Research Opportunities Database
Find opportunities for research funding, fellowships, contracts, partnerships, and more.
Search the new Research Opportunities Database for the most common grants, fellowships, and programs at UCalgary.
This database includes:
- Research opportunities for Faculty and Postdocs
- Prizes and Awards
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Some Scholarships and Research Studentships for graduate and undergraduate students
Resources For Students:
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Undergrads and High School Programs
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Graduate Students
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| Title | Opportunity Type | Award amount and duration | Sponsor | Program Application Deadline | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada-France call for proposals on artificial intelligence | Grant | Up to CAN$100,000 per year for 2-3 years | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | ||
| Fall 2025 Funding Competition: Cancer Research | Grant | up to $450,000 over three years | Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation | Cancer, Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation, Proof-of-Principle | |
| Summer 2025 Funding Competition: Cancer Research | Grant | up to $450,000 over three years | Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation | Cancer, Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation, Proof-of-Principle | |
| Agriculture Funding Consortium: 2025-2026 Research and Innovation Program | Grant | varies | Agriculture Funding Consortium (AFC) | Agriculture Funding Consortium, Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), Alberta Innovates, Research and Innovation Program, animal health, care, and welfare, food safety, agri-food industry | |
| Early Career Investigators in Alberta Research Grant | Grant | $30,000, duration variable | Canadian Intensive Care Foundation | intensive care, early-career investigator, alberta healthcare, critical care | |
| 2025 TRIANGLE GI & Liver Postdoctoral Awards | Postdoctoral Funding | Variable Awards; $25,000 to $35,000 for 3 years | TRIANGLE Canada | TRIANGLE GI & Liver Awards, Postdoctoral, Gastroenterology, Liver | |
| 2025 CARRA Mentored Career Development Award | Postdoctoral Funding | $375,000 USD for 3 years | Childhood Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) | CARRA Mentored Career Development Award, Childhood Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Precision Medicine, Epidemiology, Treatment Development | |
| 2025 Molly Towell Perinatal Research Foundation Fellowship | Postdoctoral Funding | $60,000 for 1 year | Molly Towell Perinatal Research Foundation | Molly Towell Perinatal Research Foundation Fellowship, Postdoctoral, Fetal and neonatal medicine, Biomedical or clinical research, Fetal development | |
| 2025-2026 Mitacs and Stem Cell Network (SCN) Industry-Based Internship Program | Program | $30,000 CAD, for two four-month terms ($20,000 ($10,000 per term) as a mandatory minimum stipend. 10,000 for flexible research expenses) | Mitacs | 2025-2026 Mitacs and Stem Cell Network (SCN) Industry-Based Internship Program, Postdoctoral, Graduate students , Masters and PhD, Industry, Biosciences, Biotechnology, Therapeutics | |
| 2025 StrokeGoRed National Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards | Postdoctoral Funding | $30,000 for one year. Two awards are available. To be matched by the host institution. | CanStroke Recovery Trials | 2025 StrokeGoRed National Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards, Postdoctoral, Sex and gender, Stroke, Diagnosis, reatment, Rehabilitation | |
| Rapid Response 2025 program | Grant | Up to $300,000 over 18-24 months | Weston Family Foundation | seed funding, neurodegenerative disease, aging, translational research | |
| Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta (EESA) | Grant | up to $75,000 (larger amounts for interdisciplinary projects will also be considered); up to 3 years | Government of Alberta / Environment and Protected Areas | Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (EPA), Enhancing Environmental Science in Alberta (EESA), fish, wildlife, habitat, water, climate | |
| 2025 NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate grants | Grant | See NSERC Alliance Advantage funding criteria | """Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) / Mitacs (148047)"" (148048)" | Mitacs, NSERC, Partnership grants | |
| 2025 NSERC Alliance Society | Grant | $20,000 to $1 million per year over 1-5 years | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | NSERC, Alliance, Societal impact | |
| 2025 NSERC Alliance Advantage | Grant | $20,000 to $1 million per year for 1-5 years | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | NSERC, Alliance, Collaboration, Partnerships | |
| 2025 NSERC Alliance International - Collaboration stream | Grant | $100,000 per year for up to 3 years | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Alliance, International Collaboration, NSERC, Science, Engineering | |
| 2025 KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowships | Postdoctoral Funding | $65,000 (MD) or $55,000 (PhD) per year for two to three years (50% will be covered by the KRESCENT program, and 50% will be matched by the host institution) | Kidney Foundation of Canada | KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowships, Kidney health, Kidney disease, Postdoctoral | |
| Request for Proposals: Play Learn Thrive - Transition to Scale | Grant | Up to $1,500,000 for two years | The Lego Foundation & Grand Challenges Canada | Scaling innovation, Children's education and development, Strategic partnerships, Grand Challenges Canada, Lego Foundation | |
| Request for Proposals: Play Learn Thrive - Proof of Concept (POC) | Grant | Up to $250,000 CAD per project over a maximum of 24 months. | The Lego Foundation & Grand Challenges Canada | Proof of Concept, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Play-based Solutions, Support Networks, Whole child focused | |
| Freshwater Storytelling: Request for Proposals | Grant | Up to $100,000 for one year | National Geographic | Freshwater, Sustainable Water Use, Climate Change, Water Scarcity, Freshwater Resources | |
| Bridging Gaps in Advancing Human Skeletal Muscle Regeneration | Grant | $100,000 per year for two years | Muscular Dystrophy Association | Muscular Dystrophy, Muscle Regeneration, Translational Gap, Clinical Trials, Biomarkers | |
| Leukemia Research Foundation – New Investigator Research Grant Program | Grant | $150k over a 2-year period | Leukemia Research Foundation; 210372; Active | early-career investigators, leukemia research, innovative research projects | |
| Team Grant: ERDERA Joint Transnational Call 2025 | Grant | Up to $150,000 per year for up to 3 years | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Team Grant, European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA), Pre-Clinical, Therapy Studies, Rare Disease | |
| Research Grants Program 2025 | Grant | no set minimum or maximum; average grant approx. $40,000 for 2 years | Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta (WCB-Alberta) | Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta (WCB-Alberta), Research Grants Program, psychological injuries, psychosocial impacts, underrepresented and marginalized groups, work injury, changing nature of work, disability management and rehabilitation | |
| Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention | Grant | $400,000 per year for up to five (5) years | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Cancer Prevention, Team grant | |
| 2025 Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship | Postdoctoral Funding | $74,000 with increases up to 78,000 (over 3 years) & $5,000 Research Allowance (yearly) | Cancer Research Institute (CRI); 207749; Active | Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship, Immunology, Oncology, Immunotherapies, Computational biology, Data science, Genomics, Postdoctoral | |
| 2025 Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship | Postdoctoral Funding | $74,000 with increases up to $78,000 (over 3 years) & $5,000 Research Allowance (yearly) | Cancer Research Institute (CRI); 207749; Active | Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship, Immunology, Oncology, Tumor immunology, Postdoctoral, EDI | |
| Brain Canada Future Leaders 2024-25 | Grant | $100,000 over two years | Brain Canada Foundation | Future Leaders, Nervous System Research, Early-Career Investigators, Neurological and Mental Illnesses | |
| Volt-Age Impact Round 2025 | Grant | Impact Projects: up to $4M over 4 years; Living Labs: up to $1.5M over 4 years | Concordia University | volt-age, cfref, electrification, concordia, sustainability, energy, internet-of-things, living lab | |
| Catalyst Grant: Oral Health Data Analysis | Grant | variable amount, for up to one (1) year | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), oral health, data analysis, Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Cycle 7 | |
| 2025 NSERC Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan | Postdoctoral Funding | JPY362,000 per month with a settling-in allowance of JPY200,000 over 12 to 24 months and a round-trip air ticket | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), NSERC, Postdoctoral, International, Humanities, Social sciences, Natural sciences | |
| Project Grant: Spring 2025 | Grant | Up to $16.25M for any duration | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), project grant, health research, Indigenous research | |
| New Investigator Research Grant Program | Grant | Up to $150,000 for two years | Leukemia Research Foundation; 210372; Active | Early-career investigators, leukemia, innovation | |
| JTC - Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care | Grant | $1,500,000 | Transforming Health and Care Systems | Integrated primary and community care, Seamless care pathways, Organizational and operational innovations, Transnational, evidence-based implementation strategies, Workforce capacity building and task shifting | |
| NSERC: 2026 Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program | Grant | Up to $150K (year 1) and $300K annually (years 2-6) for a total of up to $1.65M over 6 years | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | Collaborative Research and Training Experience, NSERC, CREATE, Collaborative, Training | |
| 2025 TRIANGLE Connect Summer Student Awards | Research Studentship | $6000 summer student stipend for 12-16 weeks (May – August) of full-time or part-time research. | TRIANGLE Canada | TRIANGLE Connect Summer Student Awards, Undergraduate, MD Students, Gastroenterology, Liver, GI | |
| Advanced Materials Challenge | Grant | $250,000 to $5M per project; 3 years | Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) | Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA), Advanced Materials Challenge, circular economy, industrial decarbonization, carbon management | |
| France Canada Research Fund+ | Grant | CAD $5000 for 1 year | Embassy of France; 203313; Active | France-Canada partnership, travel awards, enhancing partnerships | |
| March 2025 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant | Grant | $7,000 to $25,000 for one year | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | March 2025 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Partnered Research | |
| May 2025 SSHRC Connection Grant | Grant | up to $25,000 for events; up to $50,000 for outreach activities for one year | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | May 2025 SSHRC Connection Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Knowledge Mobilization, Conferences, events, activities | |
| Idea to Innovation Grants - March Intake | Grant | Variable by phase | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) | idea to innovation, technology transfer, market assessment, NSERC | |
| CRI Clinical Innovator | Grant | $1 million for each clinical trial, duration variable | Cancer Research Institute (CRI); 207749; Active | clinical trials, novel immunotherapies, biomarker discovery | |
| Clinic & Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) | Grant | Up to $150,000 per year for two years | Cancer Research Institute (CRI); 207749; Active | immunotherapies, cancer research, research translation | |
| 2025 Mitacs Accelerate (Rolling Deadline) | Grant | Total award value is $15,000. funding starts at $10,000 and the partner provides a top-up of $7,500 at minimum. Funding is every 4-6 months, for up to 5 years | Mitacs | Mitacs, Accelerate, For-profit organizations, Non-profit organizations, Recent graduates | |
| 2025 Mitacs Elevate (Rolling Deadline) | Postdoctoral Funding | $60,000 per year for two years | Mitacs | Mitacs, Elevate, Postdoctoral, Professional development curriculum | |
| 2025 Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) (Rolling Deadline) | Grant | Total value of the award is $10,000-15,000 (over 4-month full-time or 6-month part-time). The partner organization will contribute $5,000-7,500 (plus applicable taxes) and Mitacs will contribute the remaining $5,000-7,500. | Mitacs | Mitacs, Business Strategy Internship (BSI), Rolling Deadline | |
| 2025 SSHRC Partnership Grant | Grant | $500,000 per year for a maximum of up to $2.5 million; Duration: 4-7 years | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | Partnership Grant, PG, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, SSHRC, Partnered Research, Partnership, Knowledge Mobilization | |
| Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) | Grant | $1,000,000.00 for each year of the five-year grant | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | clinical translation, bench to bedside, hematological malignancies, specialized center of research | |
| Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) Joint Call 2024 | Grant | $250,000 to $1M per project; 3 years | Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) | Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA), Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership), renewable energy, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), energy system flexibility, heating and cooling technologies, geothermal, clean energy | |
| 2025 Innovation Grant | Grant | Up to $250,000 over two years | Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation; 201382; Active | Innovative pediatric oncology research, Seed funding for established researchers, Novel approaches to childhood cancer, Clinical translation focus | |
| MSI Foundation Research Grant 2025 | Grant | up to $50,000 per year; 2 years | MSI Foundation | MSI Foundation, MSI Foundation Research Grant 2025, population health, health services | |
| NSERC-CSE Research Communities Grants 2024 | Grant | $700,000 or $1.4M per year over 4 years | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) / Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | NSERC, CSE, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Communications Security Establishment Canada, STRAC | |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Discovery Grants Program | Grant | $750,000.00 | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Blood Cancer Research, Cellular Vulnerabilities, Immune Evasion Mechanisms, Novel Biomarkers, Cancer Microenvironment | |
| CAAIN 2024 Open Competition | Grant | up to $3M per project; 1 year | Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network Ltd. (CAAIN) | Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN), agri-food, agtech, smart farms, automation, robotics, agriculture | |
| Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Stream II 2024-2025 | Grant | up to $150,000 per year; max. 2 years | Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates, Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE), NSERC Alliance, SMEs, partnership, quantum | |
| Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program (ABIP) 2024-2025 | Grant | 75% of total project costs to a maximum of $500,000; 3 years | Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates, Agri-Food and Bioindustrial Innovation Program (ABIP), agriculture, forestry, climate change, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, sustainability | |
| TRIANGLE Early Career Researcher (ECR) SECURE Awards | Grant | TRIANGLE Canada | TRIANGLE Early Career Researcher Award | ||
| Ecosystem Development Partnership (EDP) Program 2024-2025 | Grant | no maximum award amount; up to 3 years | Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates, Ecosystem Development Partnership (EDP) Program, research and innovation, innovation ecosystem, health innovation, entrepreneur ecosystems, agri-food innovation, technology innovation hubs, clean energy | |
| Strategic Networking and Development (SND) Grants 2024-2025 | Grant | up to $25,000 per project; 1 year | Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates, Strategic Networking and Development (SND), emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles, robotics, communication networks, manufacturing, nanotechnologies | |
| Clean Resources Continuous Intake 2024-2025 | Grant | max. $2M | Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates, Clean Resources Continuous Intake, bioenergy and circular economy, carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS), hydrogen, critical minerals, land and biodiversity, water innovation, hydrocarbons, bioindustrial materials, bitumen, renewable and alternative energy, recovery technologies, methane emissions, mining and extraction, rare earth elements, oil sands | |
| Alberta Innovates Health Innovation Awards | Prize/Award | Alberta Innovates | Digital Health Innovation Awards, Alberta Innovates, digital health, medicine, early career, health data | ||
| Panmure House Prize | Prize/Award | $75,000 | Adam Smith Panmure House | Incentive prize, Panmure House Prize, Innovation, Finance, Economics, Arts | |
| Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowships | Prize/Award | 150,000 for 12 months | Government of Canada / National Research Council (NRC); 205205; Active | National Killam Program, National Research Council, Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship, mid career, late career, collaboration, knowledge mobilization | |
| Balzan Prizes | Prize/Award | 750,000 Swiss francs | International Balzan Prize Foundation | Balzan Prize, Engineering, History, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine | |
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship | Prize/Award | Canadian Academy of Health Sciences | Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship, Medicine, Science, Nursing, Arts, Veterinary, Kinesiology | ||
| Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research | Grant | LOI-$100,000; Full Grant-$200,000 per year for up to five (5) years | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), STBBI, HIV/AIDS, community-based research, team grant, Indigenous health research, EDI, knowledge mobilization | |
| Accelerating Agricultural Innovations (AAI) 2.0 | Grant | Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) | Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), Accelerating Agricultural Innovations (AAI), Sustainable CAP, crops, livestock, agri-food | ||
| 2024 The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Research Grant program | Grant | """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (150375)"""""""""""""""" (150733)"""""""" (150734)"""" (153012)"" (153013)" | Conservation, Food and Health Foundation, Quota | ||
| Hydrogen Centre of Excellence (HCOE) - Services Capacity | Grant | $500,000; 2 years | Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates, Hydrogen Centre of Excellence (HCOE), Services Capacity, clean resources, hydrogen value chain, hydrogen deployment, hydrogen ecosystem, energy diversification, alternative energy | |
| ASPCA Open-Access Publishing Fund (OAPF) | Grant | Up to $5,000 per article | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) | The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), ASPCA Open-Access Publishing Fund (OAPF), Animal Welfare, Open-Access Journals, Peer-Reviewed Publications, International Foundations | |
| VinFuture Prize | Prize/Award | $3M or $500,000 | VinFuture Foundation | VinFuture Prize, Science, technology, Engineering | |
| ASTEch Awards | Prize/Award | Technology Alberta | ASTech Awards, Science, Engineering, Aerospace Innovation, Agriculture/Agrifood, AI/ML Advancement and Application , Digital, Construction/Smart Cities/Transportation , Energy/Cleantech, Environment/Water, Hydrogen and Alternative Energies Initiatives, Medicine, Medical/Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals, Social Innovation/Educational Technologies, Sustainability Solutions/Approaches | ||
| Alberta Medical Association Achievement Awards | Prize/Award | Alberta Medical Association | AMA Achievement Awards, Medal for Distinguished Service, AMA Medal of Honor | ||
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Prize/Award | $50,000 or $100,000 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) | Partnership Award , Insight Award , SSHRC Gold Medal, Connection Award , Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), SSHRC Impact Awards | |
| Royal Society of Canada Awards | Prize/Award | Royal Society of Canada | Royal Society of Canada, John L. Synge Award, McLaughlin Medal, Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, Rutherford Memorial Medal, Yvan Allaire Medal, Bancroft Award , Pierre Chauveau Medal (Biennial), Sir John William Dawson Medal (Biennial), Jason A. Hannah Medal (Biennial), Flavelle Medal , Innis-Gérin Medal , Lorne Pierce Medal , Michael P. Païdoussis Medal , Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies , Willet G. Miller Medal , J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal | ||
| Community-Based Research Canada Awards | Prize/Award | Community Based Research Canada (CBR Canada) | Community-Based Research Canada Awards, Quota | ||
| Killam Prizes | Prize/Award | $100,000 | Government of Canada / National Research Council (NRC); 205205; Active | Killam Prize, National Research Council | |
| Dorothy Killam Fellowship | Prize/Award | $80,000/year for two years | National Research Council | Dorothy Killam Fellowship, National Research Council, Early career researcher, Mid career researcher | |
| Patterson Medal | Prize/Award | Meteorological Service of Canada | Patterson Medal | ||
| KRESCENT New Investigator Award 2025 | Grant | $65,000 (PhD no MD) or $70,000 (MD) stipend/year up to 3 years | Kidney Foundation of Canada | KRESCENT, Kidney Foundation of Canada, New Investigator Award, Kidney, Early Career |