Addressing Neglected Areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in sub-Saharan Africa (ANeSA) is launching Stage 1 of a two-stage funding opportunity to support Cohort 2 of Implementation Research Teams. The initiative will fund implementation research focused on sustainable, evidence-informed and gender-transformative interventions that address neglected areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights for under-served populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Up to six grants of up to CAD 1.2 million each will be awarded, and up to 12 applicants will be invited to advance to the Full Proposal stage.  

For more information, please consult the Call for Letters of Interest.

Eligibility

This call is open to Implementation Research Teams led by a sub-Saharan Africa-based researcher affiliated with an eligible institution in an eligible country. Please refer to the Call for Letters of Interest for the full team composition and eligibility requirements. 

The Health Research Foundation (HRF) is pleased to launch the 2026 Health System Solutions Grant Program to support bold, applied research that improves how patients access and benefit from innovative medicines in Canada.

The Amazing Brain Science Talks program encourages researchers to share scientific findings with the public from the exciting, innovative, and important brain research being conducted across Canada and beyond. This is a unique opportunity to deliver a 15-minute TED-style talk to a public audience onstage at a prominent venue in Ottawa. Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for selected speakers will be covered.

This AO aims to offer under-represented groups an opportunity to increase their level of applied knowledge in space science and technology and promote their professional development in order to increase equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in Canada's space workforce.

This award recognizes a young individual (student, postdoctoral fellow, researcher, entrepreneur, etc.) under the age of 35 who proposes an innovative and compelling evidence-based policy that will make a positive difference to Canadians. This award is designed not only to highlight innovative, evidence-driven policy ideas by policy students and young professionals, but also to encourage young people not currently studying, or working on, public policy to share their policy ideas.

Eligible recipients include all young Canadian residents under 35, regardless of their field of study or work.

Background

Learning to manage stress in demanding situations is central to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operational readiness, effectiveness, and sustainment. The Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) program provides foundational knowledge and practical skills to support mental health, resilience, and performance. Advances in immersive and digitally enabled technologies now provide opportunities to complement classroom-based approaches through virtual stress exposure training scenarios that simulate operational demands and psychologically meaningful stressors. Despite increasing interest in immersive training approaches, there remains limited guidance regarding which scenario attributes and combinations of attributes contribute most effectively to realistic, relevant, and meaningful stress exposure training experiences. Greater understanding is needed regarding fidelity, stressor characteristics, pacing, contextual realism, and other design considerations that may influence training engagement and perceived operational relevance. Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) invites proposals that advance understanding of virtual stress exposure training (SET) scenario design in support of future R2MR modernization efforts. Applicants are encouraged to propose innovative and evidence-informed approaches aligned with the objectives outlined below.

Research objectives

This funding opportunity seeks proposals that contribute to the identification, organization, and evaluation of key attributes relevant to virtual SET scenarios in support of R2MR training objectives. Proposed research may examine emerging evidence and practices related to SET, simulation, immersive technologies, and related domains, with the goal of identifying factors that contribute to perceived realism, engagement, operational relevance, and training usefulness. Applicants are encouraged to develop evidence-informed frameworks or conceptual approaches that characterize and organize relevant scenario features, while also considering methodologies for future evaluation, including survey-based, experimental, or user-centred approaches. The overall intent of this opportunity is to support research that may inform future virtual SET evaluation, design, and development activities aligned with R2MR modernization efforts.

These grants support the development of partnered research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities.

If you are interested in submitting a Partnership Development Grant proposal, please contact Nicole Westlund Stewart, 

Research and Knowledge Mobilization Facilitator (Social Sciences and Humanities), at sshrc.research@lakeheadu.ca by September 16, 2026 to indicate your interest in applying.

The call is now open for International Interdisciplinary Research Projects under the British Academy. Applications must be submitted by an eligible UK-based PI in the social sciences and humanities, but must have international partners and demonstrate collaboration across disciplines.  Interdisciplinary projects (including both SHAPE and STEM disciplines) on the theme of "Mobilities" will be accepted.   Mobilities should address either "People, Materials and Things" or "Ideas, Narratives, and Innovation."  Maximum awards are up to £ 300,000 over 2 years, and pay up to 80% of total project costs (inclusive of indirect costs). Interested Lakehead researchers should contact their UK-based colleagues, and intl.research@lakeheadu.ca for support at Lakehead.

• 3 awards available (1 First Nations‑led, 1 Métis‑led, 1 Inuit‑led)
• ~$100,000 per award
• First submission (mandatory): July 7, 2026
• Final submission: August 18, 2026