Posts Categorized: Information and Communication Technology

SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants – September

NOTE RE INTERNAL DEADLINES: Friday, August 22: Registration with RIS – Due to an institutional quota for this funding opportunity, please send an email to RIS [addressed to Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) and Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca)] indicating your intention to apply to this opportunity. Please include the project title and funding amount requested from SSHRC. Wednesday,… Read more »

SSHRC Destination Horizon Grants – May

NOTE RE INTERNAL DEADLINES: Tuesday, April 22: Registration with RIS – Due to an institutional quota for this funding opportunity, please send an email to RIS [addressed to Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) and Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca)] indicating your intention to apply to this opportunity. Please include the project title and funding amount requested from SSHRC.Monday, May… Read more »

NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants (September 2025)

Please contact the Research Innovation Office, Rio@mun.ca when developing your application for the sponsor’s requirement of engaging with the ILO.  The objective of Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants is to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector, and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian… Read more »

NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants (June 2025)

Please contact the Research Innovation Office, Rio@mun.ca when developing your application for the sponsor’s requirement of engaging with the ILO.  The objective of Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants is to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector, and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian… Read more »

NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants (March 2025)

Please contact the Research Innovation Office, Rio@mun.ca when developing your application for the sponsor’s requirement of engaging with the ILO.  The objective of Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants is to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector, and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian… Read more »

SSHRC Connection Grant – November 2025

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 to engage with participants on research issues of value to them. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant… Read more »

SSHRC Connection Grant – August 2025

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 to engage with participants on research issues of value to them. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant… Read more »

SSHRC Connection Grant – February 2025

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 to engage with participants on research issues of value to them. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant… Read more »

Publication Subvention – March 2025

This program provides financial assistance to scholarly publishing from within the university community. Priority will be given to original book-length manuscripts of merit. Book chapters will be considered where funds permit. Assistance may be requested towards: – Top-up funds to a publisher where the publisher makes this a condition of publication or publication costs where… Read more »

Natural Resources Canada Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative

Natural Resources Canada’s Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative seeks to fund capacity building projects that reduce barriers to deep retrofits and support deep retrofit market transformation. The amount of funding available for the second call for applications is approximately $8 million over two years (2025/26 to 2026/27). The projects must focus on at least one of the following priorities: –… Read more »

SSHRC Impact Awards

To anyone interested in preparing a nomination, please contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours. SSHRC Impact Awards are designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities. The awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their research achievements, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or entirely by… Read more »

CQDM Connect-Pharma: Pitch Day Call for Ideas: AI-assisted protein design

CQDM is pleased to launch a call for ideas for our upcoming CQDM Connect-Pharma: Pitch Day. We are searching for world-class research on AI-assisted protein design to present to domain experts from leading global pharmaceutical organizations on March 5, 2025. Our objective is to bring ground-breaking, innovative Canadian research to CQDM’s pharmaceutical members and facilitate… Read more »

UArctic Partnership – Relationship Development Fund

Recognizing Memorial University’s obligation to ensure that researchers engage with the Northern and Indigenous people in a respectful, ethical, and deeply collaborative way, in keeping with the Memorial University’s Policy on Research Impacting Indigenous Groups, we are pleased to offer the Indigenous and Northern Relationship Development Fund. The purpose of this fund is to help researchers in… Read more »

UArctic Partnership – Research and Engagement Fund

Research plays an important role in informing decisions and actions for issues affecting Northern regions. In recognition of Memorial University’s commitment to respectful, ethical, and deeply collaborative partnerships with Indigenous and Northern people and UArctic values, the Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement Fund supports: – Researchers: in establishing new relationships or strengthening… Read more »

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants – 2024-25 Competitions (December 2024)

Partnership Engage Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Partnerships program. These grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to… Read more »

SSHRC Insight Development Grants

Academic Units have assumed the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, NSERC Discovery, and NSERC RTI Grants competitions.  Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants, but will be supporting Academic Units in their… Read more »

FRANCE-CANADA RESEARCH FUND – FCRF+ Program

The France-Canada Research Fund (FCRF) is launching a new funding program for 2025, entitled FCRF+, to support existing research partnerships between France and Canada. The objective of the FFCR+ competition is to support France-Canada teams that have been successful in obtaining a previous FCRF grant and wish to continue their collaboration by setting up ambitious… Read more »

Canadian Cancer Society Workplace Cancer Research Grants: Preventing Occupational Cancers – Registration

Workplaces can pose a significant risk to health through repeated exposure to carcinogens and other risks, including asbestos, solar UV, diesel exhaust, crystalline silica, radon, and shift work. Every year, an estimated 10,000 Canadian workers are diagnosed with occupation-related cancers, but workplace cancer research comprises less than 1% of cancer research funding in Canada. The… Read more »

DRAC Resource Allocation Competition

As with previous years, a ROMEO Portal Application not required for this funding opportunity. The Resource Allocation Competition (RAC) enables faculty members and their research groups to access compute, storage and cloud resources beyond what can be obtained via the Rapid Access Service (RAS). If you are not sure about which application process is best for your… Read more »

SSHRC Partnership Grants—Stage 1

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Partnership Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Partnerships program. Proposals exclusively for partnered research training initiatives are… Read more »

International Grenfell Association (IGA) Grant Application

International Grenfell Association (IGA) grants are funded through monies raised since the early 1900’s by supporters in Canada, the USA, Great Britain, and Ireland. Used initially to pay for programs now provided by government, these funds create a grant program that responds to the needs of coastal communities in Northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Areas of… Read more »

Research on Research Joint Initiative

Research on research, also known as metaresearch, is the application of rigorous methods and analysis to the practice of research itself—its methods, standards and evaluation (see expanded definition below). Founded in 2019, the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) is a consortium of research funders and institutes that undertakes projects that can support the work of funding organizations. RoRI gathers evidence and data; undertakes… Read more »

Canada-France research proposals on artificial intelligence

We are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a joint call for Canada-France research proposals on artificial intelligence (Generic Call for Proposals (AAPG 2025). This call will be led by the French National Research Agency (ANR), in collaboration with NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, and IVADO, and will support collaborative multi- and inter-disciplinary research projects in the… Read more »

NSERC Alliance International Catalyst

NSERC is temporarily pausing the intake of applications to the Alliance International Catalyst grants program so that we can review and refine the objectives and optimize processes to ensure the funding opportunity’s continued impact.  This pause will take effect as of October 16, 2024. Applications received by October 16, 2024 will be processed, but applicants… Read more »

Globalink Research Award (GRA) thematic call

The Globalink Research Award (GRA) thematic call is now officially open! The themes for this year’s thematic call are: Digital and Emerging technology (e.g. AI, Advanced Computing, Cybersecurity, Semiconductors) Sustainability and Net Zero (e.g. Electric Vehicles, Critical Minerals, Hydrogen, Energy Transition, Oceans, Clean Technology) Life Sciences (e.g. Biomanufacturing, Bioeconomy, Agri-Food, Agri-Tech, Health Sciences) Humanities and… Read more »

Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot (ACCP)

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is pleased to announce The Alliance Cloud Connect Pilot (ACCP), a unique opportunity for vendors, institutions, researchers and individuals to participate in the development of a cutting-edge initiative that will transform how Canadian researchers access community cloud and key commercial cloud services. The ACCP includes three distinct… Read more »

France Canada Research Fund

The France Canada Research Fund is a major instrument of Franco-Canadian scientific cooperation, created in 2000 through an agreement between the French Embassy in Canada and a consortium of 23 Canadian universities. Please note that due to a change in the sponsor guidelines, the internal submission process for this funding opportunity has been updated for… Read more »

NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, for information on this program. Nomination deadline: December 6, 2024, 8:00 pm (ET). The Synergy Awards for Innovation honour partnerships of strong, complementary and collaborative teams who have generated new knowledge and accelerated the application of research results to create benefits for Canada and Canadians. The… Read more »

NSERC John C. Polanyi Award

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours,  for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. Nomination deadline: November 28 before 8 p.m. (ET). If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, your nomination must reach NSERC before 8:00 p.m. (ET) the following working day. The NSERC John C. Polanyi Award was created… Read more »

NSERC Awards for Science Promotion

Nomination deadline: November 15 before 8:00 p.m. (ET). If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, your nomination must reach NSERC before 8:00 p.m. (ET) the following working day. The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion recognize individuals and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. Science promotion activities with award potential could… Read more »

NSERC-CSE Research Communities grants – Full Application

Invited Submissions only. RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada… Read more »

NSERC-CSE Research Communities grants – LOI

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) are partnering… Read more »

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships

Research Initiatives & Services will require a copy of the application and applicable documentation through the Memorial Researcher Portal for all successful fellowships awarded at Memorial University. The timing of your submission through the Memorial Researcher Portal will be at the discretion of your academic unit. If you are intending to apply to this competition, please contact… Read more »

NSERC Create 2025 – Application

MEMORIAL’S INTERNAL DEADLINES FOR NSERC CREATE NSERC has confirmed that Memorial University will have a quota for a maximum of four (4) applications that may be endorsed at the LOI stage to go forward for the NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program opportunity. To this end, there will be an internal submission process through Research… Read more »

UPDATED: 2025-2026 Northern Scientific Training Program

INFORMATION MANUAL The 2025-2026 NSTP Information Manual can be found on POLAR’s website and on the online application and reporting system Home page. Additional details can be found on the NSTP website:  Northern Scientific Training Program – Canada.ca NSTP program offers supplementary funding to assist students in the completion of research projects in the North. … Read more »

2024 Sony Research Award Program

As part of one of the world’s most innovative and recognizable brands, we are committed to support university research and innovation in the U.S., Canada, India, and select European countries, while also fostering partnerships with university faculty and researchers. The Sony Research Award Program provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative… Read more »

NSERC RTI – Research Tools and Instruments Grants program

Academic Units are assuming the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, and NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants competitions.  Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants, but will be supporting Academic Units in their… Read more »

NSERC – Discovery Grant – (2024 competition) – Application

Academic Units are assuming the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, and NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants competitions.  Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants, but will be supporting Academic Units in their… Read more »

NSERC Discovery Grants (individual) program – LOI

Academic Units are assuming the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, and NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants competitions.  Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants, but will be supporting Academic Units in their… Read more »

NSERC PromoScience

NSERC invites applications for initiatives that promote the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) to Canada’s young people, particularly to under-represented groups in NSE careers. PromoScience encourages a wide variety of organizations to apply for funding to help young Canadians in elementary school and high school (including the equivalent first year of college in Quebec), and… Read more »

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

This opportunity is processed by the School of Graduate Studies. Please email SGS@mun.ca  The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. It is available to both Canadian and international PhD students studying… Read more »

SHASTRI STUDENT RESEARCH IN INDIA FELLOWSHIP (SSRIF) 2024-25

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) is pleased to announce a call for applications for Shastri Student Research in India Fellowships (SSRIF). The desired SSRIF applicants are Canadian students studying in undergraduate and graduate degree programs, primarily in SICI’s Canadian Member universities. SSRIF recipients will commence a 6-8 weeks research project in India under the supervision of Indian faculty… Read more »

Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships

The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes. The studentships are funded by The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs  and the journal’s publisher, Routledge, in association with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).  Proposed research must meet at least one of the following criteria:  Relate to the Commonwealth as a… Read more »

Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

SSHRC, in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), is pleased to launch a Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition to mobilize, examine and synthesize social sciences and humanities research on Envisioning Governance Systems that Work…. Read more »

SSHRC Partnership Development Grants 2024 Competition

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Partnership Development Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Research Partnerships program. These grants provide support over one… Read more »

SSHRC Partnership Grants—Stage 2

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Partnership Grants undergo a two-stage merit review process, and this funding opportunity description applies to Stage 2 applications. Only applicants… Read more »

SSHRC Insight Grants (IG)

Deadline extended to Thursday, October 3, 8 p.m. (eastern)  Academic Units have assumed the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, NSERC Discovery, and NSERC RTI Grants competitions.  Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these… Read more »

Digital Research Alliance of Canada (DRI) EDIA Champions pilot program

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is pleased to launch the DRI EDIA Champions pilot program call for proposals, a $3.15 million funding opportunity to support a new equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) initiative. This project is part of the Alliance’s 2023–25 digital research infrastructure (DRI) investments, with the goal of increasing awareness… Read more »

Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Manager, Awards and Honours, for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire… Read more »

Governor General’s Innovation Awards

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours,  for information on this program. In today’s competitive and interconnected world, increasing productivity through the creation of new products and services, improving public sector performance, and building an inclusive, compassionate society will be the keys to Canada’s success as a caring, efficient and prosperous nation…. Read more »

Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, for information on this program. The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence. Candidates may be nominated by any… Read more »

Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, for information on this program. NSERC is seeking nominations of research teams for the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. This prize recognizes highly collaborative Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who have combined their expertise to produce achievements of… Read more »

Huntington Fellowships

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, for information on this program. Scholars come from around the world to conduct advanced humanities research using The Huntington’s collections. Through a rigorous peer review program, the institution awards approximately 200 fellowships to scholars in the fields of history, literature, art, and the history of science…. Read more »

Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours, Office of the Vice President, Research, for information on this program. The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. It comprises a fourth entity (along with the current three Academies)… Read more »

Royal Society of Canada Fellowship

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Awards and Honours,  for information on this program. Fellows of the RSC are distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. There are 2,524 active Fellows of the RSC. The RSC… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2024) – Full Application

Building on almost a decade of federal investment in youth health and well-being, the purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research teams that bring evidence to at least two of the six youth-identified priorities of Canada’s Youth Policy to inform meaningful change that improves youth health and well-being. The six priority areas are: Leadership and Impact; Health and… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant: Healthy Youth (2024) – Registration

Building on almost a decade of federal investment in youth health and well-being, the purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research teams that bring evidence to at least two of the six youth-identified priorities of Canada’s Youth Policy to inform meaningful change that improves youth health and well-being. The six priority areas are: Leadership and Impact; Health and… Read more »

Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Research Grants – Full Proposal

The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. We are interested in funding studies that aim to understand and disrupt the reproduction and deepening of inequality in education, and which seek to (re)imagine and make new forms of equitable education. Thus, we… Read more »

Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Research Grants – Intent to Apply

The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. We are interested in funding studies that aim to understand and disrupt the reproduction and deepening of inequality in education, and which seek to (re)imagine and make new forms of equitable education. Thus, we… Read more »

NFRF (New Frontiers in Research Fund) Exploration 2024 – Full Application

The goal of the Exploration stream is to inspire high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. Exploration grants support research that pushes boundaries into exciting new areas. Researchers are encouraged to think “outside of the box” and undertake research that would defy current paradigms; brings disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and has the potential to be disruptive… Read more »

NFRF (New Frontiers in Research Fund) Exploration 2024 – Notification of Intent to Apply (NOI)

The goal of the Exploration stream is to inspire high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. Exploration grants support research that pushes boundaries into exciting new areas. Researchers are encouraged to think “outside of the box” and undertake research that would defy current paradigms; brings disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and has the potential to be disruptive… Read more »

NSERC Discovery Horizons – full application

Discovery Horizons grants support investigator-initiated individual and team projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE). Established in 2021 by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC),… Read more »

NSERC Discovery Horizons – LOI

Discovery Horizons grants support investigator-initiated individual and team projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE). Established in 2021 by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC),… Read more »

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) program supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGS-MSFSS recipients will contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian institutions and other research… Read more »

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) program supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGS-MSFSS recipients will contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian institutions and other research… Read more »

Seed, Bridge, and Multidisciplinary Competition

Please note the Seed, Bridge and Multi-Disciplinary award guidelines have recently been updated to reflect recent changes including EDI-AR and page limits. NEW: No supplemental materials is permitted in the Application, with the exception that letters of support and ethics certifications are allowed. Applications which do not follow the page limit guidelines will not be… Read more »

NORD / InfoReady Research Grants in Research Development

This opportunity funds research projects that support the disciplinary field of Research Development. In order to develop a robust understanding of Research Development and its impacts (locally, nationally, and internationally), a wide range of projects will need to be undertaken. Some of these will be empirical studies (e.g., surveys, interview studies, case studies, reviews), but… Read more »

2024 NordForsk-Led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development in the Arctic – Registration

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. This international joint initiative represents a collaboration among research funders from Canada, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland,… Read more »

MINDS – Targeted Engagement Grants

The Targeted Engagement Grant program aims to drive innovation in defence policy thinking and to foster the next generation of defence and security experts. We are proud to support the exchange of ideas and a diversity of researchers in the domain of security and defence. New forward thinking research and activities are extremely valuable for… Read more »

National Defense Young MINDS Initiative

The Targeted Engagement Grant program aims to drive innovation in defence policy thinking and to foster the next generation of defence and security experts. We are proud to support the exchange of ideas and a diversity of researchers in the domain of security and defence. New forward thinking research and activities are extremely valuable for… Read more »

NSF Global Centres Bioeconomy

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Government of Canada, through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research… Read more »

Canadian Armed Forces Health Survey

Canadian Armed Forces Health Survey (CAFHS 2019) data analysis to examine health trends and factors affecting Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) women and gender-diverse members. Overview Researchers are invited to apply for a new grant funding opportunity sponsored by Canadian Forces Health Services Director of Women and Diversity Health (D WDH) to conduct a focused, comprehensive… Read more »

CIRA Net Good Grants

CIRA is excited to announce their upcoming annual Net Good Grants call that funds community-led internet projects that build a resilient, trusted and secure internet for all Canadians. Grants of up to $100,000 are available for research projects relating to infrastructure, online safety and policy engagement. Net Good by CIRA starts from the premise that… Read more »

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) – Winter 2025

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) are meant to nurture your interest and fully develop your potential for a research career in health, natural sciences and engineering, or social sciences and humanities. These awards are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies by providing research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting…. Read more »

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) – Fall 2024

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) are meant to nurture your interest and fully develop your potential for a research career in health, natural sciences and engineering, or social sciences and humanities. These awards are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies by providing research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting…. Read more »

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) – Summer 2024

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) are meant to nurture your interest and fully develop your potential for a research career in health, natural sciences and engineering, or social sciences and humanities. These awards are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies by providing research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting…. Read more »

Panmure House Prize 2024

The Panmure House Prize call for submissions is now open – the Panmure House website is accepting submissions from Tuesday 27 February 2024 at 11:00 (BST). The deadline for submissions is 17:00 (BST) on Monday 6 May 2024. The 2024 Panmure House Prize will award $75,000 (USD) for research on the long-term funding of innovation in… Read more »

L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Fellowship

The deadline to apply is April 18, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET The L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships, with support from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, recognize the outstanding contributions of women in science as part of the international For Women in Science Program. This year, two fellowships valued at $20,000 each… Read more »

NSERC Create 2025 – Phase 3-LOI (final)

Please note that the CREATE web literature (program description, LOI and application instructions, and FAQ) has been updated on NSERC’s website. MEMORIAL’S INTERNAL DEADLINES FOR NSERC CREATE NSERC has confirmed that Memorial University will have a quota for a maximum of four (4) applications that may be endorsed at the LOI stage to go forward… Read more »

NSERC Create 2025 – Phase 2-LOI

Please note that the CREATE web literature (program description, LOI and application instructions, and FAQ) has been updated on NSERC’s website. MEMORIAL’S INTERNAL DEADLINES FOR NSERC CREATE NSERC has confirmed that Memorial University will have a quota for a maximum of four (4) applications that may be endorsed at the LOI stage to go forward… Read more »

NSERC Create 2025 – Phase 1-Registration

MEMORIAL’S INTERNAL DEADLINES FOR NSERC CREATE NSERC has confirmed that Memorial University will have a quota for a maximum of four (4) applications that may be endorsed at the LOI stage to go forward for the NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program opportunity. To this end, there will be an internal submission process… Read more »

Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship

The National Killam Program Office (NKPO) is pleased to share the launch of a new program under the National Killam Program banner, the Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship. The 2025 National Killam Program cycle, which will open on April 2, 2024, includes a new fellowship opportunity. Please note that the program guidelines for the Killam… Read more »

Aqualunar Challenge

The Canadian Space Agency recently launched the Aqualunar Challenge in collaboration with Impact Canada, the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) and Challenge Works. The Aqualunar Challenge is a challenge prize with a goal of creating innovative water purification technologies that could support more ambitious space missions. With humankind returning to the Moon later this decade,… Read more »

Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) – AI Safety (United Kingdom)

call for proposals : British High Commission in Ottawa (United Kingdom—travel from Canada and travel to Canada) Dates: February 9 to March 26, 2024 Level: PhD students or postdoctoral fellows Themes: AI Safety: The understanding, prevention, and mitigation of harms from AI. These harms could be deliberate or accidental; caused to individuals, groups, organisations, nations… Read more »

Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) – National Research Foundation of Korea

Program Purpose Promote research activities for emerging researchers in Korea and Canada, and provide overseas research experiences and increase research capabilities through participation in R&D projects between universities in both countries Program Outline Fields of support: All fields of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary studies involving S&T and Humanities or Social Sciences Eligibility [PI, Home supervising… Read more »

NSERC Alliance Society

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public… Read more »

NSERC Alliance Advantage

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public… Read more »

Lab to Market grants – Full Application

Lab to Market grants support post-secondary institutions and their affiliates, including research hospitals and other eligible research centres, colleges, and college centres for the transfer of technologies (CCTT) in creating and sustaining networks dedicated to developing and delivering entrepreneurial skills training. For Lab to Market grants, these training networks must include at least two post-secondary institutions, although more extensive networks… Read more »

Lab to Market grants – LOI

Lab to Market grants support post-secondary institutions and their affiliates, including research hospitals and other eligible research centres, colleges, and college centres for the transfer of technologies (CCTT) in creating and sustaining networks dedicated to developing and delivering entrepreneurial skills training. For Lab to Market grants, these training networks must include at least two post-secondary institutions, although more extensive networks… Read more »

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) Contributions Program

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)has issued a call for proposals for its Contributions Program on the themes of addressing the privacy impacts of new technologies, and protecting children’s privacy. The Contributions Program funds innovative research and public awareness initiatives that seek to better understand and address key and emerging issues related… Read more »

Alliance Quantum grants

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Call for proposals: Advancing the industrial readiness of quantum sensing technologies NSERC and the NRC are partnering… Read more »

Artificial Intelligence Ocean 2024 – EOI

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) has launched a Canada-wide Artificial Intelligence 2024 program with a Call for Proposals to support development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the ocean sector. This program will provide incremental investment into ocean AI solutions aligned with the goals of Ambition 2035, driving Canada’s ocean economy. EOI Deadline: February 27th, 2024, at 8 PM ADT | 7… Read more »