Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

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

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

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

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.

This medal is awarded for or recognition of an individual who has made outstanding contributions to research, education and leadership in applied mechanics.

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 a specific achievement or for a series of achievements in any engineering discipline

Awarded to promising early-career researchers in mathematics.

Awarded to women mathematicians who have completed the PhD within the preceding two years.

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 outstanding contribution to the advancement of research in fundamental biology.

Recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in all branches of microscopy.

Recognizes meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.

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

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

The 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation call aims to further the design and implementation of co-produced adaptation and mitigation strategies for vulnerable groups―those groups currently most impacted by the effects of climate change owing to both physical vulnerability (heightened exposure to events related to climate change and/or poor infrastructure) and socioeconomic vulnerability (limited resources to prepare for or respond to the impacts of climate change, including knowledge, technology or financial resources, or owing to conflict, security and fragility).

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

Recognizes major achievements in advancing ideas that shape the world.

SSHRC and the NCTR invite teams led by First Nations, Métis Nation or Inuit researchers to submit proposals for new or existing formal partnerships that contribute to our collective understanding of truth and reconciliation. Proposals could, for example, address residential schools’ history, or the ongoing legacy of residential schools and Canada’s policies of assimilation in one or more areas, including child welfare, education, language and culture, health, and justice. Value of grants supported range from $7,000 through to $1million over five years.

Recognizes substantial recent contributions in the biomedical sciences.

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

Identifies and supports eminent women in science throughout the world.

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

Recognizes exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.

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.

The Research Project (R01) grant is an award made to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing the investigator's specific interest and competencies, based on the mission of the NIH.Standard due dates for new applications are February 5, June 5, and October 5.

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

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

The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Standard due dates are February 16, June 16, and October 16.

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

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.

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

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

The Research Project (R01) grant is an award made to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing the investigator's specific interest and competencies, based on the mission of the NIH.Standard due dates for new applications are February 5, June 5, and October 5.

The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Standard due dates are February 16, June 16, and October 16.

This year's RFP seeks programs that focus on all novel approaches for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with a particular emphasis on the areas of proteostasis and epigenetics. It provides up to $600,000 of funding support for two years.

The SFU-Mitacs Globalink Research Award supports international research collaboration through the mobility of graduate students (Masters & PhD) and postdoctoral fellows. The award supports short-term internships (12-24 weeks) for both inbound (to SFU) and outbound (from SFU). Priority is given to project proposals that demonstrate potential to lead to long-term and multifaceted research collaborations that advance SFU's strategic interests. The award is CAD $6000 per student (of which, $2000 needs to be contributed by SFU PI). The deadline to submit a project proposal is July 25, 2022.

The Excellence Awards recognize and encourage exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation stewardship.

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.

Recognizes outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics.

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

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

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

Recognizes outstanding and Internationally recognized scientific achievements.

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

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

Provides funds to mathematics and theoretical physics faculty for up to a semester-long research leave from classroom teaching and administrative obligations.

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.

Recognizes major contributions to solving global environmental problems.

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.

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

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

The Research Project (R01) grant is an award made to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing the investigator's specific interest and competencies, based on the mission of the NIH.Standard due dates for new applications are February 5, June 5, and October 5.

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

The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Standard due dates are February 16, June 16, and October 16.

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

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

The Millennium Technology Prize celebrates the world’s greatest technological innovations that are crucial in solving global challenges.

Presented annually in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements made by Researchers, Innovators and Inventors from all over the world.

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 Research Project (R01) grant is an award made to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing the investigator's specific interest and competencies, based on the mission of the NIH.Standard due dates for new applications are February 5, June 5, and October 5.

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

Recognizes distinguished research in the areas supported by the Foundation.

Advance the skills, knowledge and experience of Cottrell Scholars.

The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Standard due dates are February 16, June 16, and October 16.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recognizes major contributions of lasting importance to computing.

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.

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

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

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

A membership grade of distinction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The IDEA Award will be given to a person at any career stage who has strengthened the ecology and evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusiveness and diversity in our fields.

Honours those who bring beauty and inspiration into the world.

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

Recognizes and encourages scientific and technological research and development.

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

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

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 significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology.

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

The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Standard due dates are February 16, June 16, and October 16.

For outstanding achievements in research of any branch of science.

Recognizes contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.

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

Recognizes outstanding engineering achievements.

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

Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology.

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

Recognizes contributions to the understanding of vision loss.

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.

The Research Project (R01) grant is an award made to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing the investigator's specific interest and competencies, based on the mission of the NIH.Standard due dates for new applications are February 5, June 5, and October 5.

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. 

The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. Standard due dates are February 16, June 16, and October 16.

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

Celebrates a ground-breaking innovation in engineering.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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 grow a new field of scientific inquiry focused on understanding the fundamental chemistry taking place in indoor environments and how that chemistry is shaped by building attributes and human occupancy.

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

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

World Climate Change Challenge (WCCC) "Funding Geoengineering Research" is seeking to support academic researchers in the area of Geoengineering & Near Term Anthropogenic Climate Change Mitigation Research.

Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience is a non-profit organization established on October 1, 1992 with funds donated by the late Mr. Masakane Mizutani, former Emeritus Chairman of Seikagaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. The objective of the Foundation is to promote world-wide progress in glycoscience.

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight the urgent need for research on the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). NCATS is particularly interested in projects focusing on the use of informatics solutions to diagnose cases and the use of CTSA-supported core resources (e.g., advanced scientific instruments, highly-specialized facilities, and regulatory expertise) to facilitate research on COVID-19 and advance the translation of research findings into diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. NCATS is soliciting applications for Administrative Supplements to UL1, U01, and R21 awards (through PA-18-591), Collaborative Innovation Awards to U01 and R21 awards (through PAR-19-099 and PAR-19-100, respectively), and Competitive Revisions for UL1 awards for each of the non-administrative supplement awards (through PAR-19-337).

The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship is a competitive initiative for international undergraduates from the following countries and regions: Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, India, Mexico, Tunisia, United Kingdom, USA, and Ukraine. From May to October of each year, top-ranked applicants participate in a 12-week research internship under the supervision of Canadian university faculty members in a variety of academic disciplines, from science, engineering and mathematics to the humanities and social sciences.

Spencer Foundation is issuing a call for proposals for a COVID-19 Related Special Grant Cycle to support education research projects that will contribute to understanding the rapid shifts in education in this time of crisis and change. As with other Spencer grant programs, this program is “field-initiated.” Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to three years.

This grant serves to establish collaboration between German universities and international partners. Applications must be submitted by German researchers. Researchers who have already achieved their doctorates and who are based at a German research institution in Germany or abroad can apply.All disciplines are eligible for the grant.

Science magazine recognizes the achievements of researchers at all stages of their careers through a variety of prizes and awards.

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) jointly announce that the Accelerating Drug Discovery for Frontotemporal Degeneration RFP is now accepting letters of intent. This RFP supports innovative small molecule and biologic (antibodies, oligonucleotides, peptides, gene therapy) drug development programs for frontotemporal dementia (FTD).