GEM GeoNorth Program
Aboriginal Peoples
Arctic and Northern Regions
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire within unit
Memorial Deadline: Friday 9th, December 2022
External Deadline: Wednesday 14th, December 2022
Description
GEM-GeoNorth has an available budget to fund multi-disciplinary grant agreements with
Indigenous governments and organizations or groups, Canadian and international not-for-profit
organizations, provincial, territorial, regional or municipal governments, and Canadian and
international academic institutions. Over the next years, the GEM-GeoNorth Program is looking to
support innovative proposals to help develop long-term capacity building in Northern and
Indigenous communities and/or would better enable Northerners to incorporate GEM-GeoNorth
data and knowledge in their decision-making.
Program context:
GEM-GeoNorth is a geological research program led by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) of
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
GEM-GeoNorth is a continuation of the Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program, but
with a broader scope to reflect today’s realities and priorities in northern Canada. GEM was a 12-
year mapping and research program to bridge the significant geoscience knowledge gap in the North.
Despite great progress made in GEM, northern Canada remains under-mapped relative to southern
Canada.
The GEM-GeoNorth Program will continue to fill this knowledge gap by delivering innovative, cutting edge and modern geoscientific research, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities facing
economic development in the North.
GEM-GeoNorth will incorporate more complementary climate change research than its previous
iterations, in an effort to enhance our understanding of the rapidly changing environments,
landscapes and coasts in the North, and how to adapt to these changes. Research to support
climate-resilient existing and future infrastructure related to mineral resource development, along
with associated projects, will be conducted.
The GEM-GeoNorth Program is currently seeking proposals for projects
to be completed within 12-24 months (expect period covered from April 1, 2023 to March
31st, 2025).
The GEM-GeoNorth Proposal Template is available by request to the email address below.
Proposals must be received by December 14, 2022 to:
gem-geonorth-gem-geonord@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Only the information provided in the template will be considered in the evaluation
For more information, please contact: gem-geonorth-gem-geonord@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
and visit Geoscientific research in Canada’s North, here.
Downloads
2022 template GEM-GeoNorth Geoscience Grant EN (003)