Research Opportunities

Opportunity	Deadline	Description	Discipline	Group
Connection Grant	Feb 1, 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 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. SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation. Fit: Individuals/teams with partners Deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1, Nov 1 (8 p.m. eastern).	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty
Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund	Dec 31, 2024	"The CMIF Indigenous Grants fund Indigenous engagement, capacity building and knowledge gathering and sharing activities related to clean energy and transportation projects that would enable critical minerals development."	Indigenous	Faculty
Applied Research and Development grants	Open	Applied Research and Development grants support research and development (R&D) projects led by college researchers in partnership with private, public or not-for-profit organizations while encouraging collaboration with universities and/or other colleges. This opportunity allows the development and strengthening of research links and collaborations between different institutions and/or partners that have a common goal of creating economic, social and/or environmental benefits while contributing to the research ecosystem continuum. The partner research goals can drive and define the broad spectrum of capacities necessary from one or more institutions, depending on the needs and availabilities while allowing the project to be led by an eligible Canadian college. Deadline:Ongoing	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty/Student
Ideas to Innovation Grants (NSERC)	Jan 8, 2025	“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 company. I2I grants provide funding to college and university faculty members to support research and development projects with recognized technology transfer potential. This is achieved through defined phases by providing crucial assistance in the early stages of technology validation and market connection.”	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty
Insight Development Grant (SSHRC)	Feb 2, 2025	“Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects of up to two years that are proposed by individuals or teams. Insight Development Grants foster research in its early stages but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives.”	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty
The Exceptional Opportunities Fund	Open	The CFI will fund a maximum of 40 percent of the total eligible costs of the infrastructure project. To qualify for this funding, a project must take advantage of an exceptional and time-sensitive opportunity and partnership that justifies having the project considered outside the normal pan-Canadian competitive review process; requires the coordination and financial support of other relevant agencies for the funding of the research, the infrastructure and its operations in a timely manner; and, the infrastructure component must be an indispensable element of the project. Projects that have already been reviewed, in whole or in part, by the CFI are not eligible. Deadline: Ongoing	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty
AgriScience Program	Open	The AgriScience Program, under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), aims to accelerate innovation by providing funding and support for pre-commercial science activities and research that benefits the agriculture and agri-food sector and Canadians. The maximum funding for any single project is $5 million over the duration of the program (2023 to 2028). Deadline: On-going	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty/Student
AgriDiversity Program	Sep 30, 2027	Support projects aimed at helping Indigenous Peoples and other underrepresented and marginalized groups in Canadian agriculture — including women, youth, persons with disabilities, racialized persons, visible minorities, 2SLGBTQI+ communities, and official language minority communities — to fully participate in the sector by helping these groups address the key issues and barriers they often face for sector participation.	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty
Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)- Targeted Engagement Grants	Open	Funds are available for initiatives such as conferences, workshops, roundtables, research, publications, or any other project that aligns with Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) policy priorities and helps inform current and future defence policy thinking in the Canadian context. Due Date: To be announced annually in September and Winter	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty/Student
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program	Open	The Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP) supports the Canadian agricultural sector’s participation in the Government of Canada’s growth and policy objectives, by investing in the sector’s design, development and implementation of tools and strategies to respond to and seize opportunities created by these objectives. Deadline: March 31, 2024	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty/Student
Strategic Innovation Fund- Stream 5	Open	Up to 50% of its total eligible costs may cover 100% of the cost for academic institutions and Networks Applicable for: Collaborations between small, medium and large corporations, academic and research institutions, and not-for-profit organizations: industrial research, technology demonstration. Deadline: On-Going	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty/Student
Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) in the Prairie provinces	Open	Productivity improvement – includes technology transfer, including validation of needs, training and implementation of a new technology. Ecosystem capacity building – includes the development of strategic business alliances within a specific sector or cluster; research and analysis to identify barriers to scale-up and productivity enhancement within the sector/cluster. Deadline: On-going	Multi-disciplinary	Faculty/Student

Opportunity

Deadline

Description

Discipline

Group

Feb 1, 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 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.

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

Fit: Individuals/teams with partners

Deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1, Nov 1 (8 p.m. eastern).

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty

Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund

Dec 31, 2024

"The CMIF Indigenous Grants fund Indigenous engagement, capacity building and knowledge gathering and sharing activities related to clean energy and transportation projects that would enable critical minerals development."

Indigenous

Faculty

Applied Research and Development grants

Open

Applied Research and Development grants support research and development (R&D) projects led by college researchers in partnership with private, public or not-for-profit organizations while encouraging collaboration with universities and/or other colleges. This opportunity allows the development and strengthening of research links and collaborations between different institutions and/or partners that have a common goal of creating economic, social and/or environmental benefits while contributing to the research ecosystem continuum. The partner research goals can drive and define the broad spectrum of capacities necessary from one or more institutions, depending on the needs and availabilities while allowing the project to be led by an eligible Canadian college.

Deadline:Ongoing

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty/Student

Ideas to Innovation Grants (NSERC)

Jan 8, 2025

“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 company. I2I grants provide funding to college and university faculty members to support research and development projects with recognized technology transfer potential. This is achieved through defined phases by providing crucial assistance in the early stages of technology validation and market connection.”

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty

Insight Development Grant (SSHRC)

Feb 2, 2025

“Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects of up to two years that are proposed by individuals or teams. Insight Development Grants foster research in its early stages but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives.”

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty

The Exceptional Opportunities Fund

Open

The CFI will fund a maximum of 40 percent of the total eligible costs of the infrastructure project. To qualify for this funding, a project must take advantage of an exceptional and time-sensitive opportunity and partnership that justifies having the project considered outside the normal pan-Canadian competitive review process; requires the coordination and financial support of other relevant agencies for the funding of the research, the infrastructure and its operations in a timely manner; and, the infrastructure component must be an indispensable element of the project. Projects that have already been reviewed, in whole or in part, by the CFI are not eligible.

Deadline: Ongoing

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty

AgriScience Program

Open

The AgriScience Program, under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), aims to accelerate innovation by providing funding and support for pre-commercial science activities and research that benefits the agriculture and agri-food sector and Canadians. The maximum funding for any single project is $5 million over the duration of the program (2023 to 2028).

Deadline: On-going

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty/Student

AgriDiversity Program

Sep 30, 2027

Support projects aimed at helping Indigenous Peoples and other underrepresented and marginalized groups in Canadian agriculture — including women, youth, persons with disabilities, racialized persons, visible minorities, 2SLGBTQI+ communities, and official language minority communities — to fully participate in the sector by helping these groups address the key issues and barriers they often face for sector participation.

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty

Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)- Targeted Engagement Grants

Open

Funds are available for initiatives such as conferences, workshops, roundtables, research, publications, or any other project that aligns with Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) policy priorities and helps inform current and future defence policy thinking in the Canadian context.

Due Date: To be announced annually in September and Winter

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty/Student

Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program

Open

The Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program (CASPP) supports the Canadian agricultural sector’s participation in the Government of Canada’s growth and policy objectives, by investing in the sector’s design, development and implementation of tools and strategies to respond to and seize opportunities created by these objectives.

Deadline: March 31, 2024

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty/Student

Strategic Innovation Fund- Stream 5

Open

Up to 50% of its total eligible costs may cover 100% of the cost for academic institutions and Networks Applicable for: Collaborations between small, medium and large corporations, academic and research institutions, and not-for-profit organizations: industrial research, technology demonstration.

Deadline: On-Going

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty/Student

Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) in the Prairie provinces

Open

Productivity improvement – includes technology transfer, including validation of needs, training and implementation of a new technology. Ecosystem capacity building – includes the development of strategic business alliances within a specific sector or cluster; research and analysis to identify barriers to scale-up and productivity enhancement within the sector/cluster.

Deadline: On-going

Multi-disciplinary

Faculty/Student

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