Research Alerts
- Grant Opportunities for Principal Investigators
- Grant Opportunities for Students and Post-doctoral Fellows
- Grant Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
- Announcements
- Nomination for Awards for Principal Investigators
- Nomination for Awards for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Grant Opportunities for Principal Investigators
| Date of announcementResearch AlertsResearch AlertsResearch AlertsResearch AlertsResearch Alerts | Link to announcement (e.g., Research Alert) | Granting agency | Program | Link to Research Program | Deadline(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/4/9 | Research Alerts | NSERC and Mitacs | NSERC’s Alliance grants and Mitacs’s Accelerate | NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate grants | Open |
| 2021/7/13 | Research Alerts | MITACS | Business Strategy Internships (BSI) | MITACS - Business Strategic Internship (BSI) | Anytime |
| 2021/10/4 | Research Alerts | The Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) and the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) | U of T Public Policy Reports Collection | Public Policy Reports Collection | Ongoing |
| 2021/10/13 | Research Alerts | University of Toronto Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISI) | University of Toronto ISI | Proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis | |
| 2022/02/21 | NSERC | Alliance International | NSERC Alliance International | No deadline | |
| 2022/05/02 | Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI). | Ontario Data Access Grants | CANSSI Ontario Data Access Grants | On rolling basis | |
| 2022/05/20 | Genome Canada/Ontario Genomics Institute | Climate Action Genomics Initiative | Smart Agriculture and Food Systems | There is no specific date | |
| 2022/05/27 | Genome Canada | Climate Action Genomics Initiative Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems | Climate Action Genomics Initiative | There is no specific date | |
| 2022/06/09 | Research Alerts | NVIDIA | Advancing Applied Academic Research | Accelerating Innovation in Applied Research | Applications accepted year-round |
| 2022/07/14 | Research Alerts | The Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) and Mitacs | The Mitacs Accelerate program | Mitacs Partnership with OWC | Open Call |
| 2022/09/02 | Engineering Wrap-Up | Mitacs & the Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) | Mitacs Partnership with OWC | Open | |
| 2022/10/03 | Research Alerts | Genome Canada | Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative | Data Coordination and Collaboration Hub (Data Hub) Funding Opportunity Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Coordination Hub (KMIC Hub) Funding Opportunity | Open |
| 2022/10/21 | Research Alerts | SSHRC | Partnership Grant 2023 | SSHRC Partnership Grants—Stage 1 | |
| 2022/10/28 | Research Alerts | NSERC-Alliance | Quantum grants | Alliance International Quantum grants Alliance Quantum grants | NSERC Alliance Quantum grants: Any time |
| 2022/12/15 | Research Alerts | The Ontario Centre of Innovation | Collaborate 2 Commercialize | Collaborate 2 Commercialize NSERC Alliance Grants & Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize | No deadline |
| 2023/1/26 | Research Alerts | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) | NSERC Alliance International Scientific Exchanges/Scholars at Risk | All year round | |
| 2023/2/13 | Research Alerts | NFRF - International Stream | 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition | 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition | The full application deadline is September 12, 2023 |
| 2023/2/16 | Research Alerts | The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) | 2022 Horizon Global Platform | 2022 Horizon Global Platform Competition | Various |
| 2023/3/24 | Research Alerts | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) | Sustainable agriculture research initiative | NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative | Full project funding: November 8, 2023, by 8:00 pm (ET) |
| 2023/6/8 | Research Alerts | SSHRC | Insight Grant | Insight Grants | Thursday, September 21, 2023 (noon) - receipt of approved MRA Wednesday, September 27, 2023 (9 am) - online submission of final SSHRC application via the SSHRC site |
| 2023/6/13 | Research Alerts | Sony | 2023 Research Award Program | 2023 Sony Research Award Program | Final Submissions to Sony must be completed by 11:59 pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time; UTC-7) on September 15, 2023 |
| 2023/6/19 | Research Alerts | The Agence nationale de la Recherche (ANR; France), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Germany), the Economic and Social Research Council of UK Research and Innovation (ESRC; the UK), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC; Canada) | Open Research Area (ORA) | Open Research Area for the Social Sciences Eighth Call for Proposals 2023 | Final Deadline for Main Applicant to submit final proposal on the Convergence Portal: 14 November 2023 |
| 2023/7/1 | Research Alerts | NSERC | PromoScience Program | PromoScience | Sponsor Deadline: September 15, 2023, before 8pm EST |
| 2023/7/1 | Research Alerts | NSERC-SSHRC | Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative | NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative | Internal Deadline: November 1, 2023 External Deadline: November 8, 2023 by 8 pm |
| 2023/7/1 | Research Alerts | The Raymond Corporation (a Toyota Industries company) | University Research Program (URP) | University Research Program with The Raymond Corporation | Fall proposals are due October 31st, 2023 |
| 2023/7/10 | Research Alerts | Crohn’s and Colitis Canada | 2024 Innovations in IBD Research | Crohn’s and Colitis Canada | Submit a Full Application by Monday, October 2, 2023, 5:00 pm (EST) |
| 2023/7/17 | Research Alerts | Canada First Research Excellence Fund, the Acceleration Consortium | 1) Accelerate Seed Grants, 2) Accelerate Moonshot Grants, and 3) Accelerate Translation Grants. | Acceleration Consortium 2023 grant applications | 1. ACCELERATE SEED GRANTS Full Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2023 2. ACCELERATE MOONSHOT GRANTS Full Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2023 3. ACCELERATE TRANSLATION GRANTS Full Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2023 |
| 2023/7/19 | Research Alerts Research Alerts | The Canadian Institutes of Health (CIHR) | Project Grant program | Project Grant - Fall 2023 Competition | Application Deadline: September 14, 2023 |
| 2023/7/21 | Research Alerts | The University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute (DSI) | Research Software Development Support | Research Software Development Support Program | Application Deadline: October 20, 2023, 23:59 ET |
| 2023/7/21 | Research Alerts | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) | AI & Quantum Science | Dear Colleague Letter | LOIs must be submitted to NSERC by 8:00 p.m. (ET) on September 14, 2023 |
| 2023/7/24 | Research Alerts | CIHR | Project Grant Fall 2023 | Project Grant : Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 | Application Deadline 2023-09-14 |
| 2023/7/25 | Research Alerts | University College London (UCL) and U of T | a) Seed-Funding for Emerging Global Talents b) Strategic Challenges Fund | UCL-U of T - Joint Call for Collaborative Projects | Application deadline: 6:59 pm EST, October 6, 2023 |
| 2023/7/28 | Research Alerts | Alliance Mission | Critical Minerals research | Alliance Missions Grants: Critical Minerals Research | Letter of Intent Internal U of T deadline for full application: November 2nd, 2023 (submit an MRA) Full application submission deadline: November 9th, 2023 |
| 2023/7/31 | Research Alerts | Ontario Pork | Call for Research 2024 | Ontario Pork | LOI Deadline: October 13th, 2023 by 12 pm (noon) |
| 2023/8/8 | Research Alerts | The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) | 2024 Transformation Competition | 2024 Transformation Competition | Submission of the Expression of Interest - October 6, 2023 |
| 2023/8/10 | Research Alerts | NSERC | Idea to Innovation (I2I) | https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/I2I-INNOV_eng.asp Idea to Innovation grants | NSERC Deadline: September 18, 2023 |
| 2023/8/18 | Research Alerts | University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine (TFoM) and Health Innovation Hub (H2i) | Lab2Market Validate program | Lab2Market Validate 2024 (Health) Lab2Market | Applications must be submitted by September 15, 2023 |
| 2023/8/23 | Research Alerts | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | Research Communities grants | NSERC-CSE Research Communities grants | The deadline to submit a Letter of Intent is October 18th, 2023, at 8 pm Eastern Time (ET). Alliance full proposals (by invitation only) will be accepted until January 17th, 2024, at 8 pm (ET) |
| 2023/8/31 | Research Alerts | The University of Toronto Office of the Vice President, International (OVPI) | SSHRC Connection Grants | SSHRC Connection Grants | Deadline to apply for these OVPI matching funds: Friday Oct 6, 2023 at 11:59 PM |
| 2023/9/1 | Research Alerts | Fulbright Canada | Research Chairs program | Fulbright Canada RESEARCH CHAIR AWARDS | Sponsor Deadline: November 15, 2023 |
| 2023/9/6 | Research Alerts | UofT Connaught | New Researcher Award | Application_NewResearcher_2023-24 Guidelines_NewResearcher_2023-24 | Applications are due no later than December 1, 2023 |
| 2023/9/7 | Research Alerts | The University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute (DSI) | 2024 Summer Undergraduate Data Sciences (SUDS) Program | Data Sciences Institute | Deadline for supervisors to submit data science research opportunities: November 15, 2023, 11:59 PM EST |
| 2023/9/7 | Research Alerts | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Idea to Innovation (I2I) | Lab2Market program | NSERC- Idea to Innovation Grants, Lab2Market | Applications must be submitted by September 18th @8PM EST |
| 2023/9/8 | Research Alerts | Connaught | Innovation Award 2023-24 | Connaught Innovation Award | Full applications are due by October 23, 2023 |
| 2023/9/8 | Research Alerts | Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) | Azrieli Global Scholars Program 2024 | CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program | Applications must be submitted by October 30, 2023 11:59 pm |
| 2023/9/14 | Research Alerts | Mitacs | Globalink Research Award (GRA) | Globalink Research Award | November 17, 2023, 5 p.m. PT |
| 2023/9/20 | Research Alerts | France Canada Research Fund | 2024 New Collaborations | France Canada Culture | October 16, 2023, notify amanda.pennings@utoronto.ca of your intention to apply |
Grant Opportunities for Students and Post-doctoral Fellows
| Date of announcementResearch Alerts | Link to announcement (e.g., Research Alert) | Granting agency | Program | Link to Research Program | Submission Deadline(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/02/18 | MITACS | Accelerate | MITACS ACCELERATE | Open | |
| 2022/02/18 | MITACS | Entrepreneur International | MITACS - Entrepreneur International | Open | |
| 2022/02/18 | MITACS | Business Strategy Internship | MITACS BSI | Contact: Wil de Vega 647.355.8542 wdevega@mitacs.ca |
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| 2022/07/14 | Research Alerts | The Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) and Mitacs | The Mitacs Accelerate program | Mitacs Partnership with OWC | Open Call |
| 2023/4/18 | Research Alerts | Mitacs | Elevate program | Mitacs Elevate | Accepted year round |
| 2023/6/15 | Research Alerts | UofT | Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowships | AI in science | Application Deadline: Monday, October 2, 2023 (5PM EST) |
| 2023/8/22 | Research Alerts | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Fall 2023 Fellowship Awards | Fellowship Awards - Application instructions Fellowship Awards | MRA deadline (internal to UofT): September 29, 2023 CIHR/ResearchNet application deadline: October 5, 2023 Completion and online submission of sponsor assessments: 48 HOURS prior to the CIHR/ResearchNet application deadline of October 5, 2023. |
| 2023/9/14 | Research Alerts | Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative (MITO2i) | Graduate Student Scholarship Awards | Graduate Student Scholarship Awards | Application Deadline: Friday October 6th @ 5PM EST |
| 2023/9/14 | Research Alerts | Mitacs | Globalink Research Award (GRA) | Globalink Research Award | November 17, 2023, 5 p.m. PT |
| 2023/9/21 | Research Alerts | The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | Luise and Gerhard Herzberg Postdoctoral Fellowship | NRC Luise and Gerhard Herzberg Postdoctoral Fellowship | Applications will be accepted until December 1, 2023 |
Grant Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
| Date of announcement | Link to announcement (e.g., Research Alert) | Granting agency | Program | Link to Research Program | Submission Deadline(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/07/14 | Research Alerts | The Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) and Mitacs | The Mitacs Accelerate program | Mitacs Partnership with OWC | Open Call |
Announcements
| Date of announcementResearch AlertsResearch Alerts | Title | Sponsor | Link to announcement (e.g., Research Alert) | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/2/23 | CIHR Strategic Plan 2021-2031 and Action Plan for Year 1 (2021-22) | CIHR | Research Alerts | |
| 2021/7/14 | NSERC-Alliance: New National Security Guidelines | NSERC | Research Alerts | |
| 2021/8/4 | NSERC 2030: NSERC’s new Strategic Plan, next steps | NSERC | Research Alerts | |
| 2021/8/27 | Research Partnership Security Checklist for International Partnerships Launching on August 30, 2021 | Office of the Vice President, International | Research Alerts | |
| 2022/4/13 | Updates to Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) | Research Alerts | |
| 2022/10/25 | Protect, License, and Fund your Intellectual Property with IPO | University of Toronto - The Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) | Research Alerts | |
| 2022/11/14 | NSERC-Alliance Option 2 Updates - Increased Funding and Removal of Application Limits | NSERC-Alliance Grants | Research Alerts | |
| 2022/11/16 | New NIH "FORMS-H" Grant Application Forms and Instructions - Due Dates on or after January 25, 2023 | NIH | Research Alerts | |
| 2023/2/13 | Review your DiscoverResearch profile! | UofT DiscoverResearch | Research Alerts | |
| 2023/5/8 | Updates to NSERC Alliance Quantum Grants | NSERC | Research Alerts | Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until 8 pm (Eastern Time) on October 31, 2023 |
| 2023/5/31 | NEW! MITACS Elevate proposals now accepted year round | Mitacs Elevate program | Research Alerts | Now accepted year round |
| 2023/5/31 | Turn your research into patents, licenses, and startups with U of T’s Innovations & Partnerships Office | UofT | Research Alerts | |
| 2023/6/1 | Cannabis Research Permit Program | UofT, The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) | Research Alerts | |
| 2023/6/2 | Coming Soon: funding and prizes for Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems challenge, from DND's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program | DND Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) | Research Alerts | Coming Soon |
| 2023/6/27 | NSERC Alliance grants - IMPORTANT PROGRAM CHANGE | NSERC | Research Alerts | Effective immediately |
| 2023/7/13 | SSHRC Partnership Program – Proposal Development Workshops | UofT, the Research Services Office | Research Alerts | SSHRC Partnership Grants: Proposal Development Workshop Thursday, November 2, 2023, 9:30 am – 11:30 am |
| 2023/7/24 | Setting up Boards for your Startup: Pre-Funding and Post-Funding | Osage University Partners (OUP) | Research Alerts | Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | 12:00-1:15 pm ET via Zoom |
| 2023/7/28 | NSERC Webinars: How to complete Research Tools and Instruments application | NSERC | Research Alerts | Thursday, September 28, 2023 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET) |
| 2023/8/15 | Series of Webinars on the 2023 NSERC Discovery Grant and RTI Grant | UofT, the Centre for Research & Innovation Support and the Research Services Office | Research Alerts | NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grant: Strategies for Success Date: September 12, 2023, at 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT NSERC Discovery Grant: Strategies for Success Date: September 14, 2023, at 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT Addressing EDI Considerations in Your NSERC Discovery/RTI Application Date: September 26, 2023, at 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT |
| 2023/8/17 | Upcoming Webinar - New Frontiers in Research Fund - 2023 Exploration competition | UofT | Research Alerts | September 12 – 2023 Exploration NOI 1pm to 3pm Eastern Time |
| 2023/8/18 | Upcoming SSHRC webinars - announced | SSHRC | Research Alerts | Various |
| 2023/8/18 | My Research Applications & Agreements (MRA) Migration | UofT, Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) | Research Alerts | |
| 2023/8/28 | Announcement: NSERC Introduces Funded Extensions for Alliance Option 1 Grants | NSERC | Research Alerts | Effective August 21, 2023 |
| 2023/8/31 | Webinars: NSERC-CSE Research Communities Grants | NSERC and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | Research Alerts | Tuesday, September 12, 2023; 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET |
| 2023/8/31 | NSERC-SSHRC | Sustainable agriculture research initiative | Research Alerts | Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EST |
| 2023/9/7 | Academic Authorship in the Life Sciences | The Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, and UHN's Office of the Executive Vice-President, Science and Research | Research Alerts | October 13 from 9am-12pm |
| 2023/9/15 | Alliance Missions - Critical Minerals Research Webinar | NSERC’s Alliance Missions | Research Alerts | Wednesday, September 27th, 2023; 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern Time (ET) |
| 2023/9/20 | New Series! Community-Engaged Research Faculty Discussion Club | Community-Engaged Research (CER) Faculty Discussion Club | Research Alerts | Various |
Nomination for Awards for Principal Investigators
| Date of Announcement | Granting Agency | Name of Award | Link to Announcement | Key Date (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/7/24 | UofT | 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships | Research Alerts | Sponsor Deadline: September 15, 2023 |
| 2023/7/28 | University of Toronto | 2024 President’s Impact Awards | Research Alerts | The deadline for nominations is Friday, November 3, 2023 |
| 2023/8/21 | Andrew Carnegie | 2024 Fellowships | Research Alerts | Internal Deadline: October 6, 2023 Sponsor Deadline: November 15, 2023 |
| 2023/9/5 | The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), and the Harrington Discovery Institute | The Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine | Research Alerts | The deadline for submitting a nomination is September 18, 2023 |
| 2023/9/5 | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | Inaugural Fellows | Research Alerts | Nominations must be uploaded to the completed nomination form by Friday October 27th, 2023. |
| 2023/9/14 | Mitacs | Mitacs Award | Research Alerts | The nomination deadline is Sunday September 17, 2023 at 11:00 PM ET |
| 2023/9/15 | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | 2024 NSERC Prizes | Research Alerts | November 15, 2023 November 28, 2023 December 14, 2023 |
Nomination for Awards for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
| Date of Announcement | Granting Agency | Name of Award | Link to Announcement | Deadline(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/9/14 | Mitacs | Mitacs Award | Research Alerts | The nomination deadline is Sunday September 17, 2023 at 11:00 PM ET |