News and Events

Register now for ORIS Summer Research Days

Event to discuss use of computing tools in research

Are you interested in learning more about using computing to support your research?

Consultants from the SHARCNET computing consortium are hosting a virtual event about the use of Digital Research Alliance of Canada Resources, including available cloud computing resources, the new large computer cluster, the annual resource allocation process for larger projects, and remote desktop and other non-traditional high-performance computing tools. The event runs 1-2 p.m. July 17.

Zoom Details: Meeting ID 833 4452 6228 URL: https://sharcnet-ca.zoom.us/j/83344526228

CIHR launches Reviewer in Training program for early career researchers

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has launched the Reviewer in Training (RIT) program for the Fall 2025 Project Grant competition, offering early career researchers an inside view of the peer review process.

ECRs can apply to become Mentees, conducting practice reviews under the guidance of a mentor and attending peer review meetings. ECRs who already hold federal funding can apply to become an ECR Reviewer, participating in the same capacity as other reviewers, but with a reduced number of applications.

The deadline to apply is Aug. 6.

Researchers invited to join online directory

The Canada Foundation for Innovation invites researchers to join the Research Facilities Navigator. The Navigator is an open-access, searchable directory of facilities at universities, colleges, hospitals and government departments.

Since its launch in 2013, the Navigator has helped researchers attract partnerships with industry, connect with academic collaborators from Canada and abroad, and meet students interested in furthering their training in state-of-the-art facilities. List your lab on the Navigator here.

New link for Data Management Plan platform

The DMP Assistant platform recently migrated to national infrastructure. As part of this process the old domain (assistant.portagenetwork.ca) has been retired and will no longer connect to the correct page. The DMP Assistant is available by using this link: dmp-pgd.ca.



Funding Opportunities

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

All NSERC applicants must ensure they have a Form 100D completed for all HQP where their limited personal information is described in your CCV and/or your application.

Discovery Grant NOI

NSERC's Research Portal is open for the Discovery Grant Notice of Intent and the Subatomic Physics Notice of Intent. External deadline for both: Aug. 1, 8 p.m. EST

These NOIs are not competitive and are submitted directly to NSERC, so there is no internal deadline and no ERSO file required. Please contact your research coordinator Sara Kenno (Engineering projects) or Michelle Nevett (Natural Science projects) for questions or if you would like a review of your NOI materials.

NEW! NSERC Discovery Grants (full applications)

Separate internal Faculty and ORIS deadlines will be announced in early August to all those who submitted NOIs. To assist with your fall planning, internal deadlines will be approximately four to six weeks ahead of the external deadline.

Final application submitted into research portal by Oct. 30

External deadline Nov. 3, 8pm.

NEW! PromoScience call for applications

PromoScience provides funding for initiatives to help young Canadians in elementary and high school develop science and engineering skills and interests. Provides up to $200,000 a year for three years, covering up to one-third of program costs. Applications are limited to one per department. We strongly encourage potential applicants to collaborate on proposals and contact your department heads and associate deans of research as soon as possible.

Internal deadline: Sept. 2

Application due NSERC: Sept. 15, 8 p.m.

Information sessions on this call will be held in English and French.

English webinar – July 23, 1-2:30 p.m. (ET)

French webinar – July 24, 1- 2:30 p.m. (ET)

NEW! Research Tools and Instruments

The RTI grants program provides the primary avenue for university researchers in the natural sciences and engineering to get up to $150,000 for research tools and instruments with a net cost between $7,001 and $250,000.

Internal deadline: Oct. 6 (ERSO file, email draft to coordinator, contributions confirmed in writing and quotes obtained if applicable)

Full application submitted into research portal by Oct. 23

External deadline: Oct. 27, 8 p.m.

ORIS will be hosting an RTI webinar July 24, noon to 1 p.m. via Teams. The purpose of the webinar is to stimulate conversation about equipment needs and to begin early preparation of applications. Register for the RTI webinar here.

External Funding Opportunities for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Contact Natasha Wiebe if you intend to apply

to any of the grants listed below.

SSHRC facts and figures

Recent SSHRC adjudication committee members

SSHRC Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (replaces SSHRC and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships)

• Application due UWindsor – Aug. 7 (internal NOI deadline was June 23)
• Application due SSHRC – Sept. 11

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis – The Arts Transformed

• NOI due UWindsor – Oct. 3
• Application due UWindsor – Nov. 3
• Application due SSHRC – Dec. 2

Webinar for this competition will be held Oct. 2, 11 a.m. to noon. Registration link to be added to the funding opportunity page.

Indigenous Capacity and Leadership in Research Connection Grants

The ICLR Connection Grants fund activities to engage with and exchange knowledge that contribute to wholistic, interdisciplinary and distinctions-based approaches. Valued at up to $50,000, these grants are reserved for researchers affiliated with First Nations not-for-profit organizations, Métis not-for-profit organizations, Indigenous not-for-profit organizations serving more than one distinction, or Indigenous postsecondary institutions.

• Application due UWindsor – Aug. 12 (internal NOI deadline was June 23)
• Application due SSHRC – Sept. 23

Indigenous Science and the Impacts of Plastic Pollution

This joint initiative of Environment and Climate Change Canada and SSHRC provides up to $237,500 a year for up to two years for research that addresses knowledge gaps about the potential impacts of plastic pollution on Indigenous communities through the various stages of the plastic lifecycle, focusing on social, cultural and economic impacts. For this funding opportunity, at least one partner organization must be an Indigenous partner in Canada. Proposals should demonstrate that project priorities have been designed through consultation with, co-developed with, or initiated from Indigenous communities and/or organizations.  

• NOI due UWindsor – July 30
• Application due UWindsor – Sept. 4
• Application due SSHRC – Oct. 16

SSHRC Partnership Development 2025

• Co-applicant NOI due UWindsor – Aug. 1 (for applications submitted by other universities)
• Application due UWindsor – Oct.8
• Application due SSHRC – Nov. 15

SSHRC Connection: August 2025

• Application due SSHRC – Aug. 1 (internal deadline was July 3)

SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals 2025

• NOI due UWindsor – July 20
• Application due UWindsor – Aug. 6
• Application due SSHRC – Sept. 11

NEW! A webinar providing an overview of this funding opportunity will be held July 16 from 1-2:30 p.m. Register for the webinar here.

SSHRC Partnership Engage: September 2025

• Application due UWindsor – Aug. 15
• Application due SSHRC – Sept. 15

SSHRC Destination Horizons: Fall 2025

• Expression of Interest due oris@uwindsor.ca – noon Aug. 11
• Application due UWindsor (by invitation only) – Sept. 8
• Application due SSHRC – Sept. 22

SSHRC Insight 2025

• Application due UWindsor – Aug. 18
• Application due SSHRC – Oct. 1

SSHRC Partnership Grant Stage 2: 2025 (for co-applicants on non-UWindsor submissions)

• Application due SSHRC – Oct. 29 (internal deadline for NOI was June 30)

SSHRC Partnership Grant Stage 1: 2026

• NOI due UWindsor – July 31
• Application due UWindsor – Dec 8
• Application due SSHRC – Feb 10

 SSHRC Connection: November 2025

• Application due UWindsor – Oct. 1
• Application due SSHRC – Nov. 1 

SSHRC Connection: Feb 2026

• NOI due UWindsor – Nov 30
• Application due UWindsor – Jan 5
• Application due SSHRC – Feb 1

 SSHRC Partnership Development 2025

• Application due UWindsor – Oct. 8
• Application due SSHRC – Nov. 15

SSHRC Partnership Engage: December 2025

• Application due UWindsor – Nov. 15
• Application due SSHRC – Dec. 15

SSHRC Insight Development: 2026

• NOI due UWindsor – Nov. 30
• Application due UWindsor – Jan. 5
• Application due SSHRC – Feb. 2

FHSS Scholarly Book Awards

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.

Law Foundation of Ontario Responsive Grant 2025

Responsive Grants support unmet financial needs of nonprofits, charities, and Indigenous groups working to improve access to justice for the people of Ontario.

• Expression of Interest due Foundation – No deadline
• Application due UWindsor (if invited) – 15 days before submission to Foundation
• Application due Foundation (if invited) – TBA

Funding Opportunities for Health Research

Important notice regarding CV styles for competitions

CIHR is transitioning away from the Canadian Common CV, requiring the narrative-style Tri-agency CV (TCV) for some competitions.

Please read funding calls carefully to determine which style of CV to use.

For information on health-related research grants, contact oris@uwindsor.ca

NEW! CIHR Project Grant Program

This program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes by supporting projects of research proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers in all areas of health. The Project Grant program is open to applicants in all areas of health research that are aligned with the CIHR mandate and offers up to five years of funding.

Specific Research Areas: Priority Announcements offer additional funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific research areas. Refer to the Project Grant: Fall 2025 Priority Announcements (Specific Research Areas) for further details.

• Register by Aug. 13
• Application due Sept. 10

NEW! CIHR Operating Grant: Indigenous Gender and Wellness – Knowledge Sharing

(Indigenous Gender and Wellness – Phase 4: Knowledge Sharing Grant)

Projects must focus on Knowledge Sharing about Indigenous Gender and Wellness research in Canada. Specific funds to support one grant each will be reserved for applications that align with each of the following priority research areas:

• Gender and Wellness in First Nations communities
• Gender and Wellness in Métis communities
• Gender and Wellness in Inuit communities
• Gender and Wellness among First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis youth

Provides up to $200,000 in funding for one year.

• Register by Sept. 3.
• Application due CIHR Oct. 1

NEW! CIHR Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Allied Health and Genetics

This funding opportunity will support projects aiming to enhance the delivery of genetic and genomic results in healthcare settings for the diagnosis and treatment of inherited diseases. Projects focusing solely on cancer are not eligible.

Provides up to $100,000 per year for up to two years.

• Register by Aug. 6
• Application due CIHR Oct. 8

CIHR is hosting a webinar with more information on July 15 at 1 p.m. Follow this link to join.

NEW! CIHR Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Network: Emerging Learning Health System in Perinatal Mental Health

This funding opportunity will support the development of a learning health system (LHS) network in perinatal mental health. The LHS approach integrates research, data, and knowledge for continuous improvement in care to help ensure that the most effective treatments are consistently updated and implemented equitably across Canada.

Provides funding of $6M to fund one grant for up to five years.

• Application due CIHR Oct. 1

Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship Programs

The scholarship and fellowship programs administered by CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS). The CRTAS aims to support the next generation of innovators by providing funding and high-quality research training, cultivating research skills, fostering creativity, and empowering awardees to make significant contributions to the Canadian research ecosystem, economy, and prosperity. Applications open this summer.

New Frontiers in Research Fund — Exploration Competition

The goal of the Exploration stream is to inspire high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research. Exploration grants support research that pushes boundaries into exciting new areas. Researchers are encouraged to think outside the box and undertake research that would defy current paradigms; brings disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and has the potential to be disruptive or deliver game-changing impacts.

Funding Amount: $250,000 (up to $125,000 per year for two years)

Notify Nicole Noël in ORIS of your intent to apply as soon as possible.

• Internal deadline for draft Letter of Intent: Aug. 15
• Internal deadline for draft application: Oct. 6
• Final deadline for full application submission to Tri-Agency: Oct. 21

Changes to Mitacs Accelerate program

There are no longer limits to the number of Mitacs Accelerate units that can be applied for by Ontario universities. UWindsor will therefore no longer hold internal competitions, and researchers are welcome to apply for as many units as projects require. For joint Mitacs-NSERC applications, please include in your applications only Mitacs units as far ahead as March 2029.

For further information, contact Joseph Santarelli or your research coordinator.

Understanding Identity-Based Violence and Marginalization

This initiative of the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation seeks to foster research aimed at advancing peace, reducing violence, and addressing marginalization.

• Award value: $7,000
• Number of awards: 4
• Award duration: 1 year

Faculty researchers from any discipline are invited to submit proposals that explore identity-based violence and marginalization on campuses and in communities. The focus may include, but not limited to, experiences of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Asian racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, ableism, and gender-based marginalization. Applicants must not have other funding for developing the research project in question. Priority will be given to early career researchers.

Applications are not yet open.

Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI Ontario) Ontario Funding Opportunities

Data Access Grants: Up to $5,000 to cover costs associated with accessing large data sources for data-intensive research. Each proposal must involve two faculty members from different academic units across CANSSI Ontario's 12 partner universities. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Workshop/ Lecture Program: Up to $1,000 to facilitate workshops and lectures in emerging fields including applied statistics such as biostatistics and financial statistics, organized by faculty at CANSSI Ontario partner institutions. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Email oris@uwindsor.ca to apply and for additional information.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources

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

Please see the resources below for information and guidance.

• Gender Based Analysis+: Explore GBA+
• Past ORIS webinar offerings
• Canada Research Chair Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan

Tri-Agency Resources

• Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research - A guide for applicants to New Frontiers in Research Fund competitions
• Setting New Directions to Support Indigenous Research and Research Training in Canada

CIHR-Related Resources:

• Canada Research Chairs Unconscious Bias Training Module
• Course on Research Ethics – TCPS 2: CORE
• Background context on Indigenous Health Research
• CIHR Learning Modules
• Sex and Gender Considerations in Health Research

NSERC-Related Resources:

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

SSHRC-Related Resources:

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

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