Research Funding Opportunities

Schedule RMS Training before your application is due

The RMS team is pleased to offer regular training sessions for RMS (Research Management System). Proactive training in RMS is encouraged, particularly in advance of the Fall grant season. Training is open to new users and existing users looking for a refresher: 

How to create an LOI/Application: 

• Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 am – 11:30 am
• Every Thursday, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Approver training: 

• By request

Email rms@ucalgary.ca to schedule training for yourself or your team. 

RMS Training  

What is RMS?

RMS (Research Management System) manages the pre-award (LOI and Application) and post-award stages for research grants. Throughout the grants life-cycle, RMS interfaces with other UCalgary systems, such as IRISS and PeopleSoft, to provide a seamless process for grants and awards management, eliminate re-keying of data and heightened transparency into the status of applications at any time.

Learn more about RMS at research.ucalgary.ca/rms.

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Improvements to the NSERC Alliance grants program and webinar links

NSERC has announced the launch of several improvements to its Alliance grants program. This update is in response to feedback received and builds on our experience with the program over the last four years.

Alliance grants were launched in 2019 to encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. By partnering with organizations that can use their work, researchers can turn their discoveries into impact.

In 2022–23, NSERC evaluated the program through surveys, consultations and interviews with stakeholders. The perspective of the community, along with NSERC’s experience to date, shaped the changes described below.

These changes aim to make the Alliance grants program even more simple, flexible, modernized and responsive. They will help to:

• remove barriers to collaboration 
• champion more research partnerships 
• provide efficient and responsive proposal assessment 
• strengthen relationships with the research community 
• ensure inclusive research support 

The first visible change is new names for Alliance grants cost sharing options 1 and 2. This rebranding makes it easier to distinguish between the two options.

Alliance Advantage (formerly cost sharing option 1) is designed for partner-driven projects. The grants support the objectives of Alliance with a focus on the partners’ goals, with at least one partner sharing in the costs of research. NSERC will contribute up to 66.7% (2:1 leverage) of the project’s direct costs for successful applications. For more information, see Alliance Advantage.

Alliance Society (formerly cost sharing option 2) is designed for projects with societal impact as the main driver. NSERC covers 100% of these project costs. For more information, see Alliance Society.

Please view the full list of changes at this link.

As a result of these changes, we have set up new Research funding database entries:

1. NSERC Alliance Advantage (formerly Option 1) - Rolling intake
2. NSERC Alliance Society (formerly option 2) - Rolling intake

For more information, please reach out to Alisha Kadam. 

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CIHR Updates in Response to DORA

Please see the release of important updates from CIHR on application and peer-review guidance in response to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). Applicants are encouraged to highlight a broad range of contributions and impacts in their applications and reviewers are instructed to include them in their assessments. In addition to guidance within the Fall 2023 Project Grant application instructions, they have created an FAQ page and two one-page resources:

For applicants: applicant_resource-eng.pdf (cihr-irsc.gc.ca)

For peer reviewers: peer_review_resource-eng.pdf (cihr-irsc.gc.ca)

The University of Calgary signed DORA in January 2021 with the aim of improving research assessment practices and recognizing accomplishments more broadly across all scholarly disciplines. For more information on DORA implementation at UCalgary please check out our website: DORA | Research at UCalgary | University of Calgary. If you have questions, please contact DORA@ucalgary.ca.

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PASSIONATE ABOUT ADVANCING ANIMAL HEALTH? APPLY TODAY AND SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE!

Morris Animal Foundation is seeking scientific experts in the animal health community to serve on our Animal Health Advisory Council (AHAC) and Scientific Advisory Boards, helping to select the best scientific projects to move veterinary medicine and wildlife health forward.

To learn more and apply to join, please visit our AHAC page. If you are interested in serving on a topic-specific board, please be sure to note that where prompted in the application.

Expertise needs change based on proposal topics and active grant review requirements. The Scientific Programs team continually queries the database and reaches out to members for potential roles when new opportunities arise.

LEARN MORE & APPLY

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The Research Community Digest is a quarterly communication designed to keep you, our UCalgary research community, informed about important updates and activities from the Office of the Vice-President (Research) and its portfolio of units.

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Attend an information session to learn more about the new STRAC policy 

On January 16, 2024 the Government of Canada announced its new policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC).

The policy will apply to all grant applications submitted to the federal granting agencies – the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) – that involve research advancing a sensitive technology area. 

The policy will apply to all federal granting calls announced on or after May 1, 2024.

The Research Security Division is hosting a series of workshops to provide information and answer questions on how STRAC will impact the UCalgary research community.

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Research Support

New Research Security Services

The Research Security Division is here to help you safeguard your work from unwanted access, theft, and misuse. There are three teams to support you – Outreach & Education, Due Diligence, and Compliance & Special Investigations. 

Reach out to researchsecurity@ucalgary.ca for information about:

• Partner vetting and assessing sensitive research areas for risk
• Assistance with Risk Assessment Forms
• Personalized travel and security briefings
• Workshops and information sessions
• Guidance on controlled goods, export controls, and sanctions
• Guidance on new policy on Sensitive Technology Research & Affiliations of Concern

Visit the Research Security website for important policy updates and links to resources.

Access Research Security resources

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Research Funding Alerts from Brain Canada Foundation

In the coming months, Brain Canada will be launching their first Social Innovation research program in Traumatic Brain Injury, with opportunities for health economics analysis, process analysis, evidence-based best practices based on current evidence, and other topics requiring skills and expertise beyond neuroscience. In the future, they may be launching more social innovation programs on different brain related topics.

Join Brain Canada’s mailing list and be among the first to receive email funding alerts by clicking here.

Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) — Accelerating Agricultural Innovations (AAI) 2.0

Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) is delivering Accelerating Agricultural Innovations (AAI) 2.0 under a Program Administrator Agreement with the Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (AGI). Sustainable CAP is a five-year, $3.5-billion investment by Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments that supports Canada’s agri-food and agri-products sectors. This includes $1 billion in federal programs and activities and a $2.5 billion commitment that is cost-shared 60 per cent federally and 40 per cent provincially/territorially for programs that are designed and delivered by provinces and territories.

RDAR invites eligible applicants to submit Letters of Intent (LOIs) that support research projects that demonstrate and accelerate the farm-gate adoption of agricultural innovations and processes for the livestock and crop industries in Alberta. All AAI 2.0 research projects must: (i) contain a ‘Final Mile’ Plan, a clear research extension plan to show how research outcomes will reach Alberta’s producers on-farm, either directly or through ancillary service providers (e.g. veterinarians); and (ii) clearly demonstrate how results of the project will benefit producers and/or value-chain partners.

RDAR will accept Letters of Intent (LOIs) on a continual basis.

• Amount: There is no stated maximum; however, there are certain cost-sharing parameters.
• UCVM Internal Deadline: at least 6 business days (by noon) ahead of submission to RDAR
• RSO funding opportunity information

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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Grant applications are now being accepted by the Government of Alberta for the Resiliency and Public Trust Program (Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation) which enables stakeholders to gain resiliency and build public trust in Alberta’s agriculture and agri-food sectors. Priority areas to increase resiliency and public trust include: animal health, animal welfare, biosecurity, food safety, livestock traceability, and more. Details can be found on their website Resiliency and Public Trust Program | Alberta.ca 

UCVM internal deadline: at least 6 business days prior to submission to GoA.

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Celiac Canada Dr. J.A. Campbell Research Award

A grant of up to $25,000 is offered by Celiac Canada (CCA) for research projects in Canada of a scientific, applied science, and/or medical nature relevant to celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and/or non-celiac gluten sensitivity, or the socio-economic implications of delayed diagnosis and/or living with these conditions.

For the next two years, CCA is particularly interested in research that is geared towards investigating vulnerable populations or under-investigated communities related to celiac disease such as individuals who are impoverished, food at risk, newcomers, racialized and/or indigenous communities; however, applications are not limited to this subject area.

Amount: $25,000

UCVM Internal Deadline for Full Application: April 22, 2024 at noon

For more information, please contact Stephanie Patrick

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Weston Family Foundation Rapid Response 2024 Program

The Foundation, through its Weston Brain Institute is pleased to announce the re-launch of our flagship Rapid Response program designed to provide seed funding to catalyze novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research that accelerates the development of therapeutics or tools for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Program details:

Eligible projects should:

• Be translational research that can accelerate therapeutic or tool development for neurodegenerative diseases of aging (NDAs), as defined by the Institute.
  • Therapeutics should address unmet needs in the prevention, treatment and/or symptomatic management of NDAs.
  • Tools should address challenges in translational research to accelerate the development and/or clinical implementation of therapeutics for NDAs (e.g., biomarkers, drug delivery systems). Projects covering only the discovery/identification of a tool are considered out of scope.
• Have preliminary data to support the hypothesis and feasibility of the project.

Amount: up to $300,000 over 18-24 months

UCVM Internal Deadline for LOI phase: April 22, 2024 at noon

For more information, please contact Stephanie Patrick

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Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation Zimmer Biomet Kinematic vs Mechanical Knee Alignment Research Grant

In collaboration with the Canadian Arthroplasty Society and Zimmer Biomet, the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation, has established a Research Grant to support and encourage orthopaedic surgeons to conduct collaborative research on a national scale. The award is in the amount of up to $50,000.

Successful applications will include researchers from across Canada that are interested in kinematic knee replacement. Applicants should consider partnering with colleagues who have access to the infrastructure required to perform and to assess the outcomes of total knee replacement (eg. robots, gait labs, etc.).

Amount: up to $50,000 for 1-2 years

UCVM Internal Deadline for Full Application: April 23, 2024 at noon

For more information, please contact Stephanie Patrick

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Operating Grant: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment

The goal of the CIHR Operating Grants: Knowledge Mobilization in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment is to enhance knowledge mobilization in the field of diabetes, focusing on evidence integration into health services, programs, and policies. This funding opportunity will also provide researchers and knowledge users, including people with lived/living experience (PWLLE), e.g., people at risk of or with diabetes, and their families and informal caregivers, or a representative of a patient organization representing these groups, an opportunity to work collaboratively to improve prevention and care of people at risk of, or living with, diabetes in Canada.

• Full application: RSO Internal Deadline is noon on April 26, 2024

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk 

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Catalyst Grant: STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C (2024)

The overall goal of the Catalyst Grant is to strengthen the current landscape of STBBI research in Canada, and to build capacity and spur innovation in this field, with a specific focus on STBBI of public health relevance beyond the fields of HIV and hepatitis C and in alignment with the CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Strategic Plan 2022-2027.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Enable STBBI researchers to generate preliminary observations, data or knowledge necessary to pursue longer-term research funding in STBBI research;
• Support original, high quality STBBI projects and provide researchers the opportunity to pursue high risk health research questions which have the potential to generate novel, innovative and high impact results; and
• Stimulate innovation in STBBI research by promoting cross-disciplinary research collaborations between STBBI researchers and experts in other relevant fields in Canada.
• Full application: UCVM Internal Deadline is noon on May 1, 2024

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk

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CASP-CAAIF Research Grant in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

The objective of the CASP-CAAIF Research Grant in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is to fund a research grant focused on the area of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE).  

Amount: $50,000 for one year

UCVM Internal Deadline for Full Application: May 7, 2024 at noon

For more information, please contact Stephanie Patrick

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Transdisciplinary Connector Grants

This new program is designed to promote initiatives that enable UCalgary teams to explore questions, challenges and opportunities that demand a transdisciplinary approach. Connector funding s distinguished from other forms of support such as start-up or bridge funding by its focus on fostering new connections among scholars, trainees, and external partners.

Transdisciplinary Connector Grants are offered in two streams – Initiating and Consolidating.

Value:   Initiating stream: up to $10,000 Consolidating stream: up to $20,000

Duration:  Initiating stream: 6 months Consolidating stream: 12 months

see terms of reference for more information

Deadlines    

Recurring annually on:

• May 15 (UCVM internal deadline: noon on May 10)
• August 15
• November 15
• February 15 

**NOTE: UCVM deadline is 3 business days prior to the above RSO deadlines.**

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VPR Catalyst Grants

UCalgary's internal VPR Catalyst Grants program asks researchers to think boldly and strategically to maximize the impact of downstream funding.

VPR Catalyst Grants will prioritize those who present a winning research context, including aspects such as mentorship, strong collaborators, and knowledge engagement partnerships.

• Designed to catalyze research initiatives that will lead to substantial external funding
• Intended to support early-stage research activities
• Value: $1,000 - $15,000
• Duration: Catalyst funds should be used within 6 months
• Deadlines: 4 intake dates per year (NOTE: UCVM internal deadline is 3 Business Days before the RSO intake deadline dates)

Recurring annually on:

• May 15 (UCVM internal deadline: noon on May 10)
• August 15
• November 15
• February 15 

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For questions and more information about Catalyst Grants, please contact vpr.catalyst@ucalgary.ca

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council June Partnership Engage Grants REVISED DEADLINE

Value: up to $25,000 for one year

**Revised** UCVM Internal Deadline: May 13, 2024 at noon 

Partnership Engage Grants provide 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. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.

Contact: Stephanie Patrick 

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Alberta Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders (SPHIFR) Grants

The Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders (SPHIFR) grant program is a competitive grant funding program that supplies funding to provide or improve services for first responders or emergency health care workers living with or at risk for post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI). For SPHIFR purposes, first responders are defined as workers who provide immediate assistance at emergency scenes. The SPHIFR program has two streams: Stream 1 (Services), which provides funding for non-profit organizations that provide services to first responders and emergency health care workers living with or at risk for PTSI; and Stream 2 (Applied Research), which provides funding to researchers engaged in applied research that generates evidence on prevention or intervention for first responders and emergency health care workers living with or at risk for PTSI.

• No maximum budget amount; projects must be completed within 1 year
• UCVM Internal Deadline: May 16, 2024 at noon
• RSO funding opportunity posting

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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NFRF 2024 NordForsk-led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development of the Arctic

The Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) have teamed up with Canada and the USA to launch a NordForsk call on the Sustainable Development of the Arctic. The initiative will leverage international expertise that will contribute to new knowledge for sustainable development of the Arctic. It will also address needs unique to this region, which has undergone rapid changes with far-reaching consequences. 

To support Canadian participants in the NordForsk call, NFRF has launched the 2024 NordForsk-led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development of the Arctic competition, which will provide funding of up to $800,000 for 4 years (plus indirect costs) to the Canada-based research team. NFRF will only fund Indigenous co-developed co-led projects. All projects are required to partner with a participating community or communities in the co-creation, implementation and ownership of the research and outcomes, and to develop approaches related to knowledge mobilization and community uptake. To reflect this, the Canada-based team must comprise a minimum of the Nominated Principal Investigator (NPI) and a co-PI who is a representative of the community or region where the research will take place and/or the community that has requested and will benefit from the research findings.

The NPI must be eligible for NFRF funding and be an independent researcher, but co-PIs and co-applicants on the proposal may be policy-makers, educators, decision-makers, health-care administrators, Indigenous Elders, Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, patients, community leaders, individuals working for a charity, and a range of other individuals whose research activities can be supported by NFRF funds. 

The Research Services team will work with partner units in the office of the Vice-President Research and across campus to provide resources and facilitate support services for applicant teams. Contact ipd@ucalgary.ca as soon as possible if interested in this NFRF funding opportunity. Research Services can connect teams with UCalgary staff supporting international research partnerships, knowledge engagement/knowledge mobilization, Indigenous research, and expertise related to equity, diversity and inclusion. 

To apply for funding from NFRF, Canadian research team members must submit a registration form by May 30, 2024. This is a mandatory step in the application process.

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Let’s Get Proof 2024 Catalyst Prize

Let’s Get Proof is a medical research crowdfunding platform, looking to make medical research more efficient, inclusive, and impactful. The Catalyst Prize is a grant/crowdfunding hybrid that is democratizing the granting process and giving an equal chance for any researcher at any institution to win. Researchers must crowdfund a certain portion of their budget, as well as meet other social engagement metrics, to become eligible for the prize. Moreover, the goal is that, even for the projects that do not win the research prize, they will have crowdfunded sufficient money and built enough of a community that they can continue forward with their research proposal without the prize funding.

Applicants can have any background in education or research, but the resulting proposal must be related to medical/clinical/health research or have a resulting application to one of these fields. Investigators must be affiliated with and conducting research at an eligible institution for the entire duration of the grant. This grant is primarily intended for early-career investigators. Adjunct faculty and postdoctoral fellows are not eligible. Postdoctoral fellow and other trainees are eligible to apply with the support of a supervisor.

Applications may be submitted on a rolling basis starting March 1, 2024. The deadline to reach the eligibility targets is May 31, 2024.

• $25,000 plus crowdsourced funds
• UCVM Internal Deadline: at least 6 business days ahead of submission to funding agency
• RSO funding opportunity posting

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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NSERC-NSF Global Centres - Bioeconomy 2024

The Government of Canada, through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), has announced a new edition of the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-led Global Centres initiative focused on the bioeconomy. 

Through a lead agency model, the US Principal Investigator (PI) will submit a single collaborative proposal on behalf of the research team, which will undergo a review process by NSF, the lead agency. In parallel, Canadian researchers on the team must submit a simplified application to NSERC. Eligible Canadian researchers may receive funding from NSERC and SSHRC, while international researchers from the US, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and/or the UK may receive funding from their respective funding agencies.

Award Amount & Duration: Up to CAN$500,000 per year for 4-5 years

Internal Deadline: June 3, 2024, noon MST

Additional resources: 

For more information about the internal process for applying to this competition, please visit the funding calendar.

Contact: Alisha Kadam

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council August Connection Grants REVISED DEADLINE

Value: up to $25,000 for events; up to $50,000 for outreach activities for one year

**Revised** UCVM Internal Deadline: June 12, 2024 at noon

Connection grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage with participants on research issues of value to them. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant can often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.

Contact: Stephanie Patrick 

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Arthritis Society Canada Ignite Innovation Grant

The goal of the Ignite Innovation program is to support the development and testing of transformative, paradigm-shifting, concepts and approaches to address critical barriers to progress in arthritis research, challenge our understanding of arthritis and its management, and generate novel approaches to confront the challenges we face in defeating arthritis and delivering the best evidence-informed care possible. The program intends to foster novel, high-potential projects and ideas that could be  expanded in the future  through additional funding sources (i.e., successful operating grants, industry partnership programs, cross discipline funding opportunities, etc.).

Amount: up to $50,000 per year for up to 2 years ($100,000 total)

Agency Deadline for Registration (not through RSO): Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 3PM Mountain time

UCVM Internal Deadline for Full Application: Monday June 17, 2024 at noon

For more information, please contact Stephanie Patrick

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2024 Stars Career Development Awards

The Stars Career Development award helps establish the career of early career investigators. This salary award and research funding represents a three year commitment by Arthritis Society Canada, together with an additional three year commitment by the applicant’s Host Institution. The program provides funding to support research programs aligned with Arthritis Society Canada's 2020-2025 Research Strategy.

Consult your department and/or Faculty early to ensure they can support your application, as this award requires significant confirmed resources and their eligibility requirements for supporting your application may differ from a standard research grant.

• Abstract registration is required and must be submitted by May 15, 2024 through the Arthritis Society’s online research grant portal - the registration phase will NOT require an RMS record, only the full application.
• UCVM's final internal deadline for the full application is noon on June 18, 2024. 

For more information, please see the Research Opportunities Database. 

Contact: Anna LeMarquand

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2024 CRAF (CIORA)-Arthritis Society Canada Clinician Investigator Award

The CRAF (CIORA)-Arthritis Society Canada Clinician Investigator Award is a salary award intended to provide new clinician investigators, within 5 years of a full-time clinical faculty appointment, to demonstrate their ability to initiate and carry out independent research of clear relevance to arthritis. To be eligible, a candidate must be a certified rheumatologist and a CRA member in good standing.  

Consult your department and/or Faculty early to ensure they can support your application, as this award requires significant confirmed resources and their eligibility requirements for supporting your application may differ from a standard research grant.

UCVM's final internal deadline for the full application is noon on June 18, 2024. 

For more information, please see the Research Opportunities Database. 

Contact: Anna LeMarquand

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Alberta Innovates Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) — Concepts Program

The Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Concepts Program serves to accelerate early-stage health research and innovation that demonstrates high commercial potential. AICE-Concepts enables innovators to advance their client journey across four commercialization domains for health innovation: product development: business readiness; product-market fit; and regulatory compliance. The AICE-Concepts Program supports activities within the ideating and conceptualizing stages of Alberta Innovates client journey across the four commercialization domains for health innovation (please refer to the Client Journey and Health Innovation Checklist). The 2024/2025 Priority Area is: Towards clinical application of network-based precision health approaches in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and digital therapeutics. Digital or digital-enabled solutions will be prioritized. Industry partnerships are encouraged.

Projects must:

• Be led by an Alberta-based post-secondary institution or government entity.
• Apply a computational technology or technique to address at least one clearly defined clinical problem that is relevant to the precision health priority areas of this call, as stated in the previous section. Network-based precision health approaches will be prioritized.

All interested Applicants must register their intent to apply. The registration windows will open in early April. The registration deadline is May 10, 2024 at 4:00 pm (MT).

• Amount: up to $600,000; max. 3 years
• UCVM Internal Deadline (full application): July 4, 2024 at noon
• RSO funding opportunity entry

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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Catalyst Grant: Development and Validation of New Biomedical Techniques and Technologies

New biomedical technology development and validation has been identified as a major gap in funding that is required to advance biomedical research in Canada; this gap will be addressed through the catalyst grants funded through this funding opportunity (FO). Development and validation of new biomedical technologies is a high-risk high-reward endeavour.

There is, and clearly will be, an ongoing and ever-increasing demand for new technologies and applications to carry out highly technical research and its transition to application to human health in the public and private sectors.

• Registration:  due directly to CIHR via ResearchNet on May 8, 2024
• Full application: UCVM Internal Deadline is noon on July 4, 2024

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk 

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Weston Family Foundation Rapid Response 2024 Program

Biomarkers are a critical component of modern healthcare, with diverse applications in disease prevention, detection and monitoring, as well as therapeutic development. They are poised to play an increasingly important role in personalized medicine, providing means to estimate an individual’s disease risk and prognosis, and predict and monitor an individual’s response to a given therapy.

Emerging research suggests that the microbiome is a potentially understudied source for biomarkers that holds significant potential for predicting and understanding individual responses to therapeutic or preventative strategies. Consequently, there may be opportunities to manipulate or target the microbiome to enhance an individual’s response to these strategies. 

The Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity to address these key areas in microbiome research. The Proof-of-Principle 2024 program aims to support high-impact projects that seek to identify, validate, or apply microbiome-based biomarkers of disease and therapeutic response.

Eligible projects will:

• Evaluate compositional or functional microbiome biomarkers.
• Build on established responder/non-responder phenotypes towards the optimization of therapeutic or preventative strategies.

Amount: up to $300,000 for up to 30 months

UCVM Internal Deadline for LOI: May 27, 2024 at noon

UCVM Internal Deadline for Full Application: August 14, 2024 at noon

For more information, please contact Stephanie Patrick

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Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research

The purpose of the Team Grants: CBR for HIV/AIDS and STBBI Funding Opportunity (referred to hereafter as CBR Team Grants) is to fund a diversity of CBR teams to build and strengthen capacity for CBR and knowledge mobilization (KM) activities that are centred in the self-determined priorities of the communities and will lead to improved health outcomes for key populations disproportionately affected by STBBI in Canada.

• Letter of Intent: UCVM Internal Deadline is noon on June 5, 2024
• Full application: RSO Internal Deadline is noon on August 29, 2025

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk

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Catalyst Grant: Community Based Research in Climate Change Priority Areas 2024

As part of the CIHR strategic plan commitment to improving health equity, strengthening research capacity, and mobilizing knowledge, this Community Based Research (CBR) in Climate Change Priority Areas Funding Opportunity supports the partnered work of communities and researchers in knowledge development and capacity-building initiatives of relevance to communities working to combat the differential health impacts of climate change.

• Registration:  due directly to CIHR via ResearchNet on August 14, 2024
• Full application: UCVM Internal Deadline is noon on September 4, 2024

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk 

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Team Grant: Biomedical Research for HIV/AIDS and STBBI 2024

This funding opportunity will support applications relevant to innovative technologies and next-generation interventions for STBBI across the cascade of care, from prevention to detection, to treatment and cure. This includes, but is not limited to, discovery research in biology, immunology, and pathology that contributes to the design, development, and implementation of interventions in the following two research areas:

• Next-Generation Therapeutic Interventions, including, but not limited to, research relevant to:
  • Antivirals and antibacterials; and
  • Targeting of viral reservoirs
• Next-Generation Prevention Technologies, including, but not limited to, research relevant to:
  • Vaccines, vaccine alternatives, and multipurpose prevention technologies; and
  • Innovative technologies for testing & surveillance
• Full application: UCVM Internal Deadline is noon on September 9, 2024

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk

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Operating Grant: ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health 2024

The goal of this funding opportunity is to build research capacity, generate new knowledge, and support knowledge mobilization in human development, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career researchers.

The program will fund research across the four CIHR pillars (biomedical; clinical; health services; and social, cultural, environmental, and population health) that has the potential to have a significant impact on human development, child and youth health. Ultimately, the program aims to strengthen Canada's capacity and knowledge to respond to challenges and needs by providing important early career development support to researchers in these fields.

• Registration:  due directly to CIHR via ResearchNet on September 4, 2024
• Full application: UCVM Internal Deadline is noon on September 16, 2024

Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk 

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Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Grants

The Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) program leverages the research industry partnerships programs offered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Stream II is for applicants from Alberta Universities who are applying to, or have already been awarded, NSERC Alliance or NSERC Alliance Quantum grants. CASBE aims to facilitate Alberta small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to adopt emerging technologies in Alberta’s research and commercialization priorities to diversify their technological services and/or products with the support of post-secondary institutions.

Individual proposals can request at least $20,000 and up to $150,000 per year from Alberta Innovates and at least $20,000 per year from NSERC. The maximum length of the CASBE funds will be 2 years regardless of the original length of the project supported by NSERC, which could be 1-5 years. There must be at least one Alberta SME included as a partner, and industry partner(s) are expected to provide cash and in-kind contributions.

This is a continuous intake program. Alberta Innovates and NSERC recommend that the applicant applies first to the CASBE program and then, if recommended, submit the completed AI CASBE–NSERC joint application to NSERC for funding consideration. Researchers who have received Alliance or Alliance Quantum awards in the previous 12 months are eligible to apply to the CASBE program.

• Amount: $20,000-$150,000 per year (Alberta Innovates portion); max. 2 years
• UCVM Internal Deadline (full application): at least 6 business days before submission to Alberta Innovates
• RSO funding opportunity information

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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Alberta Innovates Advance Program Stream II (General - NSERC Alliance)

The Advance Stream II (General - NSERC Alliance) program is a partnership between Alberta Innovates and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Project funding is intended to help bridge the gap between academic research and technology validation (within TRLs 2-4). Projects will advance an idea toward developing a technological solution with an envisioned future market opportunity.

PIs must hold an NSERC peer-reviewed grant when they apply and meet NSERC eligibility criteria when applying and when funding is released. PIs cannot hold more than one Advance Stream II (General) grant simultaneously, and only one application per PI is permitted per fiscal year. The 2023-2024 call targets the following four emerging technology areas: internet of things (IoT)/machine-to-machine systems; advanced data management and analytics; cybersecurity; and quantum computing.

Advance Stream II is a joint funding opportunity between AI Advance and NSERC Alliance grants. The maximum amount is $150,000 per year for up to 2 years. AI will contribute a maximum of $100,000 per year. NSERC will match the AI contribution at a ratio of 50% to a maximum of $50,000 per year.

This is a continuous intake program. Applications are reviewed and evaluated until the annual budget is allocated.

RSO has created a flowchart for the application submission process. This resource is available online using the following link:  https://research.ucalgary.ca/conduct-research/funding/apply-grants/external-grants/alberta-innovate.

• Amount: up to $150,000 per year; max. 2 years
• UCVM Internal Deadline (full application): at least 6 business days before submission to Alberta Innovates

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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Genome Canada is launching a targeted genomic initiative, Genomic Monitoring of Pathogens in Water (GeMPaW) to strengthen, complement and add value to existing pathogen monitoring efforts in Canada. There is $10M available from Genome Canada to support three GeMPaW funding opportunities including the Community Coordination and Collaboration Hub (C3 Hub), regional monitoring projects, and Indigenous-led monitoring in northern, remote or isolated communities. More information can be found here.

NOTE: UCVM internal deadline is 6 business days prior to agency deadlines.

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ASPCA Open-Access Publishing Fund (OAPF)

The ASPCA is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity to support research that advances animal welfare. The ASPCA Open-Access Publishing Fund (OAPF) is designed to support the dissemination of results of innovative and impactful animal welfare research. The program will subsidize article processing charges for selected articles, up to $5,000 per article. OAPF funds apply to publication and processing fees for open-access, scholarly, peer-reviewed articles.

The ASPCA invites applications from any field, as long as the research has direct and compelling relevance to animal welfare, with application in the United States (USA). Applicants must be citizens or residents of the United States or Canada.

Applicants may be independent researchers or a part of any of the following:

• Public or private academic institutions
• Other research institutions whether public or private
• Animal welfare organizations, human service organizations, etc.
• Government agencies

Applicants may hold any role in their institutions/organizations--including, but not limited to, academic faculty, research scientists, research scholars, and graduate or undergraduate students working on mentored research projects.

Applicants may be successfully funded by the program only once per calendar year as the primary author with funds being directly dispersed to the publisher.

• Amount: Up to $5,000 per article
• RSO Internal Deadline (full application): Ongoing Submissions

For more information, please contact Chantal Lemire.

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Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Grants

The Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) program leverages the research industry partnerships programs offered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Stream II is for applicants from Alberta Universities who are applying to, or have already been awarded, NSERC Alliance or NSERC Alliance Quantum grants. CASBE aims to facilitate Alberta small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to adopt emerging technologies in Alberta’s research and commercialization priorities to diversify their technological services and/or products with the support of post-secondary institutions.

Individual proposals can request at least $20,000 and up to $150,000 per year from Alberta Innovates and at least $20,000 per year from NSERC. The maximum length of the CASBE funds will be 2 years regardless of the original length of the project supported by NSERC, which could be 1-5 years. There must be at least one Alberta SME included as a partner, and industry partner(s) are expected to provide cash and in-kind contributions.

This is a continuous intake program. Alberta Innovates and NSERC recommend that the applicant applies first to the CASBE program and then, if recommended, submit the completed AI CASBE NSERC joint application to NSERC for funding consideration. Researchers who have received Alliance or Alliance Quantum awards in the previous 12 months are eligible to eligible to apply to the CASBE program.

RSO has created flowcharts for the application submission process, a list of required attachments for CASBE, and a sample CASBE budget. These resources are available online using the following link: https://research.ucalgary.ca/conduct-research/funding/apply-grants/external-grants/alberta-innovate.

• Amount: $20,000-$150,000 per year (Alberta Innovates portion); max. 2 years
• UCVM Internal Deadline (full application): at least 6 business days before submission to Alberta Innovates

For more information, please contact Katie Cupello.

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Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation officials are preparing for a smooth transition between the current Canadian Agricultural Partnership and the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership with programs now accepting applications.

Programs under Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will continue to be available to farmers, ranchers, agri-processors, agri-businesses, industry associations and groups, post-secondary institutions, research organizations and agricultural municipalities.

S-CAP funds are available through RDAR's Accelerating Agricultural Innovations program.

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Found Animals offers Michelson Grants of up to $750,000 USD for research in pursuit of a single-dose, permanent, nonsurgical sterilization method for dogs and cats. To qualify for a Michelson Grant, a proposed project must pursue a technology, mechanism, or pathway representing an innovative approach to nonsurgical spay/neuter. The first step to apply for a Michelson Grant is submission of a brief letter of intent.

The Michelson Prize is an incentivized prize challenge that will award $25 million to the first entity to provide Found Animals with a low-cost, permanent, nonsurgical sterilant for companion animals. 

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Morris Animal Foundation

To address critical animal health issues and underfunded areas of research, our grant opportunities have increased both in number and scope.

Check web site for Request for Proposals calendar. NOTE: Allow 6 business days in advance of the MAF deadline for internal approvals.

Summary of Current Opportunities:

Wildlife Health: Any relevant wildlife health topic
       MAF Deadline: August 14, 2024 (UCVM internal deadline: noon on Aug 7)

Equid Health: Any relevant equid health topic
       MAF Deadline: June 19, 2024 (UCVM internal deadline: noon on June 14)

Canine Health: Topic - Senior Dog Health and Aging. 
       For fellowship training applicants only - any relevant canine health topic
       MAF Deadline: July 17, 2024 (UCVM internal deadline: noon on July 12)

Veterinary Student Scholars: feline, wildlife, equid or canine health. Any relevant topics. 
       MAF Deadline: May 22, 2024 (UCVM internal deadline: noon on May 13)
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Applications are submitted through the Research Management System (RMS).  A link to RMS can be found here which includes training resources.  Please note, when the RMS record is submitted to Research Services by the internal deadline, it should contain all the relevant Department and Faculty approvals.  If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you will need to secure additional late approvals from your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) and the Executive Director, Research Services.

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Schedule RMS Training before your application is due

The RMS team is pleased to offer regular training sessions for RMS (Research Management System). Proactive training in RMS is encouraged, particularly in advance of the Fall grant season. Training is open to new users and existing users looking for a refresher: 

How to create an LOI/Application:

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  • Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 am – 11:30 am
  • Every Thursday, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Approver training:

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  • By request

Email rms@ucalgary.ca to schedule training for yourself or your team. 

RMS Training 

What is RMS?

RMS (Research Management System) manages the pre-award (LOI and Application) and post-award stages for research grants. Throughout the grants life-cycle, RMS interfaces with other UCalgary systems, such as IRISS and PeopleSoft, to provide a seamless process for grants and awards management, eliminate re-keying of data and heightened transparency into the status of applications at any time.

Learn more about RMS at research.ucalgary.ca/rms.

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For more information on these and other Funding Opportunities, please visit our Research Opportunities Database.

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Office of the Vice-President (Research) is calling for Letters of Intent (LOI) for the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition.

The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program is a Tri-agency initiative that provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social and research‑based growth.

Additional information is available on the Research Opportunities Database.

• Amount:$70,000 annually for up to 2 years
• LOI Internal Deadline: May 1st, 4:00 pm

Eligibility: Must have completed their degree between September 15, 2021 and September 30, 2025 (inclusively)

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The 2024 Postdoctoral Innovation Fellowship competition is now open. This is an internal competition within UCalgary only. This fellowship (a one-time $3,000 salary top-up) is awarded to postdoctoral scholars with a track record of innovation activities. This year the competition is open to postdocs from the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine, Science, and Medicine. We encourage you all to apply for this!  Deadline to apply is May 20, 2024. 

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Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

UCalgary is pleased to announce that all 3 streams of the Alberta Innovates Recruitment Fellowship Program are now open for applications. The purpose of the Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Funding Program is to position postdoctoral fellows for high-impact careers in Alberta’s health research and innovation (R&I) ecosystem. 

1. Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Recruitment Fellowships provide $70, 000 a year for up to two years of funding to incoming postdoctoral scholars (new to the University of Calgary) 
2. Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Innovation & Enhancement provides $55,000 a year for up to 2 years for those who have accepted or started a postdoctoral appointment at University of Calgary
3. Alberta Innovates Enhancement Fellowship provide $55,000 a year for 1 year to function as bridge funding to help increase the competitiveness of Trainees in other future fellowship/salary award competitions.

Applicants for all three fellowships must be working on innovative health-related research in at one of the 4 priority areas below:

• Digital & Data-Enabled (D&DE) Health Research
• Advancing D&DE Tools and Methods
• Health Technology Acceleration
• Technology & Data-Enabled Health System Transformation

Eligibility:

The AI PDF Recruitment Fellowship is open to postdocs who will be new to UCalgary at the time of receiving the Fellowship (within the first 3 months of their first appointment at time of application deadline). It is designed to increase institutional research capacity and attract and develop new talent in areas of strategic importance. 

• Applicants must be an incoming postdoctoral appointee to the University of Calgary:
  • Award start date must be within the first 6 months of first postdoctoral appointment at the University of Calgary
• Applicants must not currently hold, or have held in the past, a postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary at the time of application (unless appointed with a start date after March 20, 2024)

• Applicants cannot have applied more than once before for a postdoctoral fellowship from Alberta Innovates.
   

  Applicants will be shortlisted for funding consideration one of the following ways:

• Be deemed outstanding in the internal adjudication process for this competition.

And/or

• Ranked excellent in a University-based fellowship competition or triaging process (e.g. Postdoctoral Match Funding Program, Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships, T. Chen Fong Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Imaging Science)
  
  Applicants must have completed their PhD at implementation of award. 

Application deadline: Spring intake will be open until May 20, 2024. At least 2 intake periods will be held per year. The next intake will be in November 2024.

Apply here

Contact: Caitlin Janzen 

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The Male Contraceptive Initiative Fellowship Program

• Amount: $60,000 (US) annually for up to two years
• UCVM Internal Deadline: May 23, 2024 - Noon
• Eligibility: Postdocs working on projects related to the research and development of novel contraceptives delivered to men.

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UCVM Veterinary Education Research Fund (VERF) - Now accepting applications

The Veterinary Education Research Fund (VERF) is offered by the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Research Office.  Funding competitions for the VERF are held once per year. The purpose of the VERF is to support original research in the area of veterinary education in UCVM, along with its partners in the Distributed Veterinary Learning Community (DVLC).  Collaborative research projects between UCVM faculty and DVLC partners are encouraged. Applications must be submitted as a single pdf which should include the application form with appropriate signatures and required attachments to ucvmverf@ucalgary.ca by 9:00 am on Monday, May 6, 2024. Guidelines. Application Form.

UCVM Clinical Research Fund (CRF) - next call opens in fall 2024