Other Funding Opportunities

The Mourou-Strickland Mobility Program is an initiative designed by the French Embassy in Canada. Its aim is to foster research collaboration between France and Canada and encourage the discovery of specific research and innovation ecosystems in both countries.

The program is open to:

Researchers from Canada who are interested in traveling to France to explore the French ecosystem.
Researchers from France who are interested in traveling to Canada to explore the Canadian ecosystem.
The Mourou-Strickland Mobility Program provides seed grant to encourage new cross-border bilateral cooperation and knowledge exchange. It could leverage new projects with the perspective of setting up a consortium to apply to the Horizon Europe program, which is now accessible to researchers from Canada.

For more information, please visit: https://francecanadaculture.org/mourou-strickland-mobility-program/

National Psoriasis Foundation Research Grants Program
Details: The National Psoriasis Foundation Research Program funds and promotes research into psoriatic disease and related comorbidities, under NPF's mission of finding a cure for psoriatic disease and improving the lives of those affected. We choose our research projects not only for their potential to yield information that may help treat psoriatic disease, but also to answer basic questions about the underlying disease mechanisms, comorbidities, and public health.  Applications undergo a rigorous scientific peer-review by a panel of experts and are then selected for funding based on patient input and Foundation priorities. 

National Psoriasis Foundation Fellowships Program
Details: The National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) is pleased to announce the availability of the Psoriatic Disease Research Fellowships program for the academic year 2019-20.  The program provides support to eligible institutions to develop and enhance the opportunities for physicians training for research careers in academic dermatology, rheumatology, pediatric dermatology, and pediatric rheumatology.  Priority consideration will be given to applications that advance psoriatic disease research.

Questions: research@psoriasis.org

Details: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF) has opened a request for proposals (RFP) for Advancing Climate Change Science and Technology Research. This RFP will fund projects that will strengthen Canada’s science capacity to understand, identify, accelerate, and evaluate actions towards achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The total envelope of the RFP is to $59M.

There is a two-step application process, consisting of a Letter of Intent (LOI) phase open to all eligible applicants, followed by an invitation-only full proposal phase. Applications will be accepted only through the Grants and Contributions Enterprise Management System. 

LOI deadline: June 10, 2021.

Note: 20% Indirect Costs of Research must be included in your budgets, per agency guideline; Research Project Information Form (RPIF) is required at the LOI stage for this competition.  

Additional details can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/funding-programs/climate-action-awareness-fund.html

Details: From 2018-2020, the Collaborative brought together Canadian and global partners to generate solutions to urgent data challenges in global health and gender equality. This effort is rooted in a feminist approach to creating lasting change and will enable Canada to meaningful progress towards the SDGs.

Applications for our second Canadian Collaborative for Global Health are now open! Deadline: Monday, January 31, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. EST

Only one application from UBC is permitted. Please contact ors@ors.ubc.ca if you are insterested in applying for this funding opportunity. 

ORS internal deadline: January 24, 2021

For more information about the Collaborative, please contact Jessica Ferne, Director of Global Health Impact and visit: https://canwach.ca/initiatives/canadian-collaborative-for-global-health/

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Ecosystems and Oceans Science Sector, has launched a call for research project proposals.

DFO will provide funding to build expertise in ocean and freshwater science and technology in areas that support the mission of the Department to increase our understanding of ocean and freshwater environments. Through this, we seek to better protect, sustain and restore fisheries resources as well as the aquatic ecosystems that support them. We are seeking projects that deliver scientific research and related scientific activities that support evidence-based decision making and public understanding about the health of marine and freshwater ecosystems.  
Visit the DFO website for details on the priority area of research associated with this open call and application details.  

Proposal deadline : Submit to the Office of Partnership and Collaboration inbox no later than 11:59pm (EDT) on May 1st , 2022. 

Should you require any additional information, please contact the Office of Partnership and Collaboration, OPC-BPC@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

Call: Health impacts of climate change: assessment and new approaches for adaptation

Details: The AXA Fellowship is a funding scheme aiming at supporting young promising researchers on a priority topic aligned with AXA and the Society. Institution can present only one candidate for the whole institution (and not one per department, faculty or laboratory). Only Post-Doctoral fellowship projects are eligible. 

ORS internal deadline: April 19, 2022, 4:00pm PST

Agency deadline: April 28, 2022, 4:00pm Paris Time. 

Website: https://www.axa-research.org/en/page/AXA-Fellowships

Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
Details: This foreign study supplements program is available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold a Joseph-Armand Bombardier, an Alexander Graham Bell, or a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) at the master’s or doctoral level, or a +++Vanier CGS at the doctoral level.
Value: Up to $6,000 for a period of research study abroad
Application Deadline: Granting agency: June 10 and October 10 each year

Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada
Details: Vaccines are fundamental tools for preventing infectious diseases, and low vaccination rates can threaten the health of Canadian and international communities. As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown, complex factors influence the decision to accept vaccines. Some of these factors are dependent on science literacy levels and others are personal or societal. Achieving widespread vaccine acceptance requires an understanding of the need for vaccines, an understanding of the safety of vaccines, the removal of barriers to access vaccines, and greater confidence in vaccines. Canadians need reliable and trusted sources of evidence to inform their decisions about vaccines.

To meet this need, Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada PromoScience grants support organizations with strong track records of science and/or health promotion to deliver evidence-based, vaccine-promoting information to key communities and groups and/or to build capacity in the community to promote confidence in vaccines. Jointly administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), it is expected that funded activities will mobilize knowledge to improve public understanding of vaccines and help Canadians to make evidence-based decisions, especially among populations that are hesitant about vaccines. Activities supported by these grants should encourage participants to become discerning consumers of natural sciences and engineering, humanities and social sciences, and health information. Through their proposed activities, organizations should aim to build on existing networks, infrastructures and relationships with Canadian and international partners where possible.

Value: Grants have a value of up to $50,000 and are to be used over a one-year period.
Application Deadline: Before 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on April 5, 2021. Late applications will not be accepted.

Call: The AXA Chairs

Details:

The AXA Chair is the premium funding scheme of the AXA Research Fund. It aims at:

• creating a dedicated full-time senior academic position in an institution
• supporting a significant acceleration in the development of a research field
• fostering a step-change in the career of the appointed AXA Professor

Host Institutions can submit only one candidate for the whole institution (and not one per department, faculty or laboratory). Please email ors@ors.ubc.ca if you are interested in applying.

ORS internal deadline: September 29, 2023

Agency deadline: October 4, 2023 (7:00am PST) / October 5, 2023, 4pm CEST

Website: https://www.axa-research.org/en/page/AXA-Chairs

ESDC Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program

Details:The Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program (YESS Program) provides funding to organizations to deliver a range of activities that help youth (aged 15 to 30) overcome barriers to employment. In particular, the YESS Program focuses on youth facing multiple barriers to employment by supporting them to develop the skills and gain the experiences they need to find and keep quality jobs. The YESS Program supports a flexible approach that offers services tailored to each individual.

Value: Up to $5 million per year over 4 years.

ORS Internal Deadline: October 30, 2023 at 9am

Sponsor Application Deadline: November 22, 2023 before 4:00pm ET / 1:00 PT

Host Institutions can submit only one candidate for the whole institution (and not one per department, faculty or laboratory). Interested applicants, please send the ESDC application form with questions 56-65 completed to bryan.wong@ubc.ca for internal review & selection by the ORS internal deadline.