External Research Funding Opportunities
Canada Research Chairs - Nomination deadline: January 9, 2012
Research Deadlines
Following are grant application deadlines for 2012:
| Deadline | Agency | Program | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ongoing (May 1 & Nov. 1) | SSHRC | Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada | Supports workshops held in and outside of Canada, and conferences held in Canada | SSHRC |
| Ongoing | Spencer Foundation | Investigate ways in which education can be improved, around the world | Spencer | |
| Ongoing | RGK Foundation | Education, Community, and Health/Medicine | RGK | |
| Ongoing | CIDA | various | Lead Canada's international effort to help people living in poverty | CIDA |
| Ongoing | Ford Foundation | Working to reduce poverty and injustice and to promote democratic values, free expression and human achievement | Ford | |
| Ongoing | MacArthur Foundation | International Grantmaking: Global Security & Sustainability | Focuses on international issues, including human rights and international justice, peace and security, conservation and sustainable development, higher education in Africa and Russia, migration | MacArthur |
| Ongoing | Statistics Canada | Canadian Initiative on Social Statistics (CISS) Access to Research Data Centres | To promote research and training in the application of social statistics | CISS |
| Ongoing | The Rockefeller Foundation | Strengthening Food Security: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa; Transforming Health Systems | Rockefeller | |
| Ongoing | Environment Canada | Environmental Damages Fund | To provide a mechanism for directing funds received as a result of fines, court orders, and voluntary payments to priority projects that will benefit our natural environment | EC |
| January 25 | Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) | Privacy Research and Knowledge Translation Funding Program | Promotes the advancement of privacy knowledge in Canada by providing funding for independent privacy research and related knowledge translation initiatives in Canada under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) | OPC |
| February 1 | SSHRC | Insight Development Grants | Support of research in its initial stages | SSHRC |
| March 15 | Government of Canada - International Scholarships | Foreign Government Awards - France |
The Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in Canada offers scholarships for study in France at the master's level, doctoral or post-doctoral level. The competition is open to all disciplines (natural sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences and the arts). |
International Scholarships |
| January 12 - Notice of Intent April 26 - Submission of Proposals |
Canadian Foundation for Innovation | Leading Edge Fund and New Initiatives Fund | Infrastructure support to explore promising new reserach directions | CFI |
