News and Events

Announcement of the publication of the new Tri-Agency Guidance on Research Security by federal research funding agencies

This new webpage provides the latest guidance for the research community, with regards to the implementation of research security measures by the federal research funding agencies. We encourage UWindsor researchers to familiarize themselves with this guidance, as well as the linked policies, guidelines, and resources provided by the Government of Canada.

If you have any questions about research security, feel free to email researchsecurity@uwindsor.ca

Funding Opportunities

UWindsor Deadlines for Applications

To ensure the institutional approval required for any funding application submitted from UWindsor, the Faculties and ORIS have internal deadlines in advance of the agency’s deadline. The internal deadlines also provide an opportunity for feedback to strengthen the application.

No later than the internal deadline, email to your ORIS coordinator and Associate Dean Research or counterpart (1) the rough copy of application, and (2) begin an ERSO record, attaching a draft of the application, and submit for approval to your department head.

Tri-Agency and other External Funding Opportunities

NSERC: Funding Opportunities for Natural Sciences Engineering Research

NSERC and the NRC launch a collaborative funding opportunity to advance the industrial readiness of quantum sensing technologies

NSERC and the NRC are partnering through Alliance Quantum grants to launch a call for proposals to strengthen Canada's quantum research and innovation capacity in quantum sensing and advance the development and application of technologies in this domain for the benefit of Canadians.

Funding will support R&D partnerships among university researchers, NRC researchers and for-profit small- or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which are federally and/or provincially/territorially incorporated in Canada. Other organizations from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors may join such partnerships.

NSERC will provide support toward eligible research costs incurred by the academic team. Through CSTIP, the NRC will provide contribution funding to the participating Canadian SME(s). Together, the two agencies will provide an envelope of up to $12 million over three years.

Please refer to the call for proposals for more information. Applications will be accepted until 8 pm (Eastern Time) on June 14, 2024. Applications are due at ORIS 5 business days before the external deadline.

NSERC Form 100D – Consent to Provide Limited Personal Information about HQP to NSERC

All NSERC applicants must ensure that they have a Form 100D completed for all HQP where their limited personal information is described in your CCV and/or your application. Find a copy of this form here with more detailed information.

NSERC Alliance International grants

Alliance International grants is a new funding stream to support Canadian university researchers working with leading international academic researchers to establish and grow international research collaborations and projects of global importance that will generate benefits to Canada.

Alliance International is a new, permanent stream of Alliance. There is no deadline to apply and grants will be awarded throughout the year. Alliance International offers two grant types: Catalyst grants and Collaboration grants.

NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate Grants 

NSERC and Mitacs have launched a new program to leverage the resources and funding of both organizations; NSERC recognizes all industry cash towards the global budget of joint applications (which includes enhanced HQP training delivered through Mitacs Accelerate internships).

• If you missed the webinar, see the slides with the information on the new program and the link to the recorded webinar here.
• Please notify Sara Kenno or Michelle Nevett of ORIS or Wilson Luo at Mitacs if you wish to apply.

NSERC announces improvements to Alliance grants program

In 2022–23, NSERC evaluated the Alliance program through surveys, consultations and interviews with stakeholders. The perspective of the community, along with NSERC’s experience to date, shaped the changes described below.

These changes aim to make the Alliance grants program even more simple, flexible, modernized and responsive. They will help to:

• remove barriers to collaboration 
• champion more research partnerships 
• provide efficient and responsive proposal assessment 
• strengthen relationships with the research community 
• ensure inclusive research support 

NSERC Alliance Option 1 has been replaced by Alliance Advantage.

NSERC Alliance Option 2 has been replaced by Alliance Society.

We strongly encourage all faculty to review program websites as page limits, matching funds, and other details have been revised.

NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program

NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience program (CREATE) has recently undergone a renewal process to simplify its requirements and application procedures. These changes were communicated last December. Please note one adjustment to these changes which impacts the Letter of Intent quota, highlighted in Bold type below. The following will be reflected in the online program description in March 2024:

• Please note the adjustment made to the previously announced revised quota in December 2023. As of January 17, 2024, University Letter of Intent (LOI) quota remains the same as before: six for large institutions, four for medium sized institutions, and two for small institutions.
• The LOI stage is now non-competitive, meaning that the LOIs are not adjudicated by the selection committee and proceed directly to the application stage.
• LOI submissions are still required by May 1, but less information is required.
• The industrial stream has been eliminated. Industrial participation in CREATE initiatives is encouraged, but the extent and nature of industrial participation is determined by the applicants and their industrial partners.
• Mobility experiences are now mandatory for all master and doctoral trainees, with a minimum duration of one month at the master level and two months at the doctoral level.

For questions, contact the CREATE program team at create@nserc-crsng.gc.ca.

Funding for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences



SSHRC success rates here.

Recent SSHRC adjudication committee members named here.

FHSS Book Publication & Translation Grants

• The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) offers grants to offset the costs of publishing or translating scholarly books that make important contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
• Canadian authors may apply. Grants are paid to the publisher. More info

Law Foundation of Ontario Responsive Grant: 2024

• New Expression of Interest to Foundation – No deadline
• Invited application due UWindsor – 15 days before submitted to Foundation
• Invited application due Foundation – TBA More info

SSHRC Connection: May 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – February 2024
• Application due UWindsor – April 3, 2024
• Application due SSHRC – May 1, 2024 More info

SSHRC Partnership Engage: Summer 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – April 2024
• Application due UWindsor – May 1, 2024 (changed from May 18)
• Application due SSHRC – May 22, 2024 (changed from June 15) More info

SSHRC Connection: Summer 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – April 2024
• Application due UWindsor – May 23, 2024 (changed from June 28)
• Application due SSHRC – June 20, 2024 (changed from Aug 1) More info

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – June 2024
• Application due UWindsor – August 16, 2024
• Application due SSHRC – September 13, 2024 (anticipated) More info

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024

• Expression of Intent due ORIS – June 2024 (anticipated)
• Invitation to submit full application – August 2024 (anticipated)
• Application due SSHRC – September 20, 2024 (anticipated)

SSHRC Partnership Engage: September 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – June 2024
• Application due UWindsor – August 19, 2024
• Application due SSHRC – September 16, 2024 (rather than Sun Sept 15) More info

SSHRC Insight 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – June 2024
• Application due UWindsor – September 2, 2024
• Application due SSHRC – October 1, 2024 More info

SSHRC Partnership Stage 2: 2024 (if invited)

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to co-apply – August 2024
• Application due UWindsor – October 1, 2024
• Application due SSHRC -- October 29, 2024 More info

SSHRC Connection: November 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – August 2024
• Application due UWindsor – October 4, 2024
• Application due SSHRC – November 1, 2024 More info

SSHRC Partnership Development 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – May 2024 
• Application due UWindsor – October 18, 2024 
• Application due SSHRC – November 15, 2024 More info 

SSHRC Partnership Engage: December 2024

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – September 2024
• Application due UWindsor – November 18, 2024
• Application due SSHRC – December 16, 2024 (rather than Sun Dec 15) More info

SSHRC Connection: February 2025

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – November 2024
• Application due UWindsor – January 5, 2024 
• Application due SSHRC – February 1, 2024 More info

SSHRC Insight Development 2025

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – Summer 2024
• Application due UWindsor – January 5, 2024 
• Application due SSHRC – February 2, 2024 More info

SSHRC Partnership Stage 1: 2025

• Notify N. Wiebe of intent to apply – Summer 2024
• Application due UWindsor – January 15, 2025
• Application due SSHRC – February 10, 2025 More info

SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals: 2025

• Competition launch – Summer 2025 (June anticipated)
• Application due UWindsor – 1 month before due to SSHRC
• Application due SSHRC – Fall 2025 (September anticipated) More info

Dorothy Killam Research Fellowship

• Notify vpri@uwindsor.ca of intent to apply – April 2024
• Application due UWindsor – May 27, 2024
• Eligibility attestation by UWindsor – June 11, 2024
• Application due Killam – June 13, 2024 More info

Funding Opportunities for Health and Medical Research

CIHR webpage Learning for Peer Reviewers is available!

• Learn about CIHR in the 101 eLearning Series. They are 2 of 23 learning modules developed by the College of Reviewers. Find them all on the College’s new webpage created to help peer reviewers conduct effective and fair reviews. Learning for Peer Reviewers - CIHR (cihr-irsc.gc.ca) 

Weston Family Foundation Rapid Response 2024 Program

Rapid Response 2024 program | Weston Family Foundation (westonfoundation.ca)

The Weston Family Foundation, through the Weston Brain Institute is re-launching their Rapid Response program. This is designed to provide seed funding to catalyze novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research for neurodegenerative disease of aging (NDAs). 

• April 2, 2024: Program information session (register here).
• April 23, 2024: ORIS Internal Draft Deadline 
• Create and submit a file in ERSO. Submit a draft proposal/budget and other application material to your Faculty and ORIS
• April 30, 2024 @2:00 PM EST: Letter of Intent deadline (Apply here: https://westonfdn.smartsimple.ca/)
• November 2024: Award announcement

Canadian Cancer Society/Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation Disruptive Innovation Grants in Cancer Research 

Designed to support preliminary research to establish proof of principle in novel concepts and approaches with the potential to revolutionize cancer prevention, detection and treatment. This opportunity will support proposals from any research field and discipline that demonstrate the potential for high impact and, where appropriate, seed collaborations among non-traditional cancer fields,

• Letter of Intent Submission Deadline: March 21, 2024 (@ 5:00 PM EST) Must be completed via their webform. Please refer to the Letter of Intent Application Guide for the components needed and specific instructions.
• Invitation to submit Full Application: End of May 2024
• Internal ORIS/Faculty Submission: July 18, 2024 - Create and submit a file in ERSO. Submit a draft proposal/budget and other application material to Faculty/ORIS Jackie Fong for review.
• Full Application Submission Deadline - All components required for the evaluation of the proposal must be submitted electronically through EGrAMS. August 1, 2024 (@ 5:00 PM EST)

Arthritis Society Canada: Stars Career Development Award

To help firmly establish the career of early career investigators. This salary and research funding represents a three (3) year commitment by Arthritis Society Canada, together with an additional three (3) year commitment by the applicant’s Host Institution.

• Funding: max $125,000 annually for up to three years ($375,000 total), with an additional 3 years of support from the Host Institution of an equal value.
• Abstract registration deadline: May 15, 2024, 5:00 PM ET 
• ORIS Internal Deadline: June 19, 2024 to oris@uwindsor.ca and submit ERSO
• Full Application deadline: June 26, 2024, 5:00 PM ET
• Notification of decision: Early/Mid-December 2024
• Anticipated funding start date: January 1, 2025

Arthritis Society Canada: Ignite Innovation Grants

To support the development and testing of transformative, paradigm-shifting, concepts and approaches to address critical barriers to progress in arthritis research, challenge our understanding of arthritis and its management, and generate novel approaches to confront the challenges we face in defeating arthritis and delivering the best evidence-informed care possible.

• Funding: $50,000 annually for up to two years. Non-renewable.
• Abstract Registration submission deadline: May 14, 2024 5:00 PM ET
• ORIS Internal Deadline for Full Application: June 18, 2024 to oris@uwindsor.ca and submit ERSO
• Full application submission deadline: June 25, 2024, 5:00 PM ET
• Notification of decision: November 2024
• Anticipated funding start date: January 1, 2025

New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

2024 NordForsk-led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development of the Arctic

This international joint initiative represents a collaboration among research funders from Canada, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. Through interdisciplinary research projects that include Indigenous perspectives, this call will leverage expertise across Arctic countries to explore approaches to sustainable development in the Arctic, considering aspects such as security, natural resources and societal changes.

Eligibility: A minimum of three Nordic countries must be represented on the research team. NFRF will only fund Indigenous co-developed co-led projects.

Amount: Upper: $4,000,000 CAD

Deadlines:

• Notify N. Noel in ORIS of your intent to apply: April – May 2024
• Submit Registration: 28 May 2024
• NordForsk pre-proposal submission: 4 Jun 2024
• Application Deadline: Fall 2024

Website: Link

Pivot-RP: Link

Please contact nnoel@uwindsor.ca as soon as possible if interested in this call. 

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources

Applying for a grant with an equity, diversity and inclusion component?

Please see our resources further below in this email, or contact the ORIS EDI in research consultant, Riley Garno (he/him), to schedule a consultation.

EDI Training and Guides:

• Gender Based Analysis+: Explore GBA+ link
• Past ORIS Webinar offerings link
• Dimensions Charter link
• Canada Research Chair Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan link
• Setting New Directions to Support Indigenous Research and Research Training in Canada link

Tri-Agency Resources

• Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research - A guide for applicants to New Frontiers in Research Fund competitions link

CIHR Related Resources:

• Canada Research Chairs Unconscious Bias Training Module link
• Course on Research Ethics – TCPS 2: CORE link
• Background context on Indigenous Health Research link
• Sex and Gender Considerations in Biomedical Research link
• Sex and Gender Considerations in Data Collection in Humans link
• Assessing Sex and Gender Integration in Peer Review link

NSERC Related Resources:

• NSERC Framework on EDI link
• Strengthening Research Excellence through Equity, Diversity and Inclusion link
• Guide for Applicants: Considering equity, diversity and inclusion in your application link
• NSERC guide on integrating equity, diversity and inclusion considerations in research link

SSHRC Related Resources:

• Guidelines for the Merit Review of Aboriginal Research link
• Indigenous research link
• SSHRC's equity, diversity and inclusion dashboard link
• Guide to Including Diversity Considerations in Research Design for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Award Applicants link
• Guide to Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Considerations in Partnership Grant Applications link

Funding Agencies