To increase grant application success in upcoming competitions, Arts & Science faculty members are encouraged to secure support for research grant proposal development and review from the A&S Research Services office team. The team is available to support faculty members in all research funding competitions.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to submit grant applications on My Research Applications & Agreements (MRA) at least two to three days before the final U of T MRA deadline to secure divisional approval.

CIHR Competitions

Visit the Canadian Institutes of Health Research website for sponsor information and see the U of T Funding Opportunities Database (search CIHR) for U of T internal funding deadlines.

Competition Deadline Contact
CIHR Fall Project Grants Sponsor deadline: September 10, 2025. Funded Research Officer
CIHR Spring Project Grants Closed. Funded Research Officer

 

NSERC Competitions

Visit the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada website for sponsor information and see the U of T Funding Opportunities Database (search NSERC) for U of T internal funding deadlines.

Competition Deadline Contact
NSERC Alliance Grants (Advantage, Society, International & Special Calls) Rolling deadline. Sloane Evariste and Carrie-Lynn Keiski.
NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate Grants Rolling deadline. Sloane Evariste (Alliance applications); Carrie-Lynn Keiski (A&S Mitacs science units); Stephanie Fisher (A&S Mitacs social sciences & humanities units)
NSERC Collaborative Research & Training Experience Program (CREATE) Closed. Sloane Evariste and Carrie-Lynn Keiski.
NSERC Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Grants Closed. Funded Research Officer
NSERC Discovery Horizons (Pilot) Closed. Funded Research Officer
NSERC Discovery (DG) and Sub-Atomic Physics Grants (DG-SAP) A&S review deadline (Full applications): September 29, 2025. Funded Research Officer
NSERC — Idea to Innovation Grants (I2I) Sponsor deadline: September 22, 2025. (Notify the Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) in advance if applying). Funded Research Officer
NSERC-NSF Collaboration Opportunity in Quantum science and AI Letter of intent (LOI) must be submitted to NSERC at least eight weeks prior to the planned submission of the NSF application. Contact A&S if invited to full application. Funded Research Officer
NSERC PromoScience Closed. Funded Research Officer
NSERC Research Tools & Instruments Grants (RTI) A&S Review deadline: September 29, 2025. Funded Research Officer
NSERC and United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) Joint Call for Proposals on Quantum Technologies Contact your unit funded research officer if applying in 2025. Funded Research Officer

 

SSHRC Competitions

Visit the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council website for sponsor information and see the U of T Funding Opportunities Database (search SSHRC) for U of T internal funding deadlines.

Competition Deadline Contact
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and SSHRC Joint Initiative: Indigenous Science and the Impacts of Plastic Pollution

Sponsor deadline: October 16, 2025.

 Stephanie Fisher
SSHRC Connection Grants (CG) Sponsor recurring deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1. Contact A&S two to four weeks before deadline if applying. Funded Research Officer
SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units); Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
SSHRC Insight Development Grants (IDG) Closed. Funded Research Officer
SSHRC Insight Grant (IG)

Deadline to submit MRA: September 25, 2025.

Deadline to submit to SSHRC: September 29, 2025.

 Funded Research Officer
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Envisioning Governance Systems that Work Closed. Funded Research Officer
SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

A&S deadline: September 24, 2025.

U of T editorial review deadline: October 16, 2025.

 Stephanie Fisher
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (PEG)

Sponsor recurring deadlines: March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.

Contact A&S one month before deadline if applying.

 Stephanie Fisher
SSHRC Partnership Grants Stage 1 Closed.

Stephanie Fisher

 

New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Competitions

Visit the New Frontiers in Research Fund website for sponsor information and see the U of T Funding Opportunities Database (search NFRF) for U of T internal funding deadlines.

Competition Deadline Contact
NFRF Exploration Stream

Research Services Office (RSO) optional editorial review deadline: September 22, 2025, 12 pm (noon).

Full applications MRA deadline: October 14, 2025.

 Funded Research Officer (science applications); Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities applications).
NFRF – Transformation Stream

NFRF Transformation Full applications (by invitation only). RSO editorial review deadline: January 15, 2026.

U of T MRA deadline: February 24, 2026.
Sponsor deadline: March 3, 2026.

 Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science applications); Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities applications).
NFRF – International & Special Calls Deadlines vary with competition. Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science applications); Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities applications).

 

Horizon Europe Competitions

Visit the Horizon Europe website for sponsor information and see the U of T Funding Opportunities Database for U of T internal funding deadlines.

Competition Deadline Contact
Horizon Europe Programs Deadlines vary with competition. Carrie-Lynn Keiski

 

Other External Competitions

Visit the competition listed website for information.

Competition Deadline Contact
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program Closed. Funded Research Officer
France Canada Research Fund — New Research Collaboration Program 2025 Intention to Apply: October 6, 2025.
U of T MRA deadline: November 3, 2025.		 U of T contact: Amanda Pennings
A&S Contact: Stephanie Fisher
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Early Researcher Awards (ERA) Closed. Funded Research Officer
National Killam Program — Dorothy Killam Fellowships Closed. Funded Research Officer
National Killam Program — Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowships Closed. Funded Research Officer
Ontario Research Fund: Research Excellence (ORF-RE) Closed. Funded Research Officer
Simons Collaborations in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology A&S Review deadline: Sept 30, 2025.
U of T MRA deadline: Oct 14, 2025 (to submit vision statement).		 Funded Research Officer
Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Closed

 Funded Research Officer
Sloan Research Fellowships

U of T MRA deadline: September 10, 2025.
Sponsor deadline: September 15, 2025.

 Funded Research Officer
Sony Research Award Program

Sponsor deadline: September 15, 2025.

 Funded Research Officer

 

University of Toronto Competitions

Visit the listed sponsor websites below for competition information.

Competition Deadline Contact
Acceleration Consortium Social Science and Humanities Research Grants Closed. Funded Research Officer
A&S Collaborative Research Funding Program Closed. Stephanie Fisher
A&S Fund for Indigenous Research Excellence (FIRE) Rolling deadline. Gabrielle Sugar
Connaught Community Partnership Research Program Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Connaught Innovation Awards Closed. Carrie-Lynn Keiski
Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Connaught McLean Awards Closed. Funded Research Officer
Connaught Mid-Career Researcher Award Closed. Monica Caverson
Connaught New Researcher Awards Closed. Funded Research Officer
Derrick Rossi Innovation Awards Closed. Carrie-Lynn Keiski
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) — U of T Research & Training Alliance Call for Joint Proposals Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Horizon Europe Partnership Seed Development Grants

A&S review deadline: November 13, 2025.

Sponsor deadline: November 27, 2025.

 Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units); Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Institute for Pandemics (IfP) Catalyst Grants Phase 2 Closed. Funded Research Officer
KU Leuven Global Seed Fund

A&S review deadline: September 22, 2025.

Sponsor deadline: October 9, 2025.

 Stephanie Fisher
Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Melbourne-Toronto Research Training Group Closed. Stephanie Fisher
McLaughlin Centre Accelerator Grants in Genomic Medicine 2024: Genome Closed. Funded Research Officer
National Taiwan University — U of T Joint Call for Research Proposals

A&S review deadline: September 22, 2025.

Sponsor deadline: October 17, 2025.

 Stephanie Fisher
National University of Singapore and U of T Joint Call for Proposals Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Université Paris Cité — University of Toronto Doctoral Mobility Program Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Universite Paris Cite — U of T — Joint Research Proposals Closed. Stephanie Fisher
University College London — University of Toronto Strategic Challenges Fund 2024 Closed. Stephanie Fisher
University of Edinburgh — University of Toronto Collaborative Research Initiative 2025 Closed. Stephanie Fisher
University of Illinois — U of T Joint Research Proposals Closed. Stephanie Fisher
U of T & Chinese University of Hong Kong Research Fund 2025 Closed. Stephanie Fisher
U of T Collaborative Research with Institutions in Southeast Asia Closed. Stephanie Fisher
U of T & University of Warwick Joint Seed Fund for Developing Collaboration in Research and Education Closed. Stephanie Fisher
XSeed Research Funding Program Closed. Carrie-Lynn Keiski

 

Mitacs Competitions

Visit the Mitacs website for sponsor information.

Competition Deadline Contact
Accelerate Rolling deadline. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Elevate Rolling deadline. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Entrepreneur International Rolling deadline. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Globalink Research Internship Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Mitacs Horizon Europe International Mobility Award Application period: August 25 to September 29, 2025. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Mitacs RISE-GRI Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)