Research awards

Memorial recognizes exceptional and emerging researchers with the following honours:
University Research Professors have acquired a designation above the rank of professor. The title is the most prestigious award the university gives for research, and goes to faculty who have demonstrated a consistently high level of scholarship and whose research is of truly international stature.
- The designation carries with it a $4,000 research grant each year for five years and a reduced teaching schedule.
- Terms of Reference and Conditions
- Full list of recipients, dating back to 1984.
The President's Awards for Outstanding Research recognizes researchers who have made outstanding contributions to their scholarly disciplines.
- Each award includes a $5,000 research grant.
- Terms of Reference and Conditions
- Full list of recipients, dating back to 1984.
The Terra Nova Young Innovator Award recognizes, promotes, and supports outstanding and innovative new faculty researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland whose work impacts positively on their departments and whose research has the potential to be of significance to society at large.
- Up to $50,000 will be awarded each year.
- Terms of Reference
Information on other grants and research awards and prizes is available online.