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 Closed. Funded Research Officer
CIHR Spring Project Grants Sponsor deadline: March 4, 2026. 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 Catalyst International Quantum Grants Closed. Sloane Evariste
NSERC Alliance (Advantage and Society) Grants 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) A&S letter of intent (LOI) review: April 1, 2026.
U of T LOI deadline: April 17, 2026, 9 am.		 Sloane Evariste
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) Closed. Funded Research Officer
NSERC — Idea to Innovation Grants (I2I) Closed. 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) Closed. 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
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 A&S review deadline: April 20, 2026.
MRA deadline: May 4, 2026.		 Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units)
SSHRC Insight Development Grants (IDG) Closed. Funded Research Officer
SSHRC Insight Grant (IG) Closed. Funded Research Officer
SSHRC Partnership Development Grants Closed. 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

Closed.

 Funded Research Officer (science applications); Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities applications).
NFRF International 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges

Deadline to confirm LOI editorial review: April 17, 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).
NFRF — Transformation Stream

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

 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
EduCanada Mobility for Partnership Building Program Closed. U of T contact: Joseph Connelly
A&S contact: Stephanie Fisher
France-Canada Research Fund 2026 Closed. U of T contact: Corinne el Feghali
A&S Contact: Stephanie Fisher
Ministry of Colleges and Universities Early Researcher Awards (ERA) Closed. U of T contact: Samantha Young
National Killam Program — Dorothy Killam Fellowships A&S review deadline: May 5, 2026. Funded Research Officer
National Killam Program — Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowships A&S review deadline: May 26, 2026. Funded Research Officer
Ontario Research Fund: Research Excellence (ORF-RE) Closed. Funded Research Officer
Simons Collaborations in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Full application (by invitation only): April 30, 2026. Funded Research Officer
Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Closed

 Funded Research Officer
Sloan Research Fellowships

Closed.

 Funded Research Officer
Sony Research Award Program

Closed.

 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 Full application: April 10, 2026. Funded Research Officer
A&S Collaborative Research Funding Program March 1, 2026. 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 A&S review: March 30, 2026.
Sponsor deadline: April 15, 2026.		 Stephanie Fisher
Connaught McLean Awards Closed. Funded Research Officer
Connaught Mid-Career Researcher Award Final A&S deadline for selected nominees: March 12, 2026 at 12 pm.

Monica Caverson

Submit nomination packages to research.artsci@utoronto.ca.
Connaught New Researcher Awards Closed. Funded Research Officer
Derrick Rossi Innovation Awards Invited Applications: March 30, 2026. Carrie-Lynn Keiski
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) — U of T Research & Training Alliance Call for Joint Proposals A&S review: April 6, 2026.
Sponsor deadline: April 23, 2026.		 Stephanie Fisher
Horizon Europe Partnership Seed Development Grants Please check back for future rounds. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units); Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Institute for Pandemics (IfP) Catalyst Grants Phase 2 Closed. Funded Research Officer
Joint Seed Program (formerly known as XSeed) Sponsor deadline: March 9, 2026. Carrie-Lynn Keiski
KU Leuven Global Seed Fund Closed. Stephanie Fisher
Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund Closed. Stephanie Fisher
McLaughlin Centre Accelerator Grants in Genomic Medicine 2024: Genome Closed. Funded Research Officer
Melbourne-Toronto Research Training Group Closed. Stephanie Fisher
National Taiwan University — U of T Joint Call for Research Proposals Closed. Stephanie Fisher
National Tsing Hua University — U of T Joint Call for Research Proposals Closed. 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 India Foundation, U of T & School of Cities India Research Catalyst Grants 2026–27 Closed. Stephanie Fisher
U of T & University of Warwick Joint Seed Fund for Developing Collaboration in Research and Education Closed. Stephanie Fisher

 

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 Award (GRA) Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Globalink Research Internship (GRI) Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)
Mitacs Horizon Europe International Mobility Award Closed. Stephanie Fisher (social sciences & humanities units);
Carrie-Lynn Keiski (science units)