Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

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

Department of National Defense has announced the second round of Targeted Engagement Grants and Young MINDS Initiative for 2020-2021 fiscal year. Applications are due both grants by October 13, 2020. More information can be found in the link above to the Funding and Awards Opportunities Database.

Supports climate awareness and engagement and scientific and technical research on climate change.

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

The Advanced Scholars West Africa phase of the QES program will support a new generation of highly skilled scholars in Canada and West Africa.

Funds collaborative, interdisciplinary projects to collaborate in high-risk discovery research.

Traditional Fulbright awards are open to Canadian scholars in all fields and are designed to enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research center of their choice in the United States.

Fulbright Canada Research Chairs Program is now accepting applications for awards to be taken up in the 2021-2022 Academic Year. Fulbright Canada Research Chairs are intended for Canadian citizens who are exceptional scholars and/or experienced professionals who wish to conduct research and/or lecture in the United States. Applications are accepted until November 15, 2020.

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

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.

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 leaders in sustainable entrepreneurship from all over the world.

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

The purpose of this competition is to stimulate social sciences and humanities research that will help inform best practices related to environmental and impact assessments

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.

Recognizes early-stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and supports them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others.

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

The Translational Research Partnership Program supports collaborative projects in cancer research to help accelerate the development of new treatments and/or technologies for the benefit of patients.

VPR Major Research Project Application Preparation grants assist SFU faculty members who are applying for major external research grants (e.g., CFI, NCE or SSHRC MCRI or INE). Assistance may take the form of support salaries for personnel needed to prepare application materials, costs of travel required to meet with research collaborators, long-distance telephone/fax charges, etc. These grants do not fund research per se.

The objective of the International stream is to support international research collaborations and position Canada and Canadian researchers as strategic partners at the international level. The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Horizon Global Platform competition provides funding for Canadian researchers who are partners on successful projects funded through eligible calls under the EU Horizon 2020.

Please see the following important call for project ideas or proposals from Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster for COVID-19 related-research. Further information and questions can be directed to Avi Kapoor, Strategic Partnerships Manager for SFU's Big Data Initiative.

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.