Funding Opportunities
Are you a professor or staff member interested in pursuing research funding? Please get in touch! Contacting the Sheridan Research Office early will allow us to plan time to support your application, and help you identify relevant external funding opportunities.
For more information and assistance on the submission process, including completing an Expression of Interest (EOI) Form (for faculty) or completing a Grant Application Summary form (for Research and Incubation Centres), please contact the Sheridan Research Office.
New call for applications
NSERC ARD/Mitacs Accelerate Joint Funding
NSERC and Mitacs have developed an opportunity for applicants to seek support from both an Applied Research and Development (ARD) grant and Mitacs Accelerate, through a single application submission and review process. Applicants may include in their ARD application a request for additional support through Mitacs Accelerate internships as a component of the training of highly qualified personnel (HQP). Part of the company’s matching contribution for the ARD can also be used as matching for the Mitacs internship(s) ($7,500 per 4-month internship).
Other funding opportunities
External Grants
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grants
NSERC |
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Connect | Level 1 Connect Grants provide support for travel, accommodation, meals and meeting costs within Canada to college researchers and research administrators for outreach aimed at forming new partnerships with Canadian companies.
Level 2 Connect Grants provide support for: |
No Deadline | Connect Grant Summary |
OCE VIP/NSERC Engage Program | Help companies develop, implement and commercialize technical innovations by supporting partnerships between Ontario's industry and publicly funded colleges. | January 15, 2021 | VIP/Engage Grant Summary |
Engage |
Support short-term research and development projects that address a company/industrial association/public utility/government-owned organization-specific problem and are expected to result in economic benefits. |
No Deadline | Engage Grant Summary |
College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) |
Support college social innovation research projects in partnership with local community organizations, leading to solutions that address a Canadian community need. |
EOI deadline now closed. Proposal submissions to NSERC by Monday, February 1, 2021 |
CCSIF Grant Summary |
Applied Research and Development (ARD) |
Support one-to three-year projects at any point in the research and development (R&D) spectrum. |
No Deadline | ARD Grant Summary |
Applied Research Tools and Instruments (ARTI) |
Support the purchase of research equipment and installations to foster and enhance the capacity of colleges to undertake applied research, innovation and training in collaboration with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). |
Closed |
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Innovation Links (IL) |
Support college-university collaborations working with the business sector to realize |
No Deadline | IL Grant Summary |
Innovation Enhancement (IE) |
Increase innovation at the community and/or regional level by enabling Canadian colleges to increase their capacity to work with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). |
Closed |
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Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC) |
Support applied research leaders and their development of business-focused applied research programs at colleges. |
Closed |
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Technology Access Centres (TAC) |
Provide funding for core operations of centres established by colleges to address the applied research and innovation needs of local companies. |
Closed |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grants
SSHRC Grants |
Intended Purpose |
Deadline |
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Insight Development |
Foster research in its early stages (e.g. case studies, pilot initiatives, critical analyses of existing research). |
February 2, 2021 |
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Insight |
Support long-term research initiatives. |
Closed |
Insight Grant Summary |
Connection |
Support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities that facilitate short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. |
November 1 February 1 May 1 August 1 |
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Partnership Engage |
Support short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector |
September 15 December 15 March 15 June 15 |
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Partnership Development |
Provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to: -develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and emerging scholars, by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or -design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level. |
Closed |
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Partnership |
Provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, and through resources as evidenced by cash and/or in-kind contributions. |
Closed |
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Impact Awards |
Build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities. |
April 1, 2021 |
Ontario Centres of Excellence Grants
OCE Grants |
Intended Purpose |
Deadline |
More Information |
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Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) |
Help companies develop, implement and commercialize technical innovations by supporting partnerships between Ontario's industry and publicly funded colleges. |
No Deadline |
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VIP/Engage | Help companies develop, implement and commercialize technical innovations by supporting partnerships between Ontario's industry and publicly funded colleges. | January 15, 2021 | VIP/NSERC Grant Summary |
Canada Foundation for Innovation Grants
CFI Grants |
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College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) |
Support substantial research infrastructure projects that will augment the existing applied research and technology development capacity of colleges and allow them to respond to important sector industry needs. |
Stream 1 Notice of Intent: March 15 each year Full Proposal: May 15 each year Stream 2 Letter of Intent: To be determined Invitation to Submit a Proposal: To be determined Full Proposal: To be determined |
MITACS Grants
MITACS Grants |
Intended Purpose |
Deadline |
More Information |
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Accelerate |
Support college-industry R&D collaborations through research-based four-month student internships. |
No Deadline |
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Business Strategy-Internship Development (BSI-D) | January 29, 2021 | BSI-D Grant Summary |