Research Funding Opportunities
This database contains information on internal and external funding opportunities for researchers at Memorial University.
Opportunities can be searched by keyword, strategic research theme, deadline or sponsor. Although every effort is made to ensure opportunities are assigned to the relevant theme, researchers are encouraged to search opportunities in all thematic areas.
At the bottom of this page you will find a list of all current funding opportunities. Please use the select boxes below in order to narrow those results (selecting a checkbox reduces the list to only those opportunities that match a given criteria).
Disclaimer
Please note this database in a repository of funding opportunities that have been provided to Research Grant and Contract Services (RGCS) by various agencies and sponsors. All opportunities denoted by an asterisk ( * ) are new, and institutional eligibility and compliance with Memorial University’s policies and procedures have not yet been assessed by RGCS prior to posting.
A researcher wishing to apply for any opportunities marked by an asterisk is required to contact his/her unit’s grant facilitator (or, if the unit has no grants facilitator, an RGCS staff member at rgcsworkflow@mun.ca) at least 10 working days prior to initiating application development so that the opportunity can be evaluated accordingly and appropriate internal deadlines may be assigned. These internal deadlines must be factored into the timing of the development and submission of all applications. Once the grants facilitator is notified, he/she will contact RGCS immediately to advise of the notification so that RGCS can also review the terms and have necessary discussions with the unit as the opportunity is evaluated.
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- Aboriginal Peoples
Key research areas include education, languages, society, culture, human rights, gender, literature, religion, ethics, politics, and social and economic development; contemporary issues around resource development, land claims, climate change, health, physical activity, and community development; indigenous expressive culture; youth engagement relating to social policy, social participation and youth programs; Northern Labrador climate change, resource development, transportation, new national parks, and collaboration with the Nunatsiavut Government; and traditional knowledge of Aboriginal peoples and its relation to contemporary issues. - Arctic and Northern Regions
Key research areas include northern peoples and their languages, society, culture and communities; regional, national and international governance mechanisms such as environmental regulations and the Law of the Sea; distance education, telecommunications and learning technologies and their implications for northern peoples; technologies for and management of natural resource development, transportation, safety and survival, and health care and emergency response in harsh, remote locations; the geography and ecology of northern marine, terrestrial and ice environments; climate change and its impacts, significant resource developments, and assertion of Canadian sovereignty in the north; land claims, environmental assessment, transportation, and northern and remote infrastructure; economic and regulatory models and best practices to maximize benefits from resource developments. - Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Key research areas include influences affecting economic development and social well-being; the role of education, community health, and social policy and their impact on empowerment of individuals and groups in communities; land use, drinking water, waste management, transportation planning, affordable housing, and labour market development; economic diversification, new business development and improved business practices; impact of climate change, aging populations, migration and immigration on communities and regions; and rural-urban and local-global interaction, regional cooperation and governance, and innovation in policy and service delivery. - Creative Arts, Culture and Heritage
Key research areas include the arts; all forms of creative production and expression (drama, music and sound, visual, performance, literature); education to preserve and strengthen culture and build identity; performance pedagogy; tangible cultural heritage; intangible cultural heritage, including language and music; cultural industries; history (Newfoundland, maritime, Canadian, and European); expressive determinants of society and individual identity; contemporary and historical creative activity; the use of new media and technologies in the ongoing production of art, culture and heritage; interdisciplinary research in music, health and wellbeing, in music and engineering; the use of creative expression to critique understandings of culture and society. - Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Key research areas include human interactions with climate change and environmental impacts; energy efficiency; resource economics; cultural perceptions of the environment; environmental science; wildlife, marine, land, habitat resource and waste management; plant and forestry science; environmental engineering and sustainability; cellular and molecular biology and marine sciences; energy industry economics and policy; health, safety and survival in the oil and gas industry; harsh environment engineering, ocean observation systems; petroleum reservoir characterization and exploration geophysics; sustainable and alternative energy solutions; reclamation of non-renewable resource developments; social and economic benefits of the nonextractive values of natural resources; watersheds and water quality business opportunities, public policy, legal issues and regulatory regimes. - Governance and Public Policy
Key research areas include auditing, taxation, finance, leadership and corporate social responsibility; public and collective decision making in economic policy (including policy and governance arrangements relating to specific economic sectors, as well as to cross-cutting areas such as fiscal and monetary policy and trade policy), social policy (including health, education, and social services), cultural policy, environmental policy, defense policy and other policy fields; legal studies across all policy fields; local, regional and federal systems, as well as multi-lateral and inter-national governance relationships and organizations; immigration and population change; land-use and urban planning; and food security. - Information and Communication Technology
Key research areas include foundational and design areas, including algorithms and complexity, data management, software engineering, computational modeling, computer networks, and intelligent computing; ICT impact, including telemedicine, distance education and e-learning technology, electronic commerce, and privacy; geographic information systems, autonomous ocean systems; managing (storing, retrieving, filtering, and processing) the vast amounts of data collected by businesses and other organizations using web-based and sensor-based data collection (data collection includes scientific, health, pharmaceutical, commercial, geographic, and social network data, remote sensing, communication networks, information technologies, and computational modeling; it spans traditional structured databases and unstructured text); electronic health service delivery in remote areas of the province (including tele-oncology, tele-psychiatry, tele-video resuscitation) and innovative interactive teaching programs for remote areas (i.e., electronic continuing medical education – MD.cme); and cultural and social impacts of ICT. - Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Key research areas include cultures and societies around the North Atlantic Rim, and how they interact with the ocean and ocean industries, including economic and political agreements and relationships; technologies for natural resource development, transportation, and safety and survival in harsh, remote locations, and the geography and ecology of North Atlantic marine, terrestrial and ice environments; fundamental research in biology, ecology, environmental science, and ocean science; climate change; fisheries conservation and resource management; aquaculture and seafood development; food processing technology and processes to support industry development; research related to the people, organizations, history, economics and policies pertaining to fisheries and aquaculture; deep water and harsh environment marine and petroleum activity; and business development and marketing associated with fisheries and oceans industries. - Social Justice
Key research areas include Immigration, citizenship and labour market inclusion, and poverty reduction; empowerment of individuals through education, community health approaches, access to medical care and services, and child and family welfare; interdisciplinary aspects of diversity, difference, equity and ethics; labour relations, social and working class history, gender equality and sexuality; the impact of poverty on individual and community development in urban and rural neighbourhoods and communities; homelessness, affordable housing, and poverty; citizen engagement in communities, and how education is valued (to help explain the low rate of high school graduation); mental health, aging, social development, and disabilities issues; national and international social justice issues; and corporate social responsibility. - Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Key research areas include genetics research that addresses both the need and opportunity presented by the founder population characteristics of the province (genealogy, community and population health, ethics and health policy development, as well as specific bio-molecular research and clinical care innovation); health services and health policy research as well as research related to special medical, nursing and other health professional education that respond to the province’s aging, rural, northern and aboriginal populations and distinctive workforces; research related to efficient and accessible health care systems, and effective public health programs and policies and healthy and safe work places; biomedical sciences ranging from cellular and molecular processes to animal and cell modeling that respond to the province’s high incidence of diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease; multi-national clinical trials of drug and device interventions; health promotion, public health, health policy, disease prevention and chronic disease management; and healthy aging.
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| Title | Funding Sources | Deadline Type | Academic Unit Deadline | Memorial Deadline | Sponsor Deadline |
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| NSERC Discovery Grant – Notification of Intent to Apply (Mandatory) | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | N/A | Aug 1, 2019 |
| Gairdner Foundation International Awards and Wightman Award | Active Deadline | Jul 2, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 | ||
| Emerging Researcher Awards in Allergic Asthma | AllerGen, AstraZeneca Canada (AZ Canada), Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Inquire with RGCS | Aug 16, 2019 |
| Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards – Application | AstraZeneca Canada (AZ Canada), Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Lung Association (CLA) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jul 26, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards – Registration | AstraZeneca Canada (AZ Canada), Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Lung Association (CLA) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | N/A | Jun 26, 2019 |
| CABHI Spark Program | Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Inquire with RGCS | Jul 5, 2019 |
| Mitacs Elevate – Full Applications | MITACS | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jul 11, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Mitacs Elevate – Intent to Apply and Conflict of Interest | MITACS | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jun 14, 2019 | Jun 19, 2019 |
| DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jun 19, 2019 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| DoD Lupus Research Program – Concept and Impact Awards | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | May 31, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 |
| DoD Breast Cancer Research Program – Breakthrough Award Levels 3 and 4 | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jun 18, 2019 | Jun 26, 2019 |
| DoD Breast Cancer Research Program – Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2 | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Aug 15, 2019 | Aug 22, 2019 |
| The Wighton Fellowship | Active Deadline | May 6, 2019 | |||
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | Active Deadline | Jan 8, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 | |
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow | Active Deadline | Dec 10, 2019 | Mar 6, 2020 | ||
| Royal Society of Canada Medals and Awards | Active Deadline | Dec 3, 2019 | Mar 1, 2020 | ||
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Active Deadline | Dec 3, 2019 | Mar 1, 2020 | |
| The Folger Institute Fellowships | Active Deadline | Dec 3, 2019 | Mar 1, 2020 | ||
| Brockhouse Canada Prize | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Active Deadline | Dec 3, 2019 | Mar 1, 2020 | |
| Trudeau Foundation Fellowships | Active Deadline | Nov 22, 2019 | Feb 22, 2020 | ||
| Prix de l’ACFAS | Active Deadline | Nov 12, 2019 | Feb 7, 2020 | ||
| Canadian Association of Physicists Awards | Active Deadline | Nov 5, 2019 | Feb 5, 2020 | ||
| Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research | Active Deadline | Nov 1, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Canadian Association of Geographers Awards | Active Deadline | Nov 1, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Northern Science Award | Active Deadline | Oct 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Engineers Canada Awards | Active Deadline | Aug 13, 2019 | Nov 12, 2019 | ||
| ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2019) – Session Proposals | ArcticNet | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with unit | Not applicable | May 15, 2019 |
| Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation Awards | Active Deadline | Jun 3, 2019 | |||
| Canadian Anthropology Society | Active Deadline | Nov 15, 2019 | |||
| Order of Canada | Government of Canada | Open Call | Open Call | ||
| Alexander Von Humboldt Award | Open Call | Open Call | |||
| J. Tuzo Wilson Medal | Active Deadline | Sep 14, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 | ||
| Manning Awards | Active Deadline | Sep 17, 2019 | Dec 14, 2019 | ||
| Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Active Deadline | Sep 4, 2019 | Dec 1, 2019 | ||
| Royal Society of Canada Fellows | Active Deadline | Sep 3, 2019 | Dec 1, 2019 | ||
| Governor General Innovation Awards | Government of Canada | Active Deadline | Aug 30, 2019 | Nov 30, 2019 | |
| The Huntington Fellowships | Active Deadline | Aug 16, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | ||
| Fulbright Award | Active Deadline | Aug 16, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | ||
| Molson Prizes | Canada Council for the Arts | Active Deadline | Aug 1, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 | |
| CIHR Gold Leaf Prizes | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | Jul 20, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | |
| National Humanities Center Fellowship | Active Deadline | Jul 20, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | ||
| Operating Grant : Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Socio-Economic Burden of Inherited Disease | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Sep 12, 2019 | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Stars Career Development Awards – Registration | The Arthritis Society | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 22, 2019 | |
| Stars Career Development Awards – Full Application | The Arthritis Society | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Jun 20, 2019 | Jun 26, 2019 |
| Climate Action Fund | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 8, 2019 | May 13, 2019 |
| Woodrow Wilson Fellowships | Active Deadline | Jul 2, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 | ||
| The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Awards | Active Deadline | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 | ||
| Order of Newfoundland and Labrador | Active Deadline | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | ||
| Canadian Mathematical Society Awards | Active Deadline | Jun 29, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | ||
| 3M Teaching Fellowship | Active Deadline | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | ||
| 2019 Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network Funding Opportunities | Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 29, 2019 | Jun 1, 2019 |
| Sloan Research Fellowship | Active Deadline | Jun 15, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | ||
| Arctic Inspiration Prize | Active Deadline | Jul 16, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | ||
| Guggenheim Fellowship | Active Deadline | Jun 15, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 | ||
| Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement and Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award | Active Deadline | Jun 18, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | ||
| Chemical Institute of Canada and its Constituent Societies Awards | Active Deadline | Apr 2, 2019 | Jul 2, 2019 | ||
| Society of Toxicology of Canada Awards | Active Deadline | Apr 2, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 | ||
| Making the Shift – Youth Homelessness Social Innovation – EOI | Making the Shift - Youth Homlessness Social Innovation Lab, Networks of Centres of Excellence | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with unit | May 20, 2019 | |
| Prix Galien Canada Award | Active Deadline | Mar 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | ||
| Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences | Active Deadline | Mar 19, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | ||
| NSERC Alliance Grants – Option 1 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Open Call | |||
| Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (2019-2020) | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research | Canadian Cancer Society | Active Deadline | Inquire with Ellen Steinhauer | May 29, 2019 | |
| DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Programs | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jul 18, 2019 | Jul 24, 2019 |
| DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Programs | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Jul 26, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 |
| The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research | The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Jul 11, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| 2019 Have a Heart Bursary Program | Canadian Cardiovascular Society Academy (CCSA) | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Apr 29, 2019 | May 1, 2019 |
| Janeway Foundation’s 2019 Research Awards | Janeway Foundation | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Jul 12, 2019 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| National Call for Proposals 2019 Part 2: Research, Capacity-Building, and Coordination Services (Indirect) Funding Guidelines | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Apr 24, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 |
| Clean Transportation System – Research and Development Program | Transport Canada | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 1, 2019 | May 8, 2019 |
| FSC-CCF Thematic call for projects to support mid-career workers | Future Skills Centre | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Apr 26, 2019 | May 2, 2019 |
| Graduate Student Research Awards | Asthma Canada, Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 28, 2019 | May 31, 2019 |
| DoD Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with RGCS | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| Canada Nature Fund: Community-Nominated Priority Places for Species at Risk | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with unit | Not applicable | Apr 26, 2019 |
| Canadian Emissions Reduction Innovation Network (CERIN) – EOI | Natural Resources Canada | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Academic Unit | Apr 25, 2019 | May 1, 2019 |
| Autism Research Program | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Aug 1, 2019 | Aug 8, 2019 | |
| DoD Neurofibromatosis Research Program | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with RGCS | May 23, 2019 | |
| Travel Awards | Canadian Cancer Society | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 10, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| Travel Awards | Canadian Cancer Society | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 15, 2019 |
| Infectious Disease and Climate Change Fund – Moving the Marker | Public Health Agency of Canada | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Apr 16, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| The Killam Program of the Canada Council for the Arts: Killam Research Fellowships | Canada Council for the Arts | Active Deadline | Dec 17, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | |
| CIHR Early Career Investigators in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health in Kidney Research | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Kidney Foundation of Canada | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 10, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Programs | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with RGCS | May 22, 2019 | |
| DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with RGCS | Aug 21, 2019 | |
| DoD Parkinson’s Research Programs | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Inquire with RGCS | Jul 9, 2019 |
| DoD Lung Cancer Research Programs | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with RGCS | May 15, 2019 | |
| CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants – Full Application | Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 |
| CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants – Registration | Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Not applicable | May 29, 2019 |
| Team Grant : Pediatric concussion CIHR-NIH 2019 | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), National Institute of Health | Past Due Deadline | inquire with unit | Apr 9, 2019 | Apr 12, 2019 |
| Operating Grant : Active and Assisted Living Program | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | inquire with unit | May 21, 2019 | May 24, 2019 |
| Team Grant : Next Generation Networks for Neuroscience (NeuroNex) – Preliminary Proposal | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), National Science Foundation | Active Deadline | Jun 14, 2019 | ||
| Team Grant : Next Generation Networks for Neuroscience (NeuroNex) – Full Proposal | Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), National Science Foundation | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Dec 6, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 |
| DoD: Tick-Borne Disease Research Program | Department of Defence - United States of America | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | May 14, 2019 | May 22, 2019 |
| Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas – Full Application | Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Active Deadline | Inquire with unit | Oct 3, 2019 | Oct 8, 2019 |
| Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas – LOI | Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with unit | May 15, 2019 | |
| Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research | Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research, Brain Canada Foundation | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 14, 2019 | May 20, 2019 |
| Travel Awards | Canadian Cancer Society | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 15, 2019 |
| Travel Awards | Canadian Cancer Society | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | May 10, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| CCS Impact Grants – LOI | Canadian Cancer Society | Past Due Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Apr 12, 2019 | Apr 17, 2019 |
| CCS Impact Grants – Full Application | Canadian Cancer Society | Active Deadline | Inquire with Unit | Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 |