uLethbridge faculty: All funding resources are now on the ORIS website on the intranet.
Faculty Funding
Internal Funding
Internal Funding
ORIS administers the following internal faculty awards:
- COHT Research Award
- Life and Climate Award
- Matching Funds and Letters of Support
- SSHRC Explore
- Postdoctoral Fellow Recruitment
- Tri-Agency Catalyst
- University of Lethbridge Research Fund (ULRF)
- University of Lethbridge Travel Fund
If you are seeking a letter of support or matching funds for an external grant, please consult the Request for support from the VPR on how best to proceed.
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canada Foundation for Innovation
External funding database
External funding database
Looking for funding? Search the external funding database for current opportunities.
Student funding
Undergraduate students
Are you an undergraduate student interested in research and looking for a research-related summer job?
Alberta Innovates Summer Research Studentships offer students with exceptional academic records an opportunity to participate in medical or health-related research at the University during the summer.
The Chinook Summer Research Awards provide students in all disciplines with a research training experience with a University of Lethbridge faculty member during the summer
The NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) stimulate an interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering and to encourage students to undertake graduate studies and pursue a research career in these fields.
Mitacs
Mitacs is a national independent non-profit funding agency that financially supports collaborative projects in any discipline. Students, faculty, and eligible partner agencies can receive funding from Mitacs to support Canadian research and innovation. International opportunities are also available.
Funding Database
| Grant Title | Deadline | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Society Fund |
Deadline Passed (December 10, 2021) |
Civil society includes non-profit and voluntary organizations, registered charities, informal groups or movements pursuing shared interests or values, and private-sector organizations and individuals... |
| Early Career Researcher Award in Asthma |
Deadline Passed (January 24, 2022) |
Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases in Canada affecting over 10% of the population (3.8 million people) with well-recognized biological sex differences. Asthma... |
| Toronto Multiple Sclerosis NeuroCAM Principal Investigator Special Purpose Grant |
Deadline Passed (April 22, 2022) |
Principal Investigator Special Purpose Grant is aimed to catalyze NeuroCAM approaches to treating Multiple Sclerosis at the University of Toronto by funding the acquisition of new equipment,... |
| NeuroCAM Innovation Seed Grants |
Deadline Passed (January 3, 2022) |
Branch Out is offering a series of Principal Investigator Special Purpose Grants to fund specific areas of NeuroCAM research based on specific areas of stakeholder interest and scientific need. We... |
| Pfizer Quality Improvement Grant |
Deadline Passed (January 18, 2021) |
Pfizer Global medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community's independant intitiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of... |
| Innovations in IBD |
Deadline Passed (January 10, 2022) |
Crohn's and Colitis Canada invites applications for an Innovations Grant, to fund novel or innovative approaches to IBD research. This grant is intended to stimulate and support research which may... |
| Cancer Research Society | Operating Grants Competition |
Deadline Passed (December 2, 2021) |
The Operating Grants competition is the principal means by which CRS fulfills its mission to support fundamental, early translational and environment-cancer research on all types of cancer. The... |
| AHS Critical Care SCN Studentship |
Deadline Passed (February 1, 2022) |
The Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network Summer Studentship Award (CC SCN-SSA) is designed to foster research interest in critical care medicine and related disciplines among students at the ... |
| Weston Family Foundation Postdoctoral Award |
Deadline Passed (January 20, 2022) |
Since 2007, the Weston Family Awards in Northern Research have provided unparalleled support to young scientists undertaking research in Canada’s North. Their research spans a broad spectrum of... |
| Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Grants-in-Aid of Research Competition |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is delighted to announce the launch of its 2022 Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIA) Competition. The GIA program supports research projects directly related to IBD that are... |
| Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network (CC SCN) | Summer Studentships |
Deadline Passed (February 1, 2022) |
The Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network Summer Studentship Award (CC SCN-SSA) is designed to foster research interest in critical care medicine and related disciplines among students at the... |
| CIHR & SSHRC | Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative |
Deadline Passed (November 8, 2021) |
As stated in the Government of Canada’s Federal Budget 2021, “systemic racism and discrimination are a painful reality for too many people, especially for marginalized groups, including Indigenous,... |
| Brain Canada | Youth Mental Health Platform |
Deadline Passed (December 7, 2021) |
Mental illness disproportionately affects young people worldwide between the ages of 15 and 29. It accounts for approximately half of the overall burden of disease in this age group, making it the... |
| Brain Canada | Quantum Leap Drug Discovery |
Deadline Passed (November 11, 2021) |
Together with the Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM), Brain Canada is pleased to share an upcoming funding opportunity for Canadian researchers. CQDM’s Quantum Leap pharma-led funding... |
| Banting Research Foundation | Discovery Award |
Deadline Passed (November 24, 2021) |
The Discovery Award is a one-year grant of up to $30,000 for innovative health and biomedical research projects by outstanding new investigators at universities and research institutes in Canada, who... |
| Brain Canada | Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research |
Deadline Passed (November 9, 2021) |
Supported by the Canada Brain Research Fund, the purpose of the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Grants Program is to accelerate novel and transformative research ... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Clinician Scientist Fellowship to Promote Diversity |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
The Alzheimer's Association recognizes the need to support exceptional clinician scientists who are currently underrepresented at academic institutions in clinical research training in Alzheimer's... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Clinician Scientist Fellowship to Promote Diversity |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
The Alzheimer's Association recognizes the need to support exceptional clinician scientists who are currently underrepresented at academic institutions in clinical research training in Alzheimer's... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Clinician Scientist Fellowship Program |
Deadline Passed (November 1, 2021) |
The Alzheimer's Association recognizes the need to support the training of clinician scientists in Alzheimer's and all other dementias. For the purpose of this program, a clinician scientist is... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
The Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) award is intended to support exceptional scientists from underrepresented groups who are working in Alzheimer’s or all... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Research Fellowship |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
The Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship award is intended to support exceptional researchers who are engaged in their post-graduate work (i.e. postdoctoral fellows) and before they have their... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Research Grant to Promote Diversity |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
The Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity award is up to three years (minimum two years) to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented groups at academic... |
| Alzheimer's Association | Research Grant |
Deadline Passed (November 12, 2021) |
The Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant (AARG) award aims to fund early-career investigators who are less than 15 years past their doctoral degree or post-residency (MD or DO). The purpose of... |
| Emergency Strategic Clinical Network (ESCN) Studentship Call 2022 |
Deadline Passed (October 17, 2021) |
The Emergency Strategic Clinical Network Summer Studentship Award (ESCN-SSA) is designed to foster research interest in emergency medicine and related disciplines among students at the undergraduate... |
| Canadian Hemophilia Sociey & Bayer ADVANCE Canada Research Program |
Deadline Passed (December 3, 2021) |
This program is offered in partnership with ADVANCE Canada (ADVANCE: age-related developments and co-morbidities in hemophilia) who’s Mission is as follows: To improve the health and Quality of Life... |
| Canadian Hemophilia Society & Novo Nordisk Psychosocial Research Program |
Deadline Passed (December 3, 2021) |
The Canadian Hemophilia Society – Novo Nordisk Canada Psychosocial Research Program was created to engage professionals/graduate students from the allied health disciplines (ie. Nursing,... |
| Canadian Hemophilia Society & Pfizer Care Until Research Program |
Deadline Passed (December 3, 2021) |
The CHS / Pfizer Care Until Cure Research Program was established in the year 2000 in collaboration with Wyeth Canada, now Pfizer. Pfizer Canada strives every day to help Canadians live healthy,... |
| Canadian Hemophilia Society | Dream of a Cure Research Program |
Deadline Passed (December 3, 2021) |
Supporting research towards improving the health and the quality of life of all people with inherited bleeding disorders and finding a cure have been goals of the Canadian Hemophilia Society (CHS)... |
| Canadian Centre on Substance Use & Addiction | Request for Proposals |
Deadline Passed (October 22, 2021) |
CCSA is seeking a contractor to conduct an international scan of population surveys that measure patterns of cannabis use and related behaviours (e.g., polysubstance use, driving after cannabis use... |
| Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network Competition (CAAIN) |
Deadline Passed (October 15, 2021) |
This $10-million competition launched October 1, 2021. It will remain open for applications until October 22, 2021, and is available to any Canadian agri-food researchers and/or innovators seeking... |
| CAAIF | Avir Pharma Early Investigator Research Grant in Eosinophilic Esophagitis |
Deadline Passed (November 8, 2021) |
The Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) is a charitable foundation whose mission is to invest in research leading to new and better treatments that improve the lives of... |
| CAAIF | Immunodeficiency Canada Research Fellow/Early Investigator Award in Immunodeficiency |
Deadline Passed (October 15, 2021) |
The Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) is a charitable foundation whose mission is to invest in research leading to new and better treatments that improve the lives of... |
| New Frontiers in Research Fund | 2021 Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context |
Deadline Passed (September 17, 2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a documented disruptive effect on researchers’ ability to continue planned research activities, particularly community and field-based research. However, the pandemic... |
| Health Canada's Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) Contribution Funding |
Deadline Passed (September 17, 2021) |
Health Canada's Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) provides contribution funding for projects that respond to drug and substance use issues in Canada. SUAP is seeking applications for... |
| Alzheimer's Diagnostics Accelerator: Peripheral Biomarkers Program | No Deadline | The Diagnostics Accelerator challenges the research community to develop cutting-edge biomarkers and explore novel diagnostic technologies that will aid in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and clinical trial... |
| Alzheimer's Diagnostics Accelerator: Digital Biomarkers Program | No Deadline | The Diagnostics Accelerator challenges the research community to develop cutting-edge biomarkers and explore novel diagnostic technologies that will aid in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and clinical trial... |
| BrightFocus Foundation | Alzheimer's Disease research Grants |
Deadline Passed (October 24, 2021) |
BrightFocus provides research funds for U.S. domestic as well as international researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer's... |
| Product Demonstration Program |
Deadline Passed (August 31, 2021) |
Accelerating Innnovations to Commercialization The Product Demonstration Program is designed to de-risk the commercialization process by providing funds and coaching to high potential, high growth... |
| JDRF Canada - Brain Canada Addressing Mental Health in Type 1 Diabetes |
Deadline Passed (September 8, 2021) |
The JDRF Canada –Brain Canada Addressing Mental Health in Type 1 Diabetes Team Grants aim to supportresearch on the development, validation, or implementation of interventions that address mental... |
| Alberta Innovates Smart Agriculture and Food Automation And Digitalization Challenge (SAFDAC) |
Deadline Passed (August 6, 2021) |
The Alberta Innovates Smart Agriculture and Food Automation and Digitalization Challenge (SAFDAC) has launched. This Program supports projects that develop or advance technology solutions for broad... |
| Heart & Stroke New Investigator Award |
Deadline Passed (July 22, 2021) |
The New Investigator (NI) program is a salary award to support new investigators who have demonstrated excellence in their doctoral and post-doctoral training and wish to establish their own... |
| Heart & Stroke Grant-in-Aid (GIA) |
Deadline Passed (August 19, 2021) |
The Grant-in-Aid (GIA) program provides operating funds to support important, pertinent, novel research in the areas of heart disease and stroke. GIA funding promotes research discovery, exploration... |
| Ataxia Canada Foundation |
Deadline Passed (September 23, 2021) |
A degenerative neuromuscular disease family which shortens life expectancy and is most often diagnose between the age of 5 to 15 years old. It deprives children and teenagers of their mobility and... |
| Brain Canada-WBHI Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender Program |
Deadline Passed (August 25, 2021) |
Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) and Brain Canada have joined forces to launch the first ever Brain Canada-WBHI Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender Program, a new initiative to support... |
| Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders Grant Program |
Deadline Passed (June 13, 2022) |
Alberta’s firefighters, police officers, paramedics, sheriffs, corrections officers and emergency health care workers often deal with stressful, dangerous and traumatic situations. This stress has a... |
| 2021 Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship |
Deadline Passed (July 5, 2021) |
The Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship has been created in memory of neuroscientist Dr. Hubert van Tol. The travel fellowship is funded by the generous support of the Seger-van Tol family and Brain... |
| Canadian Cancer Society Challenge Grants |
Deadline Passed (September 15, 2021) |
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is proud to launch a new funding program in support of cancer research across Canada. The Challenge grant program will support cancer research projects across the... |
| Accelerating Innovations into CarE Concepts Program |
Deadline Passed (June 23, 2021) |
This opportunity serves to advance early-stage health research that demonstrates high commercial potential in priority areas of precision health. This call specifically seeks to apply computational... |
| CCS/CIHR-ICR Inititative in Primary Cancer Prevention |
Deadline Passed (September 3, 2021) |
Currently, nearly one in two Canadians will develop cancer during their lifetime and about one in four will die from their disease. However, risk factors, prevention strategies, screening, diagnosis... |
| Heart Failue Research Network |
Deadline Passed (November 30, 2021) |
CIHR has recently launched a $5M funding opportunity to support a single nationally coordinated, interdisciplinary heart failure research network. The goal of the Network is to understand the... |