Our grants support and encourage legal writing that is of value to Canadian lawyers, notaries and judges in their day-to-day work in the law and in the administration of justice. Our grants are generally in amounts greater than $5,000 and less than or equal to $15,000.

Canada and France enjoy long-standing cooperation in science, technology and innovation. Recognizing the importance of international collaboration in promoting scientific discoveries, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and France’s Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on research cooperation. The MOU provides an overarching framework to explore new collaborative research and innovation opportunities between Canadian and French research communities.

In support of collaborative work under this MOU, and to support priority areas identified by the Canada-France Joint Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation, NSERC and ANR are partnering to fund collaborative research projects on quantum science and technologies, specifically in the area of quantum computing hardware and software. This call will support Canada’s National Quantum Strategy.

This call for research proposals aims to foster scientific collaborations and knowledge exchange between leading-edge researchers in Canada and France, driving advancements in the rapidly evolving field of quantum technologies. This call aims to support collaborative research projects that address fundamental challenges and explore cutting-edge applications in the field of quantum technologies. Through these joint projects, we aim to leverage the unique expertise and resources of both Canadian and French academic research excellence.

This collaborative opportunity with ANR is open to scientific challenges in quantum science that aim to advance the National Quantum Strategy (NQS) – Mission: Make Canada a world leader in the continued development, deployment and use of quantum computing hardware and software by advancing research in any of the following areas of quantum technologies, or a combination thereof:

• Quantum algorithms/encryption, including post-quantum cryptography
• Quantum communications
• Quantum computing
• Quantum materials
• Quantum sensing

Please see the website linked above for more details but a quick summary of the offering from our website: 

• Dec 6, 2023 submission deadline
• 15,000 CAD per internship unit (IU): 5,000 CAD partner contribution + 10,000 CAD Mitacs contribution; or  
• 17,500 CAD per internship unit (IU): 7,500 CAD partner contribution + 10,000 CAD Mitacs contribution 
• Applies to new submissions only 
• All applications must include named interns to be considered. Maximum of 6 (six) discounted internship units per named intern at the time of submission. Interns can have more than 6 internship units. However, any additional units beyond the first 6 will be at standard funding.  
• Standard funding will apply for any unnamed (To Be Determined: “TBD”) internship units. TBD internship units will not be eligible for this special offer. Once students are identified, they remain at standard funding.  
• Total limit of 50 IUs per project (including discounted and standard funding internship units).  
• Post-submission and in-project changes to internship dates and intern replacements will be allowed for the discounted and standard funding units. No additional internship units will be discounted following submission.  

This grant program supports meetings and events that promote the development of inclusive communities of anthropologists and advance significant and innovative research. Conferences that we support are public events directed at large audiences of anthropologists. We prioritize scholarly gatherings that bring together members of large, international anthropological organizations. Workshops that we support are closed meetings focused on pressing topics in anthropology. Small groups of scholars gather for several days to work intensively on particular themes. Our aim is to help organizers make these conferences and workshops more inclusive and accessible by covering costs for scholars who might not otherwise be able to attend.

For more information, please contact Jill Sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

Connection Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Partnerships program.

These grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and engage with participants on research issues they  value. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant can often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.

Connection Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the social sciences and humanities;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the social sciences and humanities and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.

The Regulatory Innovation Capacity Building Focus Area under the Smart Grid call for proposals seeks to support innovation in the economic regulation of Canada’s electricity systems. This will be accomplished by funding projects that are related to regulatory experimentation, regulatory sandboxes, and capacity building within organizations for regulatory innovation. These projects should promote cooperation and information sharing among actors operating within Canada’s electricity systems, enable the creation and adoption of innovative approaches for the economic regulation of these systems, and create the conditions for meaningful participation and engagement in the regulatory ecosystem.

Specifically, the objectives of this focus area are to:

1. Promote regulatory experimentation necessary to support electrical grid modernization.
2. Support the development of the skills, knowledge, and expertise required for enabling regulatory innovation and experimentation in grid modernization.
3. Accelerate the adoption of flexible regulatory procedures needed for the adoption of innovation in the electrical grid and increase participation and learning from innovation in a regulatory context.
4. Advance inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) in the electricity sector.

The Demonstration Focus Area will provide support to projects which demonstrate innovation in smart grid technologies/solutions, and market or contract mechanisms (innovations may be jurisdiction specific). Specifically, the objectives of this focus area are to:

• Accelerate grid modernization to better utilize the capacity of existing electricity assets; increase the reliability, resiliency, and flexibility of the power system; and increase the penetration of distributed energy resources.
• Improve customer accessibility of grid-integrated solutions which provide more affordable energy and lower total greenhouse gas emissions.
• Sufficiently represent a given electric system to meaningfully inform future deployment considerations.
• Address well-defined market gaps with a proposal to build business solutions.
• Advance inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) in the electricity sector.

Mandatory criteria:

• Involve the electricity distribution system
• Share knowledge and insights to enhance public awareness