External Funding
Find and Manage Funding
External Grants
Contact: rsogrants@ucalgary.ca
All submissions are subject to a 3-business day internal deadline.
The External Grants Division of Research Services manages and administers funding to researchers from external funding bodies, including Tri-Council; Canadian and international foundations, associations and societies; government agencies; and other non-profit organizations.
Programs range from large-scale grant programs, to targeted project-specific competitions, to smaller seed or travel funding.
How Research Services can help with external grant funding:
- Funding opportunities emails and maintain the Research Opportunities Database
- Host information sessions and workshops
- Host a library of successful grant applications and award nominations
- Advise on grant or award requirements
- Provide grant and award reviews and institutional approval
- Facilitate financial project (account) set up with Financial Services
Common External Funders:
Horizon Europe
Tri-Council (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC)
Foundations
US Government
Mitacs
Alberta Innovates
Institutional Program Funding
Institutional Programs Division Team (IPD)
Visit: Institutional Programs Division
Working directly with faculties and guided by the University of Calgary’s Research Plan, the Institutional Programs team provides a framework for the identification, qualification, development, submission and award management for major institutionally prioritized programs.
The Institutional Programs portfolio consists of high risk, high reward, highly complex, and multi-partner programs, often with commercialization as a desired outcome.
This team builds teams; teams of strategic professionals (including consulting, project management, intellectual property, legal, financial, industrial relations, government relations, philanthropic development, etc) to work with the lead faculty and scientist to develop funding strategies, business plans and superior Institutional Research Priority proposals.
From the Toolbox
Research Opportunities Database (ROD)
Research Management System (RMS)
Research Data Management (RDM)
Research Security Division (RSD)
Research Overhead Training
Participate in Research
Webinars and Workshops Library
SUPPORT - Test Your Concept
Clinical Trials Research
AB Research Ethics Symposium
IRISS
REB Exchange
Before you Apply...
Be sure to review the following resources before starting a funding application.
Visit: The Research Security Division
View: UCalgary STRAC pdf
The Government of Canada has announced its Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC). It outlines an enhanced federal position on national security surrounding post-secondary research and innovation, and will impact UCalgary researchers.
Get the Guide: What Grant Application Signatures Mean
Investigators applying for funding must follow specific guidelines to obtain the required institutional signatures.
In late 2010, Dean’s Council approved a comprehensive signature guideline which provides a thorough explanation of the importance and significance of what a signature acknowledges on a grant application. This guideline supports the standardized approvals collected through the Research Management System and the legacy Application Approvals form.
The signatures guide responds to Auditor General recommendations and ensures everyone, from the Principal Investigator to the Institution, is fully aware of his or her responsibilities and helps to clarify responsibility, reduce risk and avoid duplication. The guideline details both the rationale and the commitment a signature acknowledges on an application. It also covers letters of intent, new project and renewal requests and requests made by letter, proposal or preprinted forms.
The guide applies to:
- Letters of Intent
- New project funding requests; both competition-driven and self-initiated
- Requests made by letter or by written proposal, as well as those prepared on preprinted forms
- Renewal or supplemental funding request
Visit: EDI in Research
EDI Plans are required for some Tri-Council funding applications. Resources can be found on the EDI in Research webpage including:
- An understanding of how EDI is tied to research excellence
- Initial and essential learning to develop an authentic, high-impact EDI plan in a research program/team
- Skills to address EDI-related selection criteria and avoid common issues in Tri-council funding applications