For Researchers

Looking to fund research activities or students? The following opportunities form the backbone or core of HSS’s research funding cycle. While we’re always open to assisting researchers with funding applications and agreements for all competitions, the below competitions are open to the widest range of applicants and disciplines across our Faculty. If you’re ever interested in diving deeper into other opportunities, please search our Research Funding Tracker.

External

Sponsor & Program

Use

Max. $

Duration

HSS Deadline

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Insight Development

Research activities & student funding

$100k

1-2yrs

January

Insight

Research activities & student funding

$500k

2-5yrs

September

Partnership Engage

Community-oriented research

$50k

1yr

March, June, September, December,

Partnership Development

Partners, collaborative research & student funding

$200k

1-3yrs

October

Partnership

Research networks & student funding

$2.5M

4-7yrs

Stage 1 - January / Stage 2 - October

Connection

Outreach & events

$25k or $50k

1yr

January, April, July, October

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Discovery

Research activities & student funding

No max

1-5yrs

NOI - June/ Full - September

Discovery Horizon

Partners, interdisciplinary research & student funding

$500k

1-5yrs

LOI - July / Full - September

New Frontiers in Research Fund

Exploration

Research activities & student funding

$250k

1-2yrs

NOI - July / Full - September

Internal 

Sponsor & Program

Use

Max. $

Duration

HSS Deadline

SSHRC Explore

Research activities, no conferences

$10k

2yr

January, September

SSHRC Exchange

Conference travel or international representation

~$5k

Event-dependent

January, September

Seed, Bridge, Multidisciplinary

Research activities, no conferences

$10k

2yr

April

ISER Research Grant

Research activities, North Atlantic / NL

$8k

1yr

February

Smallwood Foundation Research Grant

Research activities, NL

$8k

1yr

November

Publication Subvention

Indexing & top-up funds necessary for publication

$3k

Manuscript-dependent

April, September

Artistic Creative

Research-creation or artistic seed funding

$2.5k

18mths

January

VPR Conference Fund

Hosting local conferences

~$2.5k

Event-dependent

February, June, October

Upcoming Deadlines

April 1, 2026

April 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM

April 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM

April 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM