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

The Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative (OAFRI) provides funding for agri-food research and innovation projects in Ontario, which is a key pillar of the Grow Ontario Strategy. The OAFRI program strives to create an application process that adheres to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and Indigenization. The goals of the initiative are to:

• fund demand-driven research and innovation activities in the agri-food sector
• support the sector’s resiliency and facilitate sustainable growth
• improve knowledge or technology to address business challenges
• expand market opportunities locally and globally

The initiative is jointly funded by the Governments of Canada and Ontario under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), a 5-year federal-provincial-territorial initiative.

Funding streams and how to apply

OAFRI has 4 funding streams to support research and innovation projects aimed at providing solutions for Ontario’s agri-food sector (such as new knowledge, technologies, products or practices).

The 4 streams are categorized based on technology readiness levels (TRLs). Use the TRL as a reference to determine the appropriate OAFRI stream for your application. The 4 streams are:

• applied research
• pilot and demonstration
• commercialization
• knowledge translation and transfer (KTT)

AMS Healthcare strives to improve the healthcare of all Canadians by innovating education and practice, championing the history of medicine and healthcare, supporting leadership development, and advancing research in the health humanities. In recent years, AMS Healthcare has provided funding for activities that address two key factors of the health care system: Compassionate care; and, artificial intelligence and digital health solutions. AMS Healthcare’s Compassionate Care in a Technological World strategic priority focusses on promoting the integration of digital technology/artificial intelligence (DT/AI) and compassionate care in the delivery of health care services, education of health professionals as well as facilitating the leadership needed to realize the promise of technology.

Click here to learn more about Compassionate Care in a Technological World.

AMS Healthcare is offering grants of up to $30,000 to early and mid-career academic researchers and regulated health care professionals to support research, knowledge translation and spread and scale activities related to the impact of DT/AI on compassionate care. Those interested can click on the links below to access more information about the program and application details.

Full application submission deadline is 5:00 pm (eastern time) on Wednesday, February 7, 2024