
Internal Grants
Vice-President (Research) Programs
The Office of the Vice-President (Research) offers the following Grants to faculty members, graduate students and scholars to support them with their endeavours.
Note: All applications require a signature from a University of Calgary Dean.
Contact:
Please direct questions and submit applications to vprawards@ucalgary.ca.
VPR Catalyst Grants
Visit: VPR Catalyst Grants
Designed to catalyze research initiatives that will lead to substantial external funding, and are intended to support well-defined early-stage research activities.
4 deadlines per year: Nov 15, Feb 15, May 15, Aug 15
Transdisciplinary Connector Grants
Visit: ITS Connector Grants
This grant supports activities that help build new transdisciplinary connections. The proposed activities need to clearly show how they will result in lasting new connections as well as how they will benefit the area of scholarship being addressed.
Margaret Gunn Endowment for Animal Research
Visit: MGEAR Information
Each year, this program provides funding to promote significant research initiatives investigating animal health and behavior with special consideration given to projects with agriculture significance.
*** The following competition are not currently accepting applications***
Thesis and Dissertation Research Grants
This grant provides funding support to graduate students with exceptional costs that are essential to the completion of their thesis/dissertation projects.
Faculty Conference Travel Grants
This grant provides travel funding support for faculty members to allow them to personally present the results of their original research, scholarship, and creative activity at national or multi-national scholarly forums.
Conference and Workshop Grants
Common Internal Grants
VPR Catalyst Grants
Transdisciplinary Connector Grants
MG Endowment for Animal Research
Other UCalgary Grants