Funding Opportunities and Deadlines
An extensive list of funding opportunities, their corresponding deadlines, and websites are mentioned below. When submitting an application to an external funding agency, please ensure that you follow the internal review and signature process for grant applications.
Although efforts are made to confirm the accuracy of deadlines, please ensure that you visit the agency’s website to confirm dates and funding availability.
Funding database
In addition to the opportunities and deadlines mentioned below, the funding database website will assist UPEI researchers in finding research funding opportunities for which they may be eligible. The database includes internal and external research funding opportunities, events, and notifications that the UPEI Research Services office has been apprised.
The database has been developed with the assistance of the Research Support Fund (RSF). Any updates to this funding site will also be sent through the existing listserv email notifications. To be added to this notification, please email lcudmore@upei.ca.
January 2022
January 7 - NSERC Idea to Innovation Grants (Contact UPEI’s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation before applying)
January 13 - NFRF Transformation Competition – Letter of Intent
January 19 - Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowships
February 2022
February 1 - SSHRC Connection Grants
February 2 - SSHRC Insight Development Grants
February 9 - CIHR Project Grant Spring Competition - Registration
February 10 - SSHRC Partnership Grants – Stage 1
February 22 - NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards – UPEI Internal Deadline
February 22 - UPEI Engineering and Science Undergraduate Research Awards
March 2022
March 7 - NSERC CREATE – UPEI Internal Notice of Intent Deadline
March 9 - CIHR Project Grant Spring Competition – Application (Registered Applicants Only)
March 15 - SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
April 2022
April 4 - NSERC Idea to Innovation Grants (Contact UPEI’s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation before applying)
May 2022
May 1 - SSHRC Connection Grants
May 1 - NSERC CREATE Letter of Intent (Selected Applicants Only)
June 2022
June 15 - SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
June 16 - NSERC Discovery Horizons – Letter of Intent deadline
June 27 - NSERC Idea to Innovation Grants (Contact UPEI’s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation before applying)
June 28 - NFRF Exploration Competition – Notice of Intent to Apply deadline
June 30 - Ocean Frontier Institute Seed Fund
July 2022
July 6 - Mitacs Elevate
August 2022
August 1 - NSERC Discovery Grants – Notification of Intent to Apply deadline
August 1 - SSHRC Connection Grants
August 9 - NFRF Special Call – Research for Postpandemic Recovery (Registered applicants only)
August 10 - Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships – UPEI Internal Deadline
September 2022
September 12 - Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – UPEI Internal Deadline
September 13 - NFRF Exploration Competition (Registered applicants only)
September 14 - SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
September 15 - NSERC PromoScience (Selected applicants only)
September 15 - SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
September 21 - Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (Nominated applicants only)
September 22 - NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program (Invited applicants only)
September 26 - NSERC Idea to Innovation Grants (Contact UPEI’s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation before applying)
October 2022
October 1 - SSHRC Insight Grants
October 17 - Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral program – Direct to agency applicants
October 17 - NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship program
October 18 - Discovery Horizons – Full application deadline (Invited applicants only)
October 21 - NSERC Alliance Consortia Quantum grants
October 25 - NSERC Research Tools and Instruments grants
November 2022
November 1 - Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Nominated applicants only)
November 1 - NSERC Discovery Grants (Registered applicants only)
November 1 - SSHRC Connection Grants
December 2022
December 1 - Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s program
December 15 - SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
Open Deadline
Mitacs Accelerate
NSERC Alliance Grants
NSERC Alliance Quantum Grants
NSERC Alliance International Grants
NSERC Alliance International Quantum Grants (applications accepted until January 31, 2023)
Institutional Programs
Contact the Manager, Research Services (mlsteele@upei.ca) if you are interested in applying to the following agencies:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
UPEI is a proud endorser of the NSERC Dimensions Charter.