, mission-relevant R&D.

SSHRC, in partnership with NordForsk, is pleased to launch a Knowledge Synthesis Grants (KSG) competition to mobilize, examine and synthesize social sciences and humanities research on The Changing Nature of Security and Conflict. The resulting syntheses will help identify roles the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors could play in promoting more inclusive and equitable societies; and could inform development of effective tools and technologies, robust policies, and sustainable practices needed to support the path toward a diverse and inclusive future for all. SSHRC encourages Indigenous-led and Inuit Nunangat–based research approaches that reflect community priorities, land-based knowledge, and Northern sovereignty. Proposals co-developed with Indigenous Peoples and Northern communities are strongly welcomed.