About Responsive

The Foundation’s Responsive program provides grants to nonprofit organizations for community-driven initiatives that improve access to justice for people in Ontario. Responsive grants support projects/programs delivering new or existing legal services, legal education, and legal research.

Apply through new Grant Portal

The 2026 Responsive Call for Applications is now open. Applications must be submitted through our new Grant Portal by 5 p.m. EST on September 10, 2026. To avoid disappointment, we strongly encourage you to register for and become familiar with the portal as soon as possible, and well before the application’s due date.

> Visit the Responsive call for applications webpage for details.

The international Canada–G7–Nordic call for proposals on quantum technologies is officially launched (see the news release). The call aims to leverage complementary interests and research expertise across the participating G7 and Nordic countries to support multilateral or bilateral collaborative research projects in quantum science and technologies. Please refer to the call webpage for more information.

Each project must include at least one Canadian researcher eligible to receive NSERC funds and at least one international collaborator who is eligible for funding from Germany (DFG), Japan (JST), the United Kingdom (UKRI EPSRC) or Nordic countries (NordForsk).

U.S. collaborators may also be part of the proposed international teams, supported by existing resources or NSF’s existing mechanism for international supplements.

The Canadian applicant must submit a single collaborative proposal on behalf of the Canadian and international research teams through NSERC’s online system  by September 24, 2026, before 8:00 pm (ET). International collaborators should consult their respective national funder’s instructions to determine whether they must submit a copy of the proposal or other application materials through their national funder’s process in parallel with the submission to NSERC.

NSERC will host information sessions for university researchers and RGO staff on August 19, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET (English) and August 19, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET (French).

Please register in advance by clicking on the desired links above and then clicking the “Register” button on the Event page. You are also encouraged to submit questions ahead of time through the registration form; this will help us prepare and ensure your questions are addressed during the session. Please note that AI chatbot technology is not permitted during these meetings due to security and privacy concerns.

The session will be recorded, and copies of the presentation will be shared directly with participants.

Sloan Research Fellowships support fundamental research conducted by early-career scientists.

The two-year $75,000 fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.

If you would like to be nominated for one of these awards, please contact the Office of Research services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) by August 5, 2026 to indicate your interest.

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year: December, April, and August. The value of the scholarship is remitted solely through editorial assistance as follows:

Master’s candidates: $750
Doctoral candidates: $2,500
Junior academics: $500

Hemorrhage with trauma‑induced coagulopathy (TIC) is a major cause of preventable death in trauma. Early blood product use is key, but identifying patients needing massive transfusions, or at risk for TIC is challenging, especially in austere settings. AI and ML models show promise in predicting transfusion needs from trauma data but are mostly retrospective, binary, and triage focused. Many of these models are considered pre prospective data validation prototypes, defined as “Phase I, while few progress to Phase II, which involves validation and implementation.

This funding opportunity seeks “Phase II” studies to prospectively validate, which would include Phase I prototype model validation, refinement with prospective data, as well as integrating real-time data streams with Point-of-Care (POC) systems, such as ROTEM (Rotational Thromboelastometry), FloPatch, POC INR (International Normalized Ratio). Proposals should focus on exploring and assessing the limitations of these models via validation, as well as identifying methods to improve, refine, and generalize them, thereby contributing to broader efforts in medical translational research.

• The specific objective of this funding opportunity is to strengthen Canada’s clinical trial ecosystem and infrastructure, and position Canada as a competitive destination for global clinical trials by fostering the implementation of an efficient, high-quality, and sustainable research ethics review system for multi-site, multi-jurisdictional clinical trials in Canada, regardless of sponsor and source of funding, that:
  • Operates as a pan-Canadian system, accessible across all jurisdictions, subject to any local legislative or policy-related considerations; and
  • Is designed to avoid duplication of ethics reviews that are not anticipated to provide additional protections for research participants in accordance with TCPS; and
  • Provides for alternative approaches, as needed, through collaborative engagement, to establish a federated model that will work with the constraints of jurisdictional processes and legislation where applicable.

FACULTY INNOVATION AWARD

The Housing Research Awards celebrate research excellence and provide funding to support exceptional work that advances Canada’s National Housing Strategy.

The program funds research that will advance our understanding of Alzheimer's disease, identify new treatment strategies, improve care for people with dementia, and further our knowledge of brain health and disease prevention.

The Alzheimer's Association and Brain Canada Foundation are pleased to consider partnership for successful Canadian-led applications.

Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship for All (AARFA) 
This program is designed to nurture the next generation of scientists by providing funding to postdoctoral researchers who have completed their doctoral training and are actively working in Alzheimer's or dementia-related research under the mentorship of established investigators. 

Alzheimer's Association Research Grant for All (AARGA) 
This program aims to fund early-career investigators who have been in the position of Assistant Professor or the equivalent for no more than seven (7) years. 

Alzheimer's Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship for All (AACSFA) 
This program is designed to support the training of clinician scientists in Alzheimer's and all other dementias. For the purpose of this program, a clinician scientist is defined as an individual already trained, licensed and practicing in a clinical field that includes patient contact (e.g., neurology, psychiatry, geriatrics, psycholog