Institutional Programs

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.


We can help with:

Infrastructure Programs

  • Alberta Ministry of Technology and Innovation 
  • Research Capacity Programs
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
    • John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)
    • Innovation Fund (IF)
    • Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF)
    • Major Sciences Initiative (MSI) Fund

Major Grants and Partnership Programs

  • NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program
  • SSHRC Partnership & Partnership Development Grants
  • New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration, Transformation & International streams
  • Genome Canada programs
  • Canada Biomedical Research Fund

Institutional Research Chairs Programs

  • Canada Research Chairs (CRC)
  • Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)
  • Campus Alberta Innovation Program (CAIP)

Other Institutional Priorities

  • PrairiesCan (formerly Western Economic Diversification)
  • Major Innovation Fund
  • Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)