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. If you have not yet identified a funding opportunity, and wish to explore project ideas and/or potential funding sources with the Sheridan Research Office, please contact us at research@sheridancollege.ca at any time.

New call for applications

Mitacs and Mental Health Research Canada

Accelerate: Summer 2022 Mental Health Internships for College Students

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

Government of Ontario

External Grants

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grants

NSERC	Intended Purpose	Deadline	More Information
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: 1) research planning and networking activities within Canada to develop new college–industry partnerships; 2) activities or promotional tools to encourage new partnerships supported by CCI Program grants.	Closed	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.	No Deadline	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
NSERC Engage Plus	Further develop an ongoing or completed Engage Grant Project Support or to continue the project while seeking longer-term support.	No Deadline	Engage Plus 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.	Closed	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	ARTI Grant Summary
Innovation Links (IL)	Support college-university collaborations working with the business sector to realize successful commercialization.	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	IE Grant Summary
Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC)	Support applied research leaders and their development of business-focused applied research programs at colleges.	Closed	IRCC Grant Summary
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	TAC Grant Summary

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grants

SSHRC Grants	Intended Purpose	Deadline	More Information
Insight Development	Foster research in its early stages (e.g. case studies, pilot initiatives, critical analyses of existing research).	Closed	Insight Development Grant Summary
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	Connection Grant Summary
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	Partnership Engage Grant Summary
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	Partnership Development Grant Summary
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	Partnership Grant Summary
Impact Awards	Build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities.	Closed	Impact Awards Summary

Ontario Centres of Excellence Grants

OCE Grants	Intended Purpose	Deadline	More Information
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	OCE Grant Summary
VIP/Engage	Help companies develop, implement and commercialize technical innovations by supporting partnerships between Ontario's industry and publicly funded colleges.	No Deadline	VIP/NSERC Grant Summary

Canada Foundation for Innovation Grants

CFI Grants	Intended Purpose	Deadline	More Information
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	CIIF Grant Summary

FedDev Ontario Grants

FedDev Grants	Intended Purpose	Deadline	More Information
SONAMI	Support applied research collaborations with small and medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector, to help solve their challenges, adapt new technologies, develop new prototypes, and bring new products to the market.	No Deadline	SONAMI Grant Summary

MITACS Grants

MITACS Grants	Intended Purpose	Deadline	More Information
Accelerate	Support college-industry R&D collaborations through research-based four-month student internships.	No Deadline	Accelerate Grant Summary
Business Strategy Internship	Support college-industry R&D collaborations through business strategy-based four-month student internships	No Deadline	BSI Grant Summary
Accelerate: Summer 2022 Mental Health Internships for College Students	Support the next generation of mental health researchers, and improve mental health service delivery to communities across Canada, through research-based four-month student internships.	October 6	Grant Summary