Funding Opportunities

• seed /supplemental funding for organizing local, national, or international conferences
  
• applicants should seek conference funding from a number of other sources (e.g., from VPA Conference Grants, corporate sponsors, academic societies, relevant institutes, academic departments)
  
• requests will be accepted three times / year
• deadline for requests is the Friday of the fourth week of each academic term
  
• awards are subject to annual availability of funds
• FoS support is to be acknowledged in all pertinent material regarding the conference
• application form
• submit application via email

• provides funds to:
  • replace aging equipment
  • acquire new, unique equipment
  • support installation of newly acquired equipment
  • match/supplement other equipment funding requests (e.g. NSERC RTIs)
• priority given to heavily used, multi-user equipment
  
• long-term maintenance / service contract costs are ineligible
• funds are also to be sought from the researchers' Departments
• application procedure:
  • submit application to PI's Department for initial ranking
    
  • Department submits ranked list of equipment applications to FoS ADR
    
• requests accepted annually
• FoS deadline: Jan 31; decisions made Apr 1
  
• awards are subject to annual availability of funds
• awards paid from the FoS office (submit final quote to the ADR for the Purchase Requisition)
• application form

• provides funds:
  • for reagents and/or services for getting preliminary data
  • for salary support for student / staff to acquire preliminary data
  • to support workshops or researcher meetings that aid in the submission of collaborative grants
• development of new research areas and collaborations are encouraged
•  within 1 year of receiving the FoS grant, the awardee must use it as a basis for an application to an external funding agency
  
  • prior to submission, this new grant must undergo internal review (e.g., peer-review, grants facilitator review)
    
  • the award outcome of the submitted grant must be reported to the FoS
• funding requests are accepted any time
• awards are subject to annual availability of funds
• application form
• submit application via email

• to fund direct costs of research, publication costs and/or conference attendance
• awards of up to $2,000
• contact: Susanne Stockdill in the Faculty of Science(scbudget@sfu.ca; 778-782-9585)

• September call for applications
• mid-October submission to Departmental Chair
• mid-December decision
  
• average award is ~$2,000
• funding opportunity link

• supports major initiatives outlined in the Strategic Research Plan
• supports several other endeavours
• allocations plan developed annually in consultation with Deans, VPs, President
• funding opportunity link
• CTEF terms of reference

• no deadline
  
• funds to assist SFU faculty members with the preparation of applications to major external research grants
  
• up to $5K
  
• funding opportunity link

• no deadline
  
• funds to assist SFU authors publishing in fully open access journals that charge Article Processing Charges
  
• up to two articles/year
• up to $2500/article
  
• funding opportunity link

• no deadline
• funds for costs associated with digitizing scholarly materials for deposit in the Library’s Research Repository or another publicly accessible repository operated and maintained by the SFU Library
  
• eligible costs include scanning, creation of descriptive information, other activities
  
• up to $5K/project/year
• funding opportunity link

• no deadline
• to fund investigation of new or innovative teaching and learning practices
• open to continuing or limited term full-time SFU faculty
  
• up to $5K
  
• funding opportunity link

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

• Canada Council for the Arts: Killam Research Fellowships
• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
• Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Technology (CANARIE)
• Canada Research Chairs (CRC)
  
• Genome Canada
• MITACS
• Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada (NCE)

• Genome BC
  
• Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)

• (Gates) Grand Challenges in Global Health
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• European Commission Participant Portal
  
• France Canada Research Fund (FCRF)
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  
• Human Frontier Science

• Simon Fraser University offers a searchable funding and awards database
• Michigan State University maintains an extensive "Grants and Related Resources" database
  
• University of Alberta offers a funding opportunites database
• University of British Columbia maintains a searchable funding opportunities list
  
• University of Guelph has a searchable list of funding sources
  
• University of McMaster maintains a Funding Sources list
  
• University of Toronto offers a searchable funding database

• Grant Connect: searchable Canadian directory to foundations and corporations

• CORDIS: European Union sponsored Research & Development
• Grants.gov:  US-based agencies (eligibility of foreign applicants depends on agency)
  
• GrantsNet: searchable databases for US-based agencies; focus is on medical & biological sciences
• Non-NIH Funding Opportunities: a variety of international grants & fellowships in biomedical & behavioral research (maintained by Fogarty International Center)
• SPIN: (world's largest database of sponsored funding opportunities)

SFU generally administers research grants and contracts only on behalf of faculty members. See ORS for details on eligibility, and consult SFU Policy R 10.01, External Research Grants and Contracts. Also contact the Faculty of Science Research Grants Facilitator for help with finding funding for your research.

The SFU Office of Research Services maintains a list of SFU grants and includes eligibility information, deadlines, forms and instructions.

The Office of Research Services offers a searchable research funding and awards opportunities database. Subscribe to receive periodic updates on opportunities that match your needs.