EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Please consult SFU's Funding Opportunities Database for up-to-date information on the most common grants, awards and prizes available to SFU researchers. Read on for a curated list specific to FCAT areas of research. For tailored advice and proposal development assistance, please reach out to FCAT Research Facilitator, Kimberly O'Donnell, at kk_gilber@sfu.ca. 

Tri-Council Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

• Destination Horizon Grant
  Description: Supports Canadian researchers building partnerships with European Union and associated countries' researchers through capacity-building activities, scholarly exchanges, and network development to prepare for Horizon Europe—Pillar II funding calls.
  Deadline (rolling): Next is May 22, 2025
  Value: Up to $15,000
• Connection Grant
  Description: Supports events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization, often serving as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.
  Deadline: February 1, 2025
  Value: Events: $7,000 - $25,000 Outreach activities: $7,000 - $50,000
• Insight Development Grant
  Description: Supports research in its initial stages to enable the development of new research questions as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches, and/or ideas.
  Deadline: February 2, 2025
  Value: $7,000 - $75,000
• Research on Research Joint Initiative
  Description: Supports metaresearch projects examining research practices, methods, evaluation, and funding. Areas may include talent development, funding allocation, research integrity, infrastructure, research dissemination, and impact assessment. Joint initiative between SSHRC, CIHR, and Michael Smith Health Research BC.
  Deadline: February 20, 2025
  Value: Up to $200,000
• Partnership Engage Grant
  Description: Supports partnered research activities that inform an immediate or time-constrained need of a single, non-academic partner organization. Designed to enable partner organizations and postsecondary researchers to access each other's unique knowledge, expertise, and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.
  Deadline: March 15, 2025
  Value: $7,000 - $25,000
• SFU/SSHRC Small Explore Grant
  Description: Supports scholarly research in the contemporary arts, humanities, and social sciences for expenses up to a maximum of $7,000, or in teams, up to $10,000.
  Deadline: June 1, 2025
  Value: Up to $7,000

Arts Councils

• A new Micro-grants Program will support professional development, career advancement, and artistic practice activities, replacing several existing programs including Professional Development for Artists and Arts Across Canada: Travel.
• A new Composite Activities Program will provide multi-year funding for complex projects spanning up to three years, supporting activities from research to presentation. This program will consolidate several existing funding streams including Explore and Create: Concept to Realization.
  

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