Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Supports projects that will identify and implement new and innovative approaches or increase impact of existing activities towards achieving Canada's Sustainable Development Goals.

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.

The 2019 Early Career Investigator Awards in Circulatory and Respiratory Health provide recipients with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting research in ICRH mandate areas. These awards are designed to provide protected time for early-career investigators to undertake research by contributing to both salary and research allowances.

The current funding opportunity is focused on knowledge syntheses and implementation science approaches in the area of methamphetamine and/or related psychostimulant use more generally.

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

This is an additional, one-time anticipatory call for proposals to enhance the response to the opioid crisis and other emerging issues, such as methamphetamines.

Celebrates, educates, and connects innovators across all industries.

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

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.

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.

Recognizes a remarkable contribution to space science and technology.

The ICRS is a CIHR-led, multi-federal department, multi-organization and trans-disciplinary initiative that seeks to support research to increase cannabis health research capacity, to maximize benefits and understand harms for Canadians, to inform the healthcare system and to provide timely evidence for policy makers.

The field of sex and gender science aims to deepen our understanding of how biological and social influences interact to affect health and disease.

Supports proposals that adopt a feminist and sustainable approach to improve the health, human rights and wellbeing of diverse groups of women, adolescent girls and children.

Innovate BC’s Ignite Program provides up to $300,000 to fund innovation in the areas of natural resources, applied science and/or engineering.

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

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.

Canadian Heritage is partnering with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to provide funding support through arms-length Connection and Insight Grants as well as supplements to SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships and Doctoral Awards.

Since 2010, CIHR has invested over $584M in research projects in the areas of community-based primary health care (CBPHC) and eHealth. Throughout this timeframe, the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR), in partnership with several other CIHR Institutes, led two major initiatives in these areas, namely, Community-Based Primary Health Care and eHealth Innovations.

The CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research (CBR) Program is one of four research funding areas of the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative. The CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative is responsible for the research components of the major Government of Canada initiative in HIV/AIDS, namely the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada (FI).

The aim of the Catalyst Grant component of the CBR program is to provide seed money to support HIV/AIDS CBR research activities which represent a first step towards the pursuit of more comprehensive funding opportunities (e.g., operating grants).

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.

SSHRC Partnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over 4 to 7 years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization. There are two stages: Stage 1 (Feb) and Stage 2 by invitation only (Nov).

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.

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.

This award is launched by the BC SUPPORT Unit provincial hub in collaboration with the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, is in place to help BC-based patient-oriented research teams pilot and test the feasibility of their research projects to make future grant applications stronger.

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.

Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative will fund at least 10 meritorious Connection Grants proposals per competition to support the research community’s development, adoption and dissemination of research data management standards, practices, tools and skills appropriate to their field.

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.

Partnership Development Grants (PDG) provide $75,000 to $200,000 over one to three years to formal partnerships, led by a project director. Partner organizations must provide evidence attesting to the commitment (e.g., cash and/or in-kind) that has been agreed upon.

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

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).

This award will support clinician researchers based in the Fraser Salish region to engage in patient-oriented knowledge dissemination activities such as presenting at conferences, publishing their work in journal articles or engaging in some other activity that involves communicating research results back to audiences who can use the knowledge.

The Planning Award for Patient-Oriented Research and Knowledge Translation will support research teams in partnering with patients and other stakeholders to plan research studies or knowledge translation projects in the Fraser region. Three awards of $10,000 each are available for a one-year period.

The Knowledge Translation Award for Patient-Oriented Research will support patient-oriented knowledge translation activities in the Fraser region that will contribute to the advancement of evidence uptake and implementation consistent with the mandate of CIHR’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR). One award of $50,000 is available for a one-year period.

The Leaders Prize offers $1 million to the team that most effectively automates the fact-checking process using artificial intelligence.

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 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 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 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

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

The objective of the Exploration stream of the NFRF program is to support high risk, high reward and interdisciplinary research that is not easily supported through funding opportunities currently offered by the three agencies.

CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC are jointly funding a national Healthy Cities Research Training Platform (HCRTP) to develop an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral training initiative that will generate cutting-edge knowledge and build capacity for implementation science and solutions-based research.

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

The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through the Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. There are 4 application deadlines throughout the year (Mar 15, Jun 15, Sept 15, and Dec 15).  The grants are valued at $7,000 to $25,000 over one year.

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

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

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

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 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.

Honours extraordinary women leaders.

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

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

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

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

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

CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC are jointly funding a national Healthy Cities Research Training Platform (HCRTP) to develop an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral training initiative that will generate cutting-edge knowledge and build capacity for implementation science and solutions-based research.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

Recognizes contributions to the promotion of health science.

Celebrates the achievements of our country’s female entrepreneurs.

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

Recognizes outstanding achievement in advancing Canadian entrepreneurship.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Honours champions in health research advocacy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recognizes remarkable careers in the visual and media arts.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recognizes the efforts and achievements of pharmaceutical research and development.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Recognizes distinguished Chinese Canadians who have made outstanding professional achievements.

Honours excellence in Canadian micro-nano research.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Small grants

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

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)

To support innovative, creative problem solving in cancer research.

A special initiative to allow junior investigators in cancer research to gain knowledge and understanding of the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute peer-review process.

Focused on increasing Canada’s capacity for breast cancer prevention research. Recently appointed Assistant Postdoctoral and clinical fellows and junior faculty in the field of breast cancer, breast health, and cancer prevention are encouraged to apply.

IDRC funds developing-country researchers, institutions, and Canadian researchers through our grants, fellowships, and awards.

The goal of the program is to increase the participation of women in science and engineering, and to provide role models for women active in, and considering, careers in these fields. The CWSE Program is regional—with one Chair for each of the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, and British Columbia/Yukon regions. NSERC funding must be matched by cash contributions from supporting organizations (e.g., SFU).

Stipends for conducting prostate cancer research.

To support innovative, creative problem solving in cancer research.

To provide funding support for clinical trials and clinical trial sub-studies that have excellent preliminary data, targeting neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Designed for those very few instances when an exceptional research opportunity would be missed if a project had to wait to undergo the normal course of a national competition before a decision could be rendered.

Proposals are invited from social scientists to quickly deploy to a disaster-affected area in the aftermath of an extreme event to collect perishable data.

Weston Brain Institute has launched a new "Big Ideas" funding program to support large scale research projects that have a significant and sustained impact on accelerating translational research on the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors.