External Research Funding Opportunities
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 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 |
| August 15 Notice of Intent On-line form available on SSHRC's website by mid-June |
SSHRC Insight Grant | Build knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world by supporting research excellence | Supports research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. | Insight |
