Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

To support the development of RDM software that encourages the adoption of RDM best practices, specifically the FAIR Principles, which state that research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. The tools developed through this call are intended to enable compliance with evolving policy guidelines and international data management standards.

Recognizes a select group of high-potential women entrepreneurs whose businesses show real potential to scale.

In partnership with AWB, the University of Central Asia is seeking a volunteer to assist with training library staff in the use of Integrated Library Management Systems.

Encourages and supports research that will benefit Canadian capital markets and Canadian investors.

Supports interdisciplinary collaborations between natural sciences, engineering and health sciences communities to translate innovative research results to knowledge/technology users.

The objective of the Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants  is to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian company.

Recognizes a promising Early Career Scientist and an outstanding Senior Scientist’s contributions to science.

CIHR and funding partners in the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) has launched a new call for proposals to support multi-national and multi-disciplinary collaborative research projects that address health and social care delivery at the macro level (system and infrastructures) as well as at the individual level. The end goal is to coordinate research efforts across countries and disciplines to more rapidly find causes, develop cures and identify better ways to care for people with neurodegenerative disease.

The aim of this Catalyst Grant program is to provide seed money to support patient-oriented research activities which represent a step towards the pursuit of more comprehensive applications to funding opportunities.

The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas.

Intended for clinical researchers at a relatively early stage of their independent career in diabetes-related clinical investigation.

The Stars Career Development award supports early-career/mid-career investigators in firmly establishing their careers in the area of arthritis research.

George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited has launched a Seeding Food Innovation 2018 grant program to provide seed funding for interdisciplinary research or technology development that help accelerate solutions to sustainable food challenges in the areas of food production, distribution and consumption initiatives.

The 'Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research' (NEURON) was established under the ERA-NET scheme of the European Commission. The aim of ERA-NET NEURON is to coordinate and optimize research efforts and funding programmes of its partner countries in the fields of disease related neuroscience. CIHR and the NEURON funding organizations particularly wish to promote multi-disciplinary work and translational research proposals that combine basic and clinical approaches.

Builds visibility for researchers who have the potential to transform Canadian public education

Recognizes individuals who have made a sustained and substantial contribution to educational research.

The ONR seeks a broad range of applications for augmenting existing or developing innovative solutions that directly maintain, or cultivate a diverse, world-class STEM workforce in order to maintain the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ technological superiority.

This program supports outstanding new investigators as they develop their careers as independent research scientists or clinician scientists to undertake high-quality cancer research, while in close collaboration and mentorship with established TFRI or CIHR-ICR-funded research teams

This call for ideas offers Canadian, as well as international stakeholders, the opportunity to express an interest to specific activities on the surface of the Moon or its vicinity.

Celebrates the use of technology to improve the performance of large and small businesses, large and small government operations and not-for- profit organizations.

Recognizes and encourages world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of lasting impact for their originality, theoretical significance and ability to push back the frontiers of the known world.

Awards a young scientist or engineer for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada

Recognizes scientific achievement that has resulted in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relation to the universe.

Recognizes the efforts and achievements of pharmaceutical research and development.

Incentivizes development of a residential cooling solution that will have at least five times less climate impact than today’s standard RAC units.

Honours a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. 

Recognizes professionals and students who have made outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences.

Rewards excellence in chemistry and the chemical industry

Recognizes individuals and organizations for advancements in green chemistry and/or engineering.

Provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social and research-based growth.

Recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the goal of equality for women and girls in Canada.

This call for proposals is to support young people on both sides of the Atlantic in being more involved in bilateral policy processes by promoting cooperation between Canadian and European youth organizations, associations and networks engaged in areas of common interest

CIHR in partnership with the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) is seeking to support global research collaborations/partnerships across 27 member countries in the area of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research.

The Psychosocial Research portfolio supports research that addresses the interrelation of behavior, social, psychological and other quality of life factors that will benefit people living with spinal cord injury.

The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of this year’s Psychosocial Research (PSR) grants cycle.

Recognizes those with a demonstrated track record in research with excellence in scientific rigor, innovative thinking, imagination and originality.

Recognizes Canada’s leaders in sustainability for their contributions over the prior two years.

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in partnership with the Chordoma Foundation is issuing a special grant award focused on a rare cancer that occurs in the bones of the skull base and spine, called chordoma. Funding is available to support up to 2 meritorious applications that will impact our understanding of chordoma and generate new ideas leading to critically needed systemic therapies.

To provide funding for translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

On July 5, 2018, TransLink has launched a recurring Open Innovation Call to look for innovative ideas to improve mobility in this region, and are offering support and collaboration to help incubate, develop, test, and commercialize selected ideas. The theme for the inaugural call is enabling seamlessly integrated door-to-door mobility for people and goods.

Recognizes excellence in business, judgement, leadership and community contribution.

These opportunities provide funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward, translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

To provide funding for translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Addresses the shortage of allergy and clinical immunology expertise in Canada and advances AllerGen’s goal to support Canadian clinical immunologists and allergists in the pursuit of research training and a combined career as a clinician and an academic researcher.

Recognizes distinguished Chinese Canadians who have made outstanding professional achievements.

Rewards an individual who has promoted sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest.

Encourages further cutting-edge research and development and is thus not intended as a reward for lifetime achievement.

SFU's Refugee and Newcomer Advisory Committee (RNAC) is offering research grants to support research in topics related to refugee migration and newcomer issues.

Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world.

Connection Grants (amounts from $7,000 to $25,000) support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes or other events or outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.  Applications may be submitted by institutions (e.g., university led events) or individual applicants and teams. This is a 2:1 matching fund opportunity (SSHRC:entity match).

The objective of the Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support (SAP-MRS) Program is to facilitate the effective access by Canadian academic researchers, working in the field of subatomic physics, to major and unique national or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. NOI is mandatory.

The SAP Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals. Grants are reviewed by the Subatomic Physics Evaluation Section.

The Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of NSE research with long-term goals.

To provide funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward, translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Recognizes outstanding scientific or engineering research achievements associated with the development of peaceful uses of nuclear science.

SAP-RTI grants are awards that assist buying or developing research equipment that costs more than $7,000.

Our Scientific Council selects and funds the most promising research proposals that enhance the Organization for Autism Research's mission.

This funding opportunity offers up to $6M for 4 years to support the development of a cohesive pan-Canadian program focused on accelerating the pace of ground-breaking translational research on critical problems in metastatic breast cancer.

The goal of the CIHR-ICRH/CAAIF/AZ Canada/AllerGen Emerging Researcher Awards in Allergic Asthma is to enable Canadian allergists, clinical immunologists, MD clinician scientists, and basic scientists working in translational research to pursue academic research in allergic asthma.

This funding opportunity will support evaluation grants to rapidly assess interventions and practices that have been put in place to address the most urgent elements of the opioid crisis.

Honours excellence in Canadian micro-nano research.

CIHR will once again offer the Observer program for early career researchers to participate as an observer in the peer review process of the Fall 2018 Project Grant competition. This year's program has a fast-approaching application deadline of August 29, 2018.

Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you. Three main research domains: Physical Sciences & Engineering, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences & Humanities.

Rewards recent discoveries of particular originality and importance to basic medical research.

VP Research Travel Grants are provided for faculty in areas supported by SSHRC to attend conferences to present a paper (including the presentation of a poster in a poster session), to serve as a keynote speaker or in the case of faculty in the School for the Contemporary Arts, to present one’s own creative work to a peer group. Awards for North American travel to a Maximum of $900 and International travel to a Maximum of $2,000.

The Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) fellowship is a prestigious award of up to USD 50,000 offered to women who have completed their PhDs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and are employed at an academic or scientific research institute in one of the listed Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs).

Encourages dedication to science, originality and excellence by rewarding outstanding young scientists, under 40 years of age.

The Ship Time Program is aimed at researchers who intend to use a vessel for their Discovery Grant-supported research in the coming years.

This opportunity is to support the establishment of a multidisciplinary platform with the research expertise to identify best practices for studying sex and age as biological variables in basic science, provide training, and promote these methods and services.

Support to scholars for small research conferences and focused symposia.

The funding opportunity supports research regarding epigenetics in the clinical setting, demonstrating proof-of-concept utility of epigenetic changes in the context of diagnostics and potential therapeutic targets, in addition to building and fostering partnerships with relevant patients and stakeholders

This funding opportunity supports Implementation Research Teams (IRTs) to develop a better understanding of how to design and implement equitable reach, access and sustainability of population health interventions that will improve Indigenous (i.e., First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) health and health equity.

CFI Innovation Fund supports transformative infrastructure projects that underpin cutting-edge, globally competitive research. The Vice-President, Research & International invites all interested teams to submit an internal Notice of Intent (iNOI) for consideration of which proposals will be selected to advance to CFI, within SFU's maximum allocation of $24.7M.

Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community.

Aid to Scholarly Journals grants support Canadian scholarly dissemination by offering a contribution to enable journals to explore innovative activities as well as to help them to defray the costs associated with publishing scholarly articles, digital publishing and journal distribution on Canadian not-for-profit platforms.

This funding opportunity supports new intervention research designed to mitigate the challenges experienced along the cancer survivorship journey, as well as the evaluation and validation of existing interventions to assess their potential for implementation as best practices.

The aim of this Catalyst Grant program is to provide seed money to support patient-oriented research activities which represent a step towards the pursuit of more comprehensive applications to funding opportunities.

The Planning and Dissemination Grants are intended to provide support for planning and/or dissemination activities consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR Institutes, or Initiatives.

This program aims to bring researchers from different disciplines together to investigate factors affecting the advancement, adoption, evaluation and governance of genomics research and address issues at the intersection of genomics and society that will ultimately contribute to Canada’s leadership and social and/or economic benefits in various sectors.

This funding opportunity supports research to develop innovative veterinary solutions focused on product development to reduce therapeutic and prevent non-therapeutic antimicrobial (AMR) use by farmers in developing countries.

To contribute to the scientific idea ‘pipeline’ by supporting significant progression in cancer research programs, from individual investigators or multidisciplinary teams, that are anywhere in the continuum from basic high impact discovery to translational work of direct relevance to the clinic.

This program supports outstanding new investigators as they develop their careers as independent research scientists or clinician scientists to undertake high-quality cancer research, while in close collaboration and mentorship with established TFRI or CIHR-ICR-funded research teams

Supports scientific, scholarly or applied research and/or educational activities investigating how personality, culture and environment influence work behavior and health (mental and physical).

Recognizes outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics.

Empowers young researchers to lead International, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational dialogue with the goal to make global decision making evidence-based and inclusive.

The Sony Research Award Program provides funding for cutting-edge academic research, and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers.

Exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.

Stimulates fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.

Recognizes renowned scientists and artists for their achievements for humanity and for friendly relations between people.

The purpose of this current funding opportunity is to strengthen the evidence base and expand cannabis research in these identified areas, to build cannabis-related research capacity and/or to inform the development of future larger scale research projects.

Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind.

The CREATE Program primarily supports the training of teams of highly qualified students (master's and doctorals) from Canada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs.   Full application (due Sept 24, 2018) is by invitation only.

The objective of the Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants  is to accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and to promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian company.

This competition will support Research Teams to develop new knowledge on the causational roles of microbiome in human health and disease, which will lead to the development of new preventative and therapeutic interventions. The Research Teams will contribute to this goal by creating new knowledge, building synergies, facilitating the sharing of data and resources and facilitating knowledge translation.

These opportunities provide funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward, translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

This funding opportunity to catalyzes research projects that have a primary focus on understanding, identifying, mitigating and/or preventing Post-traumatic Stress Injuries (PTSI) and adverse mental health outcomes among Public Safety Personnel (PSP).

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support a single national research network in the area of sepsis research.

The ONR seeks a broad range of applications for augmenting existing or developing innovative solutions that directly maintain, or cultivate a diverse, world-class STEM workforce in order to maintain the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ technological superiority.

Recognizes exceptional contributions to teaching and learning in Canadian post-secondary education.

Recognizes outstanding achievements in biomedical research for the benefit of human health.

A self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth.

Honours outstanding achievements in the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources.

Aims to provide fresh impetus to first-class research and development in the 21st century, to bring about positive change to the global community, and to create a brighter future for all humanity.

Recognizes breakthroughs in pure or applied life science research.

Honours outstanding achievements by individuals or groups/organizations in preserving and creating the unique and diverse cultures of Asia.

Chairs in Design Engineering (CDEs) were established to improve the level and quality of design engineering activity within Canadian universities. NSERC encourages a multidisciplinary view of design engineering and encourages applications from all engineering disciplines. The funding for the Chair is for up to 5 years, with the option to renew once. The Full Application, by invitation only, is due in September.

IC-IMPACTS (Canada), RHI (Canada), and ISIC (India) have partnered to launch a grant competition to fund innovation and research in the treatment and care of people living with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and secondary complications in India and around the world.

The objective of the Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support (SAP-MRS) Program is to facilitate the effective access by Canadian academic researchers, working in the field of subatomic physics, to major and unique national or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. NOI is mandatory.

Recognizes the world's top scientists who have made outstanding achievements in Global Health Research.

Recognizes outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine.

Recognizes exceptional leadership in Canadian medical science.

Honours outstanding achievement in the physical, biological, and social sciences.

The SAP Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals. Grants are reviewed by the Subatomic Physics Evaluation Section.

Griffith University and Simon Fraser University Collaborative Travel Grant's are awarded for the purpose of expanding cooperation, exchange ideas and research collaborations between our two institutions in the following areas: Drug discovery; Environmental sciences and environmental planning; Forest ecology, forest management and climate change adaptation; Behavioural and cognitive neuroscience; Mental health and addiction; Public health; Bioinformatics and genomics; Big Data; Criminology; Business; Tourism Musicology.

Recognizes a remarkable contribution to space science and technology.

SAP-RTI grants are awards that assist buying or developing research equipment that costs more than $7,000.

The National Geographic Society awards grants for conservation, education, research, storytelling, and technology through its Committee for Research and Exploration.

Grants for conservation, education, research, storytelling, and technology.

Recognizes major contributions to solving global environmental problems.

This call for concept notes is part of a multi-funder research initiative on Boosting Decent Employment for Africa’s Youth, aimed at providing key insights, practical guidance, and tools to policy makers and practitioners to help realize aspirations for large-scale positive change.

Focuses on research designed to improve understanding and advance the current treatment of acute and chronic spinal cord injury.

Recognizes excellence and encourages teamwork among diverse groups in order to use or expand Arctic knowledge.

Celebrates, educates, and connects innovators across all industries.

Recognizes B.C.'s outstanding business women in private or public sector companies.

Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years.

This program is a catalyst for developing climate solutions and will support an approach to research that defines meaningful activities focused on partnerships and engagement, helping climate solution seekers become effective solution makers -— from question to collaboration, and ideas to action. Proposals are invited for high-quality, innovative research projects in areas of high potential for impact in climate change mitigation and adaptation including emerging and novel issues.

Recognizes distinguished research in the areas supported by the Foundation.

The RTI Program provides the primary avenue for university researchers in the natural sciences and engineering to obtain up to $150,000 in support for research tools and instruments.

This funding opportunity supports multidisciplinary teams (of researchers, knowledge users and partners) to gain deeper understanding of food security and climate change in the Canadian North, and to facilitate the development of effective ways to address this issue.

SAP-RTI grants are awards that assist buying or developing research equipment that costs more than $7,000.

The CHRP Initiative funding supports interdisciplinary collaborations between natural sciences, engineering and health sciences communities to translate innovative research results to knowledge/technology users (KTUs) and related stakeholders outside the academic or training environment. There is a special funding call in 2018 on Artificial Intelligence, Health and Society.

Peer recognition of distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession.

Supports active and creative researchers with $100,000 USD per year over five years to undertake new and creative investigations in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics, Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems.

The BC SUPPORT Unit’s Pathway to Patient-Oriented Research (P2P) Award seeks to support BC-based patient-oriented research (POR) teams in preparing for future substantive (e.g., federal or international funding competitions) POR grant applications.

Celebrates innovation in education.

The Northern Research Supplement program has been established to help promote Canadian university-based research and training in the Canadian North and to augment the associated logistical costs.  To apply for NRS, you must indicate your interest and include the required attachments as part of the Discovery Grant application on the Research Portal.

A joint initiative between the DND and NSERC, aimed at supporting unclassified university-based research dedicated to the development of non-weapon specific technologies with dual-use applications in defence and security target areas. Applications to the DG competition will require a justification of how the proposed research falls within the DND target areas. No additional application to the DND is required.

Encourages continuing contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.

The SAP Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals. Grants are reviewed by the Subatomic Physics Evaluation Section.

The Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of NSE research with long-term goals.

Advance the skills, knowledge and experience of Cottrell Scholars.

Recognizes the world’s most foremost scientists, physicians and researchers for their breakthroughs in bio-medicine.

Honours members who have made outstanding contributions to fields served by SIAM.

This funding opportunity supports research teams of strong core scientists and clinical investigators to build Canada's capacity in HIV research through innovative research programs to generate important new knowledge and to apply it in a timely fashion.

The purpose of this program is to foster research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, carried out by new or established investigators in British Columbia.

Enables Canadian citizens who are exceptional scholars and/or experienced professionals to conduct research and/or lecture in the United States.

Recognizes exceptional contributions in the area of population and public health research.

This funding opportunity is the first stage in the development of the Collaborative Housing Research Network (CHRN) to support Canada-wide collaboration of academics and community partners focused on holistic research of housing conditions, and high-quality research that can be used to support housing policy decision-making and inform future program development.

The Planning Award will support teams in partnering with patients and other stakeholders to plan research studies or knowledge translation (KT) projects (knowledge dissemination or implementation).

For new scientific projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before.

Honours individuals that have distinguished themselves by making a significant and lasting contribution to the world of innovation.

Rewards the most advanced scientific breakthroughs in the field of energy made by the best researchers around the world.

Recognizes a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship and to the development of Canadian Studies internationally.

Focuses on people and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. The individual recipient will receive an award of $10,000. The winning group will be awarded $25,000 to further science promotion activities. Funds paid to winners of this prize are subject to the PromoScience Grants Guide.

The IDEaS Competitive Projects provide incentives to the innovation community and help ideas develop into prototypes and potential capabilities. There is a second Call for Proposals (CFP) for Competitive Projects to seek project proposals that address nine (9) S&T Challenges.

Recognizes and encourages scientific and technological research and development.

The Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Grants-in-Aid of Research program supports research on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to help advance prevention, treatments, health policy and, ultimately find cures. Grants support research projects with a defined objective, conducted by an investigator working alone or in collaboration with others.

Recognizes current or recent innovations that have a positive impact on the quality of life in Canada.

Promotes collaboration and partnerships between Bank researchers and leading academics at Canadian post-secondary institutions. The award (for a term of up to five years) consists of a research grant of $50,000 per year, a research expense allowance of $40,000 per year, and $5,000 for university administration of award funds.

Recognizes and supports researchers who are already having a profound impact on the health and well-being of their fellow citizens.

Recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms.

Honours individuals who have recently achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or applications.

Recognizes the contributions and achievements of BC small business owners.

Provides financial support to academics who are recognized for their expertise and research in areas important to the Bank's core functions: monetary policy, financial systems, currency, and funds management. The award (for a term of up to two years) consists of a research grant of $30,000 per year.

Recognizes remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life.

Recognizes young guns in their 20s who are excelling professionally, innovating their industry and making competitors nervous.

Recognizes outstanding contributions to further chemical engineering or influence others to learn about it.

Recognizes scientists for pioneering advances in our understanding of existence at its biggest, smallest, and most complex scales. 

Recognizes the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership.

The Cancer Research Society Operating Grants Program supports fundamental, early translational and environment-cancer research on all types of cancer to contribute to the advancement of science aimed at preventing, detecting and treating this disease

This opportunity supports Canadian researchers in establishing collaborative networks comprised of international teams of disciplinarily-diverse researchers to build on existing global investments in neurotechnologies to address overarching questions in neuroscience

Recognizes an outstanding contribution to the practice of medicinal chemistry or to an outstanding example of new drug discovery.

Honours individuals in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience, whose groundbreaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture.

Facilitates the scientific well-being and professional development of its members.

Recognizes an individual who has fostered opportunities in statistics for women.

SSHRC Institutional Grants/SFU Grants support scholarly research in the contemporary arts, humanities and social sciences for expenses up to a maximum of $7,000. A lead applicant, together with one or more eligible co-applicants may apply in a single application for up to $10,000.

For current, successful, specific innovations proven in the intended marketplace.

Recognizes exceptional achievement by individuals, companies, and organizations in the field of technology and business innovation in Canada.

Recognizes exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. 

Recognizes contributions to the understanding of vision loss.

Recognizes individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped both public affairs and civil society.

Recognizes individual papers, research contributions, lifetime achievement, and service to the mathematical sciences community.

Recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.

Recognizes and promotes excellence in science, technology, and industry.

Honours notable contributions to research in the fields that the APS covers.

Creates incentive competitions to entice the crowd to provide solutions to the world's problems.

Recognizes research that has profoundly advanced the science that underlies our understanding of birth defects.

Recognizes outstanding innovations or scientific discoveries which broadly fall within the area of environment and sustainable development.

Engages the broad public in informed discourse on matters related but not limited to health research and health research policy.

Honours those who bring beauty and inspiration into the world.

Designed to extend the CCSRI funding pipeline by filling the gap between Innovation and Impact Grants.

Recognizes major contributions of lasting importance to computing.

Celebrates British Columbians who go above and beyond in their dedication and service to others and who devote time and energy to making their communities more caring, dynamic, beautiful, healthy, and unique.

Recognizes young scholars for outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics.

Recognizes outstanding career achievement in the exploration, development or description of the geography of Canada.

Honours an individual who was instrumental in the development of statistical theory in biometry.

Recognizes technical and professional achievements and contributions in computing science and information technology.

Recognizes contributions or leadership in specific fields of interest of the IEEE.

Recognizes an early to mid-career fundamental innovative contribution to computing.

Recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement in the areas supported by the Foundation.

Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology.

Honours extraordinary women leaders.

Celebrates cutting-edge technology, and the companies, people and innovation that put British Columbia on the map.

Honours a scientific investigator, or group of investigators, whose contributions to knowledge in biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special recognition.

Recognizes visionaries and innovators that are changing the way things are done.

ICS Travel Awards support students, postdoctoral fellows, new investigators and knowledge users to present their own research at national and international meetings and/or conferences.

For outstanding achievements in research of any branch of science.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to seek opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate in the research and development, piloting, testing, and scaling of new, innovative and realistic interventions to advance Afghan civil society and media’s effectiveness and self-reliance.

Recognizes the importance and significance of research within the biomedical and natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics domains.

Recognizes an individual or a team of up to six people for an outstanding, world-class contribution to education.

Recognizes researchers in the area of psychiatry who are making an outstanding contribution in the field.

Awards service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace.

Fosters and encourages basic chemical research and recognizes, in a substantial manner, the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of mankind.

Recognizes inspiring individuals who have devoted their career to natural science research and have demonstrated leadership and mentorship in the Canadian North.

Recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology.

Recognizes remarkable achievements that are contributing to world civilization.

The AsiaGlobal Fellows Program launched by the University of Hong Kong is an interdisciplinary global leadership development initiative for mid-career professionals with a strong interest and track record in public policy.

This is a special opportunity for people studying the state of natural sciences and engineering research in Canada. While this is an NSERC grant, it may be of more interest to social science/science policy researchers than it is to traditional NSERC researchers.

For contribution to community beyond academy.

Recognizes a British Columbian clinician scientist whose work in health research is internationally recognized and has had a significant impact on advancing research in his or her field.

Recognizes a Canadian physician or scientist who makes outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or development of therapies for cancer.

Celebrates and honours those in our B.C. community who successfully position our province as a competitive global cluster in the life sciences sector.

Recognizes outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of brain disorders.

Recognizes outstanding contributions to the treatment, amelioration, or cure of heart disorders.

For contributions to a field of basic or clinical research in one of the Institute's principal areas of research.

Recognizes the top 35 innovators around the world who are under 35 years old.

Recognizes the contributions of scientists, physicians, and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease.

Mitacs Elevate trains emerging research management leaders through an exclusive professional skills curriculum. Fellows gain theoretical and experiential training in areas such as project management and presentations.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has launched a new initiative to support Innovation in Regulatory Science. This initiative is designed to support and stimulate academic researchers in developing new methodologies or innovative approaches in regulatory science that will ultimately inform the regulatory decisions FDA and others make.

The MSFHR Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program is intended to help close the gap between health research and its implementation by supporting practicing health professionals in applying/conducting research that leverages their practical knowledge in patient care in order to improve the patient experience and outcomes.

The aim of this call is to enable scientists in different countries to build an effective collaboration on a common interdisciplinary research project in the area of rare disease mechanism, progression and diagnostics.

Promotes originality and excellence of research in the field of Biophysics.

The Theme Partnership Program supports research proposals that connect top researchers with policy and industry leaders to develop climate change solutions for British Columbia and beyond.

Recognizes a very substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research.

Short-term opportunities for Canadian faculty to teach or conduct research in Latin America and the Caribbean in areas such as democratic and accountable governance, humans rights, environment, diversity and indigenous peoples.

Fellows are role models who provide intellectual tools that promote both thought and action.

Prioritizes experience on the ground in order for Scholars to enhance their appetite for risk taking.

Recognizes contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.

IPRAF awards grants to help fund peace research projects.

Honours ideas that possess clarity, power and that substantially impact the field of psychology. 

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Reseach (MSFHR) has launched its first Implementation Science award program (IST program). This funding opportunity supports research in the area of implementation science, which examines the process of implementing an intervention, or adapting an intervention to settings different from the ones in which it was originally developed and tested. The goal is to understand how specific health interventions can be better adapted to different regions, cultures, genders, or conditions, and, if applicable, how the interventions can be scaled up.

Recognizes and supports the efforts of an early career psychological scientist who is pursuing research that aims to advance, either empirically or theoretically, a materialistic understanding of the human mind.

Recognizes outstanding engineering achievements.

A membership grade of distinction.

Recognizes statisticians who have made outstanding contributions through research, teaching, consulting, and service to the association and statistical profession.

Recognizes teams of researchers from different disciplines who have combined their expertise to produce achievements of outstanding international significance in the natural sciences and engineering.

Recognizes individuals who has demonstrated sustained excellence and influence in research for a body of work conducted in Canada that has substantially advanced the fields of natural sciences or engineering.

Honours and supports those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today.

Rewards outstanding scholarship and research in various fields.

Recognizes a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering.

Any British Columbian (or former long-term resident) who has demonstrated outstanding achievement, excellence or distinction in any field. Community leadership, business, labour, industry, volunteer service, research, culture, the arts, sports… the possibilities are nearly endless.

Awards instructions and research in the science of geology.

Recognizes meritorious achievement in biological science.

Recognizes contributions to furthering our understanding of issues concerning gender.

Rewards a distinguished and sustained contribution to the literature of the social sciences.

Awards outstanding work in the history of Canada.

Acknowledges outstanding research in any of the branches of the mathematical sciences.

Recognizes an achievement in critical or imaginative literature.

Awards outstanding scientific contributions of individuals from all scholarly disciplines aiming at improving the development and living conditions of children and youth.

Recognizes excellence in medical science.

Awards scientific work relating to environmental problems.

Recognizes outstanding research in physics and in chemistry.

Rewards outstanding research in any branch of earth sciences.

IIAS invites outstanding scholars to apply for a fellowship at IIAS. Applicants may also apply for an extra two months of research at Le Collège d’études mondiales/Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (CEM-FMSH) in Paris, in the framework of the joint IIAS/CEM-FMSH fellowship.

Awards an outstanding contribution in governance of private and public organisations.

This round of funding will focus on antimicrobial resistance in the environment. Funding available is $1 million per year for four years.

Recognizes the outstanding and creative achievements of researchers in the fields of medicine and life sciences, in particular those contributing to scientific developments in medicine.

ERA PerMed will foster research and innovation activities building close linkages between basic biomedical research, clinical research, bioinformatics, epidemiology, socio-economic research, as well as research on the integration of Personalised Medicine into clinical practice and on ethical, legal and social implications.

Recognizes contributions to the promotion of health science.

Particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children's health through medical research. Both an applicant's aptitude and inclination toward research are considered. The quality of the mentor and the mentoring relationship are also considered to be important predictors of success.

Honours scientists who have made significant contributions in Paul Ehrlich's field of research, in particular immunology, cancer research, microbiology, and chemotherapy.

Fosters culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples throughout the world. 

This 6 month fellowship is jointly offered by IIAS and the African Studies Centre Leiden. It aims to attract researchers whose work is informed by current theoretical debates in the social sciences and humanities over global connectivities and who are able to critically engage with shifting paradigms  in “area studies” beyond the ways in which these have traditionally been conceived in the West.

Celebrates the achievements of our country’s female entrepreneurs.

Recognizes excellence in astronomy and mathematics, biosciences, geosciences or polyarthritis research.

Honours outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases by a scientific investigator or group of investigators.

Recognizes outstanding achievement in advancing Canadian entrepreneurship.

Our Scientific Council selects and funds the most promising research proposals that enhance the Organization for Autism Research's mission.

SFU’s Community Engagement Initiative offers small grants to SFU faculty and staff to catalyze community-university impact through the practice of respectful, mutually-beneficial research, learning and creative activity. The average grant amount has been approximately $6,000 per funded initiative with projects supported each year in most faculties and in many departments. The maximum funding available is $10,000 per proposal.

The objective of the program is to draw on the network of talented Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early-career civil society researchers to identify concrete, innovative solutions to emerging international policy challenges faced by Canada.

Recognizes excellence in mathematical research and education, as well as outstanding contributions to the Canadian mathematical community.

Recognizes outstanding works in five categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science.

Recognizes outstanding and Internationally recognized scientific achievements.

Recognizes excellence in ocean sciences during the lifetime of the recipient or for a recent outstanding achievement.

Recognizes leading change makers for innovation in the education system.

Recognizes scientific contributions relating to tobacco consumption and disease.

Recognizes significant influence on the course of marine scientific thought.

Fellowships are designed to support young biochemists and molecular biologists from countries that are full or associate members of IUBMB who need to travel to other laboratories in the IUBMB region.

Recognizes sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought and have inspired students and colleagues alike. Institution submits nominations to SSHRC.

The Scoliosis Research Society is committed to research and education in the field of spinal deformities.

Recognizes individuals who have made profound contributions in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics.

Recognizes outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations. 

Recognizes individuals or teams whose SSHRC-funded project has engaged the campus and/or wider community, and has generated intellectual, cultural, social and/or economic impacts. Nominations submitted by the institution.

Recognizes individuals or teams whose project has resulted in significant contribution to knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world. These are institutional and limited submission nominations.

Awards a formal partnership that, through mutual co-operation and shared intellectual leadership and resources, has demonstrated impact and influence within and/or beyond the social sciences and humanities research community. These are institutional and limited submission nominations.

Recognizes individuals who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector. The nomination process for this award is managed through the Dean of Graduate Studies Office.

Recognizes an outstanding bioengineering achievement in widespread use that improves the human condition.

Recognizes the exceptional contributions made to the creation of science and technology-based industrial strength in Canada.

This funding opportunity is a key component of the second phase of the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium (CEEHRC); a multi-agency, pan-Canadian initiative led by CIHR. CEEHRC is Canada's contribution to the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC). The national research consortium networks all of the funded CEEHRC components, and expands their reach to the broader health research community in Canada and internationally.

Honours those who have, through their work, applied and realized the ideals which the Foundation strives to preserve.

Stimulates the dissemination, public scrutiny and implementation of ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment.

Recognizes partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and development between universities and Canadian industries.

The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

Recognizes outstanding contribution to the advancement of research in fundamental biology.

Honours the spirit and contribution of entrepreneurs here and around the world.

Recognizes meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.

Honours champions in health research advocacy.

The programs allow scientists employed at Japanese universities/research institutions to invite fellow researchers from other countries to Japan to participate in cooperative activities.

Establishes Canada’s biotech industry as a leader in developing the solutions that will help address the global social and economic challenges emerging from population growth and a changing climate.

Recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in all branches of microscopy.

The purpose of this CFP 2 is to complement direct Settlement services across Canada by funding projects which promote research, capacity-building and coordination services. Funding for recommended projects will commence on April 1, 2020 and will be eligible for a duration of up to five (5) years, ending no later than March 31, 2025.

Recognizes a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement at any point along the full range of the food production and distribution chain.

Recognizes an outstanding contribution to health services and policy research, policy and/or care delivery in Canada.

Honours sustained excellence in Canadian health care and/or health care research.

Funding program that supports future generation of Canadian researchers. The award consists of two parts (postdoc salary and operating grant) covering a period of three years, with no possibility for renewal.

Recognizes leaders in sustainable entrepreneurship from all over the world.

Celebrate the greatest R&D developments of the previous year.

Recognizes those who encourage Canadians to take an interest in natural history, create links with nature and contribute to its preservation.

This funding opportunity will support a Network to generate new knowledge to improve diagnosis and treatment of ME disease in Canada.

This funding call is for biotechnology-driven research-based solutions to extract wealth from wastewater and rejuvenate polluted bodies of water such as the River Ganga in India.

Supports projects that raise awareness about climate change and clean growth, and encourages Canadians to take action.

The purpose of this challenge is to seek innovative solutions in the areas of food processing technologies, food traceability technologies, as well as precision agriculture technologies and bioproducts.

Recognizes major achievements in advancing ideas that shape the world.

Recognizes those around the world who have exceptionally distinguished themselves in the cultivation of ecological science.

Celebrates a ground-breaking innovation in engineering.

The Stars Career Development award supports early-career/mid-career investigators in firmly establishing their careers in the area of arthritis research.

the Innovation for Defense Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Program continues to move forward and we wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that we have launched a Sandbox Call for Applications for Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems

Recognizes substantial recent contributions in the biomedical sciences.

The Scholarly Digitization Fund covers costs associated with digitizing scholarly materials. Digitization work includes scanning, creation of descriptive information, and other processing in preparation for deposit in Summit, the Library’s Research Repository, or another publicly accessible repository operated and maintained by SFU Library.

Recognizes individuals who have made, and are making, valuable contributions to cancer research and cancer control in Canada.

This funding opportunity supports new intervention research designed to mitigate the challenges experienced along the cancer survivorship journey, as well as the evaluation and validation of existing interventions to assess their potential for implementation as best practices.

Recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in a predetermined field of interest chosen each year. 

Awards companies which represent the most innovative and promising ideas in cleantech and that are best positioned to solve tomorrow’s clean technology challenges.

Research funding to highly qualified graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across Canada through awards in Technology and Aging.

Recognizes exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.

Recognizes remarkable careers in the visual and media arts.

Recognizes outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light.

Recognizes and encourage outstanding experimental research in nuclear physics, 

Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements in Experimental Particle Physics.

Enhances the career development of outstanding and highly promising university faculty who are earning a strong international reputation for original research.

Recognizes remarkable individuals whose research or contributions to public policies supportive of research and development in Canada have achieved international recognition.

Recognizes outstanding contributions to medicine and the health sciences that have led to extraordinary improvements in human health.

A new initiative for launching big, audacious ideas.

Identifies and supports eminent women in science throughout the world.

Recognizes the recent outstanding contributions of researchers to the global effort to fight neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

IDRC invites researchers to participate in the process of planning, describing, and openly publishing their IDRC-funded research data. This funding opportunity will build the data management expertise of applicants while making previously closed data open.

Awarded to active (not retired) Canadian scholars who have made a substantial and significant contribution over a significant period to scholarly research.

Recognizes outstanding scholarly work in the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology.

Honors contributions to the science and technology of concern to IEEE.

Supports a new or ongoing project anywhere in the world, which has capacity to improve lives, or protect the world’s natural and cultural heritage.

This program supports commercialization in the natural resources and applied sciences. Teams must be working on project(s) with the potential for significant benefit to British Columbia.

Inspires peoples of all nations to understand the importance of preserving the environment.

This opportunity is to support the establishment of a multidisciplinary platform with the research expertise to identify best practices for studying sex and age as biological variables in basic science, provide training, and promote these methods and services.

Honours excellence in health research and its translation into benefits for Canadians. These prizes, worth $100,000, are awarded every two years (with competitions closing in even-numbered years). These are institutional nominations;

Rewards outstanding achievement in the fields of: Biochemistry and Biophysics, Cognitive Science, Environmental Sciences, History, and Medicine

Acknowledges those who offer a positive message to mankind through different expressions of art.

Recognizes recipients who have developed and implemented an invention, innovation, concept, process or procedure that enhances educational practice in the K-12 public school system in BC.

Rewards outstanding research in any branch of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an allied science.

Recognizes an important publication in the history of medicine.

Rewards a distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities.

Recognizes important contributions in multiple domain.

The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.

Celebrates the contributions of individuals who have had a remarkable impact on cancer research and the cancer research community.

Recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.

To improve the treatment, quality of life, and long-term outlook for children with brain tumors through research, support, education, and advocacy.

The American Psychological Foundation is seeking to seed innovation through supporting projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems. APF offers grants for early career funding and seed grants for research and for targeted programs.

An Investigator Award supports individuals who are 4‐10 years into their careers as investigators and have made outstanding contributions and demonstrated leadership in arthritis research.

These grants provide support for meetings that promote the development of new research teams, for grant planning specifically for arthritis

Provides one-time funding to catalyze research in models of care in preparation for larger scale competitions to be offered by the Society and other funding agencies.

Funding to support research proposals aligned with the Society’s priorities.

To assist young investigators with laboratory start up costs. These grants can be combined with institutional, provincial or other eligible matching funds to purchase major equipment.

Intended to provide junior academics within 4 years of a full time research appointment, with what would usually be their first opportunity to demonstrate their ability to initiate and carry out independent research of relevance to arthritis.

The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA), an initiative of the African Academy of Sciences and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched two requests for proposals for Grand Challenges Africa - Innovation Seed Grants

Bloomberg invites faculty worldwide to apply for unrestricted gifts that support research in broadly-construed data science, including natural language processing, machine learning, and data mining. We also invite proposals for creation of, or contributions to, open source software used for data science.

A Brain Tumour Research Fellowship encourages and enables young clinicians and scientists to enter the field of brain tumour research and will accelerate studies leading to a cure for brain tumours.

CCS-Partner Prevention Research Grants have been created to support investigators who approach research in key prevention and risk reduction areas.

To encourage research projects that will close the gap between what is known from research and what is done with that knowledge in the health care community and public health practice.

To support and accelerate research and the application of new knowledge with imminent application potential relevant to cancer prevention in human populations.

ICLR’s Quick Response Program was designed to allow social scientists to quickly deploy to a disaster-affected area in the aftermath of an extreme weather event or earthquake to collect perishable data.

This program funds innovative pilot research so that scientists can test their initial ideas and generate preliminary data used to qualify for larger, more sustained grants from other organizations.

The mission of the OCRP is to support patient-centered research to prevent, detect, treat, and cure ovarian cancer.

The mission of the OCRP is to support patient-centered research to prevent, detect, treat, and cure ovarian cancer.

The overarching goal of the Ovarian Cancer Academy is to develop successful, highly productive ovarian cancer researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment.

To support patient-centered research to prevent, detect, treat, and cure ovarian cancer. Currently no program funding opportunities are open.

By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 emphasizes excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

Through this program, the Federation tangibly supports research dissemination and encourages excellence in humanities and social science scholarship.

The programme supports research and study visits up to three months within the framework of the bilateral exchange of scientists and scholars.

Supports eligible recipients to pursue targeted R&D partnerships with key foreign organizations that may lead to the commercialization of Canadian technologies.

Grand Challenges Canada seeks bold ideas for products, services and implementation models that could transform how persistent challenges in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health are addressed in low- and middle-income countries.

Funding for investigation and support of complementary and alternative medicine and for economic education that promotes the principles of a free market.

The objectives of the IC-IMPACTS Innovation Demonstration Initiative are to encourage the transfer of technology and knowledge resulting from India-Canada research and technology development partnerships, foster Canada-India collaborative research and trade development activities, demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative technologies for the Canadian and Indian marketplace, and improve the health, safety and prosperity of communities through the introduction of new technologies in Canada and/or India and to improve Canada-India economic ties.

A variety of targeted research grants related to understanding and curing diabetes, launched on an ongoing basis.

The Canadian Lung Association funds research and research training at the national level, offering several competitions for research funding.

To initiate interdisciplinary discussions on problems or issues, to help launch interdisciplinary research networks, or to fund communities of researchers/practitioners dedicated to developing new methods, tools, and applications of basic research to applied problems.

Build research partnerships while funding your grad students and postdocs. Apply any time for flexible funding.

A pilot program to grow small to medium enterprises and other companies in Canada by connecting them with multinational sponsor companies and talented researchers at Canadian universities to collaborate on industrial research challenges of mutual interest.

This program supports graduate student research in a 16 to 24 week research project with an international industry partner located in any country except the United States.

The Mitacs Globalink Research Award funds research collaborations between senior undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members at a university overseas, including newly added destinations.

NIH offers funding for many types of grants and contracts.

The US National Science Foundation funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering.

An IRC grant provides funding for the salary of the Chairholder, infrastructure, research tools and instruments, and general expenses related to the Chair’s program of research. Chairholders are expected to focus their activities on conducting research and training highly qualified personnel, while carrying a reduced administrative and teaching load.

The goal of the program is to generate new ideas, approaches and knowledge about privacy that organizations can apply to better safeguard personal information and that individual Canadians can use to make more informed decisions about protecting their privacy.

Prostate Cancer Canada offers a limited number of Discovery Grants. While supporting novel research that aims to open up new lines of investigation, the goal is to support new and innovative studies in prostate cancer research.

Prostate Cancer Canada invites applications for investigator-initiated Movember Translation Acceleration Grants that address a significant issue in the management of prostate cancer. Proposals should leverage existing knowledge and capabilities to accelerate impact without overlapping currently funded Prostate Cancer Canada and Movember initiatives.

The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative is to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance.

The Simons Foundation division for Mathematics and Physical Sciences seeks to extend the frontiers of basic research. The division's primary foci include mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical computer science.

To reinforce a commitment to intellectually ambitious research, oriented ultimately to improving the practice of education, and independent of any particular reform agendas or methodological strictures.

Aimed at researchers who want to host their own scientific event in Switzerland, invite colleagues from abroad for a research visit to Switzerland, or visit their colleagues in another country.

Research grants for children's medical research.

Small grants

Awarding educational and research grants to recipients who have become the world’s leading scientists and voice clinicians.

This award would be suitable for spending a sabbatical year in Germany. An academic in Germany with whom you would collaborate during your sabbatical could nominate you for this award.

Grants to outstanding Canadian charitable organizations offering unique and inspiring programs or projects for the benefit, improvement and development of Canadian society.

Grants to fund research projects that are intended to advance general public knowledge in the field of computer science, with particular emphasis on computer technology and applicaitons relating to "human-machine interaction."

To carry out long-term research (6-24 months) in Germany. Applicants choose their own topic of research and their academic host.

To sponsor a 6 to 18 month research stay at a research institution in Germany. The fellowship is flexible and can be divided up into as many as three stays within three years.

Scientists and scholars from all non-European countries, who completed their doctorates less than 18 years ago, who are internationally recognized for their achievements in the field of applied research, and who in future are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements which will have a seminal influence on their discipline beyond their immediate field of work, are eligible to be nominated for a Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award.

Academics of all disciplines from abroad, who are internationally recognized as leaders in their field and who are expected to contribute to enhancing Germany's sustained international competitiveness as a research location in consequence of the award, are eligible to be nominated for an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship.

Granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date, to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.

Excellent scientists and scholars of all nationalities who are expected to continue producing outstanding academic achievements in international collaboration are eligible to be nominated for the Max Planck Research Award.

The Konrad Adenauer Research Award honors researchers from Canada whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and beyond.

To explore key questions of global importance that can best be addressed through interdisciplinary, international teams.

Discovery Frontiers (DF) grants are initiatives that identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities where Canada can benefit from its world-class capacity to take a leadership role in key areas of research and innovation (e.g., 2017 - Biodiversity and Adaptation of Biosystems)