Funding Term Length: 1 year
Max Funding Amount: $10,000
Matching Funds Required: N/A
Intake: April 9, 2021

Support innovation and activities emphasizing interdisciplinary and multi-department projects. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 6 months
Max Funding Amount: $25,000
Matching Funds Required: In-kind expected
Intake: No deadline

Engage grants support short term, well-defined research projects undertaken by eligible university and college researchers and their industrial partners aimed at addressing a company-specific problem. Across the spectrum of natural and social sciences, engineering, humanities or health; excepting those exclusively social sciences, humanities or health sciences which are SSHRC Engage Program eligible. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 3 years
Max Funding Amount: Level 1: $75,000; Level 2: $150,000
Matching Funds Required: Level 1: 50% of grant amount, of which at least half (i.e., 25% of the requested grant amount) in cash; Level 2: at least equal to the amount requested (cash and/or in kind)—of which at least 40% in cash
Intake: No deadline

ARD grants provide companies that operate from a Canadian base access to knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian colleges and to train students in essential technical skills required by companies. Expected to result in economic benefits to the company and/or Canada. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: N/A
Max Funding Amount: $150K, (up to $250K if additional $100k is coming from other sources)
Matching Funds Required: No
Intake: N/A

ARTI grants support the purchase of research equipment and installations to drive applied research, innovation and training in collaboration with local primarily small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1-3 years
Max Funding Amount: $120K per year
Matching Funds Required: Yes, cash/in-kind expected
Intake: 2/01/2021

The CCSIF program enables colleges to increase their capacity to work with communities, with the goal of developing partnerships that foster community innovation in areas such as the integration of vulnerable populations, community development, education and training, climate change, environmental degradation, as well as health and well-being. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 2 years
Max Funding Amount: Up to $200K per year
Matching Funds Required: In kind expected from institution
Intake: 2021-01-11 but open to “small” institutions only

EDI grants foster Equity Diversity & Inclusion in the Canadian post-secondary research enterprise through a focus on the identification and elimination of systemic barriers that impede the career advancement, recruitment and retention of underrepresented and/or disadvantaged groups. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 5 years, renewable as long as approved chair is in place
Max Funding Amount: $100-$200K per year
Matching Funds Required: Yes, private sector commitment cash/in-kind combo; cash required in second term
Intake: No competition in 2020, 2021 unclear

IRCC grants assist colleges to develop new or significantly enhance existing applied research efforts and capacity in areas that meet local or regional socio-economic needs. Chairholders are expected to conduct a program of applied research with partner companies. Candidates should therefore have a strong track record in conducting and managing industry-focused applied research projects. The applied research projects will provide an enhanced training environment for students and college personnel by giving them the opportunity to address applied research challenges with the private sector and to participate in significant ongoing interactions with business partners. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Entry Level IE: 2 years; Build IE: 5 years; Extend IE: 3 years
Max Funding Amount: Entry Level IE: $100K per year; Build IE: $400k per year; Extend IE: $300K per year
Matching Funds Required: Entry Level IE: no min from co.; Build IE: cash/in-kind min of $300K of which $75K must be in cash over 5 years; Extend IE: cash/in-kind totaling $600K of which $300K must be in cash over 3 years.
Intake: Into 19th cycle shortly;

IE Grants increase innovation at the community and/or regional level by enabling Canadian colleges to increase their capacity to work with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); support the growth of applied research capacity, leading to increased business collaborations that facilitate commercialization, as well as technology transfer, adaptation and adoption of new technologies. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 3 years
Max Funding Amount: $250k per year broken out into a max $125K per college/per university per year
Matching Funds Required: 100% of the funds requested of which 1/3 should be in cash
Intake: No deadline

IL grants intended to support joint college and university participation in the improvement or extension of existing company technology or commercial products, processes and/or services. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 5 years, renewable
Max Funding Amount: $350K per year
Matching Funds Required: Cash and/or in kind required
Intake: No competition in 2020, 2021 unclear

TAC Grants are intended to enhance the ability of companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to become more productive and innovative by enabling them to readily access college expertise, technology and equipment. This access to college capabilities is intended to enhance the productivity, competitiveness and innovation of the participating SMEs. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Market assessment – up to one year; Phase I – up to one year; Phase IIa – from 6 to 18 months; Phase IIb – up to two years
Max Funding Amount: Market assessment – $15,000 up to one year; Phase I – $125,000 up to one year; Phase I b – $60,000 up to 6 months; Phase II a – $125,000 from 6 to 18 months; Phase IIb $350,000 – up to two years
Matching Funds Required: Half of project costs through cash 7 in-kind
Intake: 2021-01-05; 2021-03-29; 2021-06-28; 2021-09-27

I2I grants accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology originating from the university and college sector and promote its transfer to a new or established Canadian company. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1-5 years
Max Funding Amount: up to $1 million
Matching Funds Required: 50% or 33%, depends on size of partner organization
Intake: No deadline

Alliance grants promote collaboration with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors; support research projects led by strong, complementary, collaborative teams that will generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1 year
Max Funding Amount: $7-25K
Matching Funds Required: No
Intake: Ongoing

Short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. In any disciplines, thematic areas, approaches or subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding. Expected to respond to Insight and/or Connection Program objectives. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1 – 3 years
Max Funding Amount: $75,000 to $200,000
Matching Funds Required: Expected to include a plan to seek and secure cash and/or in kind; no spec set
Intake: Nov 15,2020, no 2021 date published

Provide support to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities—projects can include knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and emerging scholars by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that can result in best practices or models—these can either be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level. Expected to respond to Insight and/or Connection Program objectives. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 4 – 7 years
Max Funding Amount: Stage 1: $20,000; Stage 2 (by invite only): $2.5 million
Matching Funds Required: Cash and in-kind of at least 35% of the amount requested
Intake: Feb 10, 2021, no 2022 deadline announced

Provide support for new and existing formal partnerships to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities. This is done through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as shown by cash and/or in-kind contributions. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 2 – 5 years
Max Funding Amount: Stream A: $7K to $100K; Stream B $101K to $400K
Matching Funds Required: N/A
Intake: October, 2020 competition, no 2021 dates posted

Insight grant is designed to build knowledge and understanding from disciplinary, interdisciplinary and/or cross-sector perspectives through support for the best researchers; support new approaches to research on complex and important topics, including those that transcend the capacity of any one scholar, institution or discipline; provide a high-quality research training experience for students; fund research expertise that relates to societal challenges and opportunities; and mobilize research knowledge, to and from academic and non-academic audiences, with the potential to lead to intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1 year
Max Funding Amount: Events: $7,000 to $25,000; Outreach activities: $7,000 to $50,000; higher amounts may be considered if well justified
Matching Funds Required: Cash and/or in-kind contributions (excluding registration fees) equivalent to a minimum of 50% of the amount requested
Intake: Nov 1, Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1

Connection Grant is designed to enable the multidirectional flow of social sciences and humanities research knowledge among researchers, and across academia and society as a whole, to enhance intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact; increase the accessibility and use of social sciences and humanities research knowledge among academic and non-academic audiences; support the building of reciprocal relationships among social sciences and humanities researchers, and between the researchers and those in a position to either co-create or use research knowledge; support the development of social sciences and humanities research networks and tools designed to enable scholarly work; and make such networks and tools more accessible to non-academic audiences. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: N/A
Max Funding Amount: N/A
Matching Funds Required: N/A
Intake: N/A

Talent Grant is designed to support the development of the best or most promising highly qualified personnel with social sciences and humanities research and professional skills; support the best or most promising social sciences and humanities students and postdoctoral researchers selected through an adjudication process; support students and scholars in gaining exposure to international social sciences and humanities scholarship; and mobilize social sciences and humanities knowledge that has the potential to lead to intellectual, cultural, social and economic influence, benefit and impact. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Various
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Intake: No competition in 2020, 2021 unclear

CHRP grants translate research results to knowledge/technology users and other stakeholders; encourage the NSERC and CIHR research communities to collaborate and integrate their expertise; Advance interdisciplinary research leading to knowledge and technologies with the potential to benefit Canada by improving the Canadian healthcare system and/or services and where appropriate lead to economic opportunities in Canada; and train highly qualified personnel in collaborative and interdisciplinary research relevant to health. Learn more >

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Project grants are designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes. It supports projects or programs of research proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers in all areas of health. They will support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation projects at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization; promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors; and, contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge. Learn more >

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CIHR considers applications across the full spectrum of health research. CIHR categorizes health research in four broad themes: bio-medical research; clinical research; research respecting health systems and services; and research into the health of populations, societal and cultural dimensions of health, and environmental influences on health. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: N/A
Max Funding Amount: Range, small to large scale project above $250K
Matching Funds Required: No
Intake: Ongoing

Financial and advisory aid for SME’s. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: N/A
Max Funding Amount: Range
Matching Funds Required: No
Intake: Ongoing

Funding support for those interested in collaborating with NRC researchers to apply AI and data analytics to solve current and arising logistics challenges. Learn more >

Funding Term Length:
Max Funding Amount: Stream 1 (research infrastructure): $ 1million; Stream 2 (research infrastructure tied to NSERC Build IE grant)
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Intake: Annual, March 15 submission date ; up to 2 projects at a time

CIIF seeks to enhance the capacity of colleges to support business innovation in Canada by providing them with state-of-the-art, industry-relevant research infrastructure to foster partnerships with the private sector in a specific area of strategic priority to the institution. CIIF will create and enhance college-industry partnerships leading to business innovation using industry-relevant, state-of-the-art research infrastructure; build upon proven applied research capacity and a track record of partnerships with the private sector in an area of strategic priority to the institution; and, generate socioeconomic benefits in the region and nationally including the development of highly skilled personnel. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 16 months
Max Funding Amount: $15,000 (4 month “unit”, up to 4 units)
Matching Funds Required: $7,500 (4 month “unit”, up to 4 units) from partner organization
Intake: Ongoing

A student, a supervising professor, and a partner organization develop a research project; peer review occurs to obtain approvals. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 2 years
Max Funding Amount: $60,000
Matching Funds Required: $30,000 minimum from partner organization
Intake: Ongoing

Includes a research management training program and a postdoctoral fellowship. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 4 months
Max Funding Amount: $10,000 total
Matching Funds Required: $5,000 of total from institution and partner organization
Intake: Closed presently

For placing business students in 4 month summer stints to help with economic recovery. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 2 years
Max Funding Amount: Stream 1: $150,000 Manitoba based consortium; Stream 2: Manitoba post secondary researchers
Matching Funds Required: Stream 1: 50% cash/in-kind, of which at least 50% must be cash
Intake: Quarterly EOI’s, June, Sept, Dec, Mar 15th; invitations only to full proposals

Stream 1: supports local collaboration addressing a company specific discovery or innovation towards market usability; allows academics to use their world-class knowledge, facilities, and highly qualified personnel (HQP) to close the knowledge gaps identified during the industry partner’s innovation development. Stream 2: supports the advancement of discoveries or innovations within an academic setting, which may result in advancing products or technologies, towards market usability. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Open
Max Funding Amount: Open
Matching Funds Required: Yes
Intake: Open

Supports economic development and innovation entrepreneurship in Manitoba by supporting partnerships conducting research in biosciences, advanced manufacturing , ICT, infrastructure and ground transportation. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Not defined
Max Funding Amount: $200,000
Matching Funds Required: Cash/in-kind expected
Intake: Last call closed July 31, 2020; annual

Supports projects occurring in Manitoba that incorporate actions to combat and adapt to climate change and protect the environment in one or more of the three Categories of the Fund: Climate and Green Technology, Water and Nature and Resilient Landscape. Learn more >

Funding Term Length:
Max Funding Amount: $10 million
Matching Funds Required: No; may cover 100% of eligible costs
Intake: No deadline; due diligence process

Supports industrial research, including activities related to the discovery of new knowledge that aim to support the development of new technology-driven products, processes or services at early-stage technology readiness levels; and, large-scale technology demonstration, including the advancement and development of new technologies into product-specific applications at mid-to-late stage technology readiness levels. Learn more >

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Max Funding Amount: $10 million
Matching Funds Required: Will not exceed 100% of eligible costs
Intake: No deadline, Step 1: Statement of interest; Step 2 full application

Each Ecosystem proposal may support multiple projects. Projects supported by the Ecosystem may be industrial research, including activities related to the discovery of new knowledge that aim to support the development of new technology-driven products, processes or services at early-stage technology readiness levels (mainly within TRLs 3 to 7). Projects supported by the Ecosystem may also be technology demonstration, including the advancement and development of new technologies into product-specific applications at mid-stage and late-stage technology readiness levels with the goal of commercialization in areas of proven Canadian advantage. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Undefined
Max Funding Amount: Undefined
Matching Funds Required: Typically 50% cash/in-kind
Intake: Ongoing

Support and grow strategic clusters to leverage regional strengths and support businesses commercialize products, technologies and services, and to scale-up. Enhance the development and reach of business accelerators and incubators, and other organizations, which support entrepreneurs, start-ups and companies with high-growth potential. Support projects led by innovation-oriented organizations to increase and promote business productivity and global competitiveness, and investment and talent attraction. Enhance the capacity of ecosystems to support underrepresented groups, including women, Indigenous peoples, and young entrepreneurs. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Varied
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International scholarships to support the attraction over of international students. Learn more >

Funding Term Length:
Max Funding Amount: Up to 75% of eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $75,000 for any approved project.
Matching Funds Required:
Intake: The intake for CanExport Innovation applications is on-going. However, applications must be submitted at least 8 WEEKS prior to the anticipated start date of the activities.

Designed to promote and enhance Canada’s international innovation efforts. The program supports innovators who aim to commercialize technology by pursuing collaborative international research and development (R&D) opportunities through partnerships with key players in foreign markets. Learn more >

Funding Term Length:
Max Funding Amount: Varied – looks like $100K – $500K average
Matching Funds Required: Not evident
Intake: Contact ISC regional office

Aims to increase the number of First Nations students pursuing post-secondary education and contribute to closing the education attainment gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous students in Canada. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Varied
Max Funding Amount: No cap but cannot exceed 50% of eligible expenses
Matching Funds Required: No
Intake: March 2, 2021 – April 16, 2021; last year of intakes

Short-term basic and applied research and development projects, as well as investment related to research capacity building in the strategic priority areas of climate change adaptation, environmental sustainability, food, diet & health & sustainable feed grains and supply utilization. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Up to 4 years
Max Funding Amount: 1-3 million
Matching Funds Required: Yes, 100% of GC level from eligible sources
Intake: Contact Genome Prairie

The Large-Scale Applied Research Project (LSARP) Competition aims to support applied research projects that use genomic approaches to address challenges and opportunities in target sectors. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1-3 years typical, some flexibility either way
Max Funding Amount: $100K to $2M
Matching Funds Required: Yes, 2/3 of total project from eligible sources, with at least 1/3 from the recipient
Intake: Contact Genome Prairie

The Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) funds downstream research and development (R&D) projects that address real world opportunities and challenges identified by industry, government, not-for-profits and other “Receptors” of genomics knowledge and technologies. GAPP projects are collaborations between academic researchers and Receptor organizations, and are co-funded by Genome Canada, Receptors and other stakeholders. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Done by March 31, 2023
Max Funding Amount: Up to $750,000
Matching Funds Required: None; needs to be led by an indigenous entity
Intake: Deadline April 14 at 2 pm, Eastern Daylight Time

We will fund Indigenous communities, governments and organizations that are exploring ways to improve Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care (IELCC). Learn more >

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Max Funding Amount: 20 hours TAC activity
Matching Funds Required: No
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Interactive Visits provide clients of the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) with up to 20 hours of access to the equipment, facilities, and expertise of a Technology Access Centre (TAC) to solve a specific business or technical challenge. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1 year
Max Funding Amount: $100,000
Matching Funds Required: 50% matching funding
Intake: Next intake 15 June 21

The IGP provides cost-sharing assistance to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to assist them in developing and commercializing new innovative products and processes. Learn more >

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Collaboration within the heavy equipment and vehicle manufacturing sector and its supply base in Manitoba to support common corporate initiatives and precompetitive research projects. Learn more >

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VTC will work to broker industry research and development needs with the researchers at educational institutions in Manitoba. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: 1 year
Max Funding Amount: $100,000
Matching Funds Required: 50% matching funding
Intake: Next intake 15 June 21

The IGP provides cost-sharing assistance to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to assist them in developing and commercializing new innovative products and processes. Learn more >

Funding Term Length: Over 5 years, to 2024
Max Funding Amount: $280 million “bucket”
Matching Funds Required: Fund up to 50% of Total Project Costs
Intake: June 22 deadline

To address the lack of charging and refueling stations in Canada; one of the key barriers to ZEV adoption, by increasing the availability of localized charging and hydrogen refueling opportunities where Canadians live, work, and play. Learn more >