External funding opportunities

Travel Awards for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and new investigators
Launched twice a year: June and December
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Planning and Dissemination Grants
Launched twice per year: July and January
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Heart and Stroke funding
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Catalyst Grant: Accelerate Evidence on Health Care Delivery System Innovations that Achieve the Quadruple Aim and Improve Health Equity
Application deadline: Oct. 26, 2021 
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Other: SPOR Networks – Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science
Internal deadline: Nov. 4, 2021
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Indigenous Peoples and COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Registration is required to CIHR and is due on Nov. 9, 2021
Application deadline: Dec. 2, 2021
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Team Grant : Heart Failure Research Network 
Application deadline: Dec. 7, 2021 
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Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Primary Care Network
Application deadline: Dec 7, 2021
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Operating Grant : TRANSCAN-3
Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2021 
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Team Grant : CRISM Phase II: Regional Nodes
Application deadline: Jan. 3, 2022 
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Transitions in Care (TiC) Team Grants Phase 2
Application deadline: Jan 25, 2022
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Team Grant : Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North (2021-2022)
Application deadline: Feb. 25, 2022 
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SSHRC support information 
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More COVID-19 Research opportunities and funding
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Alberta Multiculturalism, Indigenous and Inclusion Grant Program
Annual application deadlines: Sept. 1, Mar. 1 
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Study abroad funding
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SSHRC Connection Grants 
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November 2021 Connection Grants
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Alberta Innovates Supporting technology adoption for health providers
Continuous intake 
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URGC SSHRC Exchange Partnership Seed Grants 
Multiple opportunities available
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Government of Canada Joint Initiative for Digital Citizen Research
Multiple opportunities available 
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Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program 
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MSI Foundation Research Grant 
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Annual opportunity, deadlines updated when known.

MITACS Accelerate 
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Graduate Award Competition
The Graduate Award Competition (GAC) encompasses a broad range of awards funded by donors and the University of Calgary. Deadlines vary by program.
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AbSPORU Graduate Studentship in Patient-Oriented Research Competition
Application deadline: Nov. 1, 2021
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Fulbright Canada Research Chairs
Application deadline: Nov. 10, 2021
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SSHRC Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative
Application deadline: Nov. 15, 2021
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AbSPORU Graduate Studentship in Patient-Oriented Research Competition
Application deadline: Nov. 15, 2021
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Global Mental Health – Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People
Application deadline, Dec. 1, 2021
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MITACS Globalink Award Thematic Call
Application deadline: Dec. 1, 2021
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SSHRC Emerging Asocial Society
Application deadline: Dec. 14, 2021
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Canada Research Coordinating Committee 2021 Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context: Competition Overview
Application deadline: Jan. 2022 
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NSERC Discovery Grants program 
Application deadline: Nov. 1, 2021 
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SSHRC Partnership Development Grants Fall 2021 
Application deadline: Nov. 8, 2021 
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ASAE Research Foundation opportunities - Scholarly Research Grants and the Sal Martino Grant for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research 
Internal LOI deadline: Nov. 26, 2021
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Global Mental Health – Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People
Application deadline: Dec. 1, 2021
If you are interested in applying please contact Jamie Charlebois jamie.charlebois@ucalgary.ca, Manager with University of Calgary International, More info

SSHRC Imagining Canada’s Future Ideas Lab: Canada and the Circular Economy
Application deadline: Jan. 17, 2022
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AHS - Emergency SCN Systematic and Scoping Review
Internal deadline: Jan. 20, 2022
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NSERC Alliance Grant
Application deadline: Dec. 31, 2023 
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