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Canada-China Scholars' Exchange Program
Canadian
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3 days until deadline
Global Affairs Canada and the Chinese Ministry of Education are offering short-term scholarships to Canadians wishing to study abroad in China. Scholarships are awarded for studies, research, language studies or a combination of studies and language studies at participating Chinese institutions.
Globalink Research Award
Canadian
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11 days until deadline
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award funds research collaborations between Canada and select partner countries. In partnership with Mitacs, SFU International has launched a program to support new and developing international research collaborations called the “SFU-Mitacs Globalink Award" program. This program provides $6,000 for international graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to visit SFU to conduct 12–24-week research projects and SFU graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to conduct research projects at universities overseas.
Indigenous Call
Canadian
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11
11 days until deadline
Mitacs issued an Indigenous Call with discounted internships. From December 1, 2020 until January 29, 2021 Mitacs will be offering 3:1 matching for both the Accelerate and Business Strategy Initiative (BSI) internships for projects that have an Indigenous partner organization and/or an Indigenous intern.
BC Community Achievement Award
Canadian
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13 days until deadline
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.
Nobel Prize
International
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13
13 days until deadline
Awards service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace.
LUI Che Woo Prize
International
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13 days until deadline
Recognizes remarkable achievements that are contributing to world civilization.
Connection Grants
Canadian
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14 days until deadline
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).
Insight Development Grants (IDG)
Canadian
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15
15 days until deadline
The IDG funding enables the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. This is an excellent opportunity for new scholar(s) / researcher(s) to explore new research. Also, this funding permits seasoned researcher(s) to develop/explore new avenues of research. Researchers may only apply for and hold, as applicant, only one IDG at a time.
Partnership Grants - Stage 1
Canadian
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23 days until deadline
Partnership Grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over 4 to 7 years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization.
New Frontiers in Research Fund-2020 Transformation Competition (NFRFT)
Canadian
31
31 days until deadline
The objective of the Transformation stream is to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise, when relevant.
Stein Rokkan Prize
International
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32 days until deadline
Recognizes a very substantial and original contribution in comparative social science research.
Rumelhart Prize
International
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36 days until deadline
Recognizes contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.
Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program
International
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38 days until deadline
The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program provides Canadian faculty with short-term opportunities to build or expand partnerships with Latin American and Caribbean institutions through teaching and/or research at the college, undergraduate and graduate levels. If you are interested in submitting an application, please contact Zhaoying Hu at least 2 weeks before the deadline at research_mobility@sfu.ca to obtain application forms and request a letter of support. Completed and signed applications must be submitted to SFU International by Friday, February 19, 2021.
Canada Awards for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Canadian
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42 days until deadline
Recognizes excellence in Canadian innovation and entrepreneurship, while educating present and future generations of disruptors.
Right Livelihood Awards
International
42
42 days until deadline
Honours and supports those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today.
Order of British Columbia
Canadian
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46 days until deadline
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.
Balzan Prize
International
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56 days until deadline
Fosters culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples throughout the world.
Partnership Engage Grants
Canadian
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56 days until deadline
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.
King Faisal International Prize
International
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72 days until deadline
Recognizes outstanding works in five categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science.
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Sir John William Dawson Medal
Canadian
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72
72 days until deadline
Recognizes important contributions in multiple domain.
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Yvan Allaire Medal
Canadian
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72 days until deadline
Awards an outstanding contribution in governance of private and public organisations.
VPR Travel Grants, Social Sciences/Humanities, Pool 2 [September 1 through March 31]
International
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72
72 days until deadline
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.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Gold Medal
Canadian
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73
73 days until deadline
Recognizes sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought and have inspired students and colleagues alike. Institution submits nominations to SSHRC.
Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize
International
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73
73 days until deadline
Recognizes outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Connection Award
Canadian
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73
73 days until deadline
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.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Insight Award
Canadian
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73
73 days until deadline
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.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Partnership Award
Canadian
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73
73 days until deadline
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.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Talent Award
Canadian
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73
73 days until deadline
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.
New Frontiers in Research Fund-2020 Transformation Competition (NFRFT)
Canadian
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Verified Date
85
85 days until deadline
The objective of the Transformation stream is to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise, when relevant.
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).
Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture
International
Recognizes major achievements in advancing ideas that shape the world.
DAAD Research Stay Grant
International
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DAAD offers grants for one to three months in all academic disciplines to scholars at US and Canadian institutions of higher education to pursue research at universities, libraries, archives, institutes or laboratories in Germany. The aim of this particular program is to support short-term research stays and thus promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues. Grants are awarded for research and working projects and cannot be used for travel only. Airfare to Germany will not be covered and lecture tours, attendance at conferences or conventions, editorial meetings or extended guest professorships are not funded.
Killam Research Fellowships
Canadian
Release time awards for active Canadian scholars who have made a significant and remarkable contribution to their respective fields in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or engineering.
A new initiative for launching big, audacious ideas.
Globalink Research Internship (GRI)
International
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 outstanding scholarly work in the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology.
Partnership Engage Grants
Canadian
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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.
BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
International
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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 Canada’s leaders in sustainability for their contributions over the prior two years.
Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (FCCP) Award of Merit
Canadian
Recognizes distinguished Chinese Canadians who have made outstanding professional achievements.
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).
Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences 2019
International
Open Research Area (ORA) 6 call is an international competition that supports collaborative research in the area of social sciences.
VPR Travel Grants, Social Sciences/Humanities, Pool 1 [April 1 through August 31] -Suspended Until Further Notice
International
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.
Global Young Academy (GYA) Membership
International
Empowers young researchers to lead International, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational dialogue with the goal to make global decision making evidence-based and inclusive.
Partnership Engage Grants
Canadian
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Verified Date
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.
Guggenheim Fellowships
International
Exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
Tang Prize
International
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.
Insight Grant
Canadian
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.
National Academy of Science (NAS) Awards
International
Honours outstanding achievement in the physical, biological, and social sciences.
Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes
Canadian
Encourages continuing contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.
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).
Traditional Fulbright Scholar Awards
Canadian
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
International
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.
Partnership Development Grants (PDG)
Canadian
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.
Governor General's (GG) International Award in Canadian Studies
Canadian
Recognizes a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship and to the development of Canadian Studies internationally.
Governor General's (GG) Innovation Awards
Canadian
Recognizes current or recent innovations that have a positive impact on the quality of life in Canada.
Dan David Prize
International
Recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms.
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Fellowships
Canadian
Recognizes remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life.
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Canadian
Recognizes the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership.
Governor General (GG) Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case
Canadian
Recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the goal of equality for women and girls in Canada.
John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity
International
Recognizes individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped both public affairs and civil society.
Recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.
YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
Canadian
Honours extraordinary women leaders.
Gerda Henkel Prize
International
Recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement in the areas supported by the Foundation.
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Innis Gérin Medal
Canadian
Rewards a distinguished and sustained contribution to the literature of the social sciences.
Royal Society of Canada (RSC) J.B. Tyrell Historical Medal
Canadian
Awards outstanding work in the history of Canada.
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.
The programme supports research and study visits up to three months within the framework of the bilateral exchange of scientists and scholars.
Build research partnerships while funding your grad students and postdocs. Apply any time for flexible funding.
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.
Mitacs Globalink Partnership Awards: CDN graduate student internships at companies abroad
Canadian
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 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.
Fredrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
International
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.
Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
International
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To carry out long-term research (6-24 months) in Germany. Applicants choose their own topic of research and their academic host.
Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
International
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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.
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
International
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.
Konrad Adenauer Research Award for Canadian Researchers
International
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.
International and Interdisciplinary Workshops
Canadian
To explore key questions of global importance that can best be addressed through interdisciplinary, international teams.
2018 Spring Flooding Loss Reduction - Call for Proposals
Canadian
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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.
VPR Major Research Project Application Preparation Grants
Canadian
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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.
New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Horizon Global Platform Competition
International
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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.
The Pandemic Response Challenge Program
Canadian
This program will build teams to address challenges requiring further research and development for solutions to meet COVID-19 related needs. The NRC will build these teams drawing on internal-to-government capacity and academic researchers who register to indicate their interest, and related areas of expertise and capabilities.
German Research Foundation: Initiation of International Collaboration
International
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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.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships – European Fellowships
International
The goal of the Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility. Individual Fellowships provide opportunities to researchers of any nationality to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research and innovation in Europe (EU Member States and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries) and beyond. The scheme particularly supports the return and (re)integration of European researchers from outside Europe and those who have previously worked here, as well as researchers displaced by conflict outside the EU and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries. It also promotes the career restart of individual researchers who show great potential.