Available funding opportunities

Grants Repository

(Successfully awarded applications)

See below for a list of research funding opportunities available for USask faculty. If you have any questions, or know of any other opportunities, please contact Research Acceleration and Strategic Initiatives at research.services@usask.ca. 

Opportunities by Month

Deadline-free

MITACS Accelerate

NSERC Alliance Grants

Roche Canada - Pre Clinical Research

Roche Canada - Investigator Initiated Studies

Roche Canada - Partnering

Roche Canada - General Grants

Weston Foundation Early Phase Clinical Trials

Protein Industries Canada Grant

Saskatchewan Association for Resource Recovery Corp., (SARRC) Research and Development Funding

November 2025

03-Nov	Alzheimer Society Canada - 2025 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Awards (Application)
03-Nov	Kidney Foundation of Canada - Allied Health Kidney Doctoral Fellowship (Application)
03-Nov	Kidney Foundation of Canada - Allied Health Kidney Research Grant (Application)
03-Nov	NSERC Discovery Grant (Application)
03-Nov	NSERC - Discovery Grant - Northern Research Supplements (NRS) Program (Application)
03-Nov	NSERC - Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants (Application)
03-Nov	Parkinson Canada - 2026 Postdoctoral and Clinician Scientist Fellowship (Application)
03-Nov	SSHRC Connection Grant (Application)
04-Nov	Lung Cancer Research Foundation - 2025 LCRF Team Science Award on Advancing Therapies Toward CURING EGFR Mutated Lung Cancers (Application)
04-Nov	SSHRC Indigenous Innovation and Leadership in Research Network Grants - Stage 1 (Application)
05-Nov	CIFAR - Azrieli Global Scholars (Application)
05-Nov	European Research Council - Synergy Grant (Application)
06-Nov	Grain Farmers of Ontario - Research Award (Application)
06-Nov	NSERC - NSERC-CNSC Small Modular Reactors Research Gran Initiative (Phase II) (Application)
07-Nov	SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (RASI Compliance Deadline)
07-Nov	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (Internal Review for Draft Deadline)
10-Nov	Alzheimer's Association - Alzheimer's Association Research Grant for All (AARGA)(Application)
10-Nov	Alzheimer's Association - Alzheimer’s Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship for All (AACSFA)(Application)
13-Nov	SHRF Solutions Program - Innovation and Impact (Application)
14-Nov	Kidney Foundation of Canada - Kidney Health Research Grants (Application)
17-Nov	SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (Application Deadline)
18-Nov	CIHR Travel Awards – Institute Community Support (Application)
21-Nov	CIHR Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral Program (CGRS D) (Application)
24-Nov	Genome Prairie - GenTrac (Application)
27-Nov	SHRF Connections Program - Align Grant (Application)

December 2025

01-Dec	Dairy Farmers of Canada - Nutrition Funding Program (LOI)
01-Dec	Fedoruk Centre - Project Grant (Application)
01-Dec	Polar Knowledge Canada - Northern Scientific Training Program (Application)
02-Dec	SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants (Application)
05-Dec	Dairy Farmers of Canada - Dairy Production Research Funding Program (LOI)
05-Dec	Research Junction Seed Grant 2025 (Application)
08-Dec	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (RASI Compliance Deadline)
11-Dec	CIHR Other: CIHR Institute Summer Programs – Host Planning Grant (Application)
15-Dec	Global Community Service Fund – Existing Partnerships Stream (Application)
15-Dec	Global Community Service Fund – New Partnerships Stream (Application)
15-Dec	Global Innovation Fund (Application)
15-Dec	International Research Partnership Fund (Application)
15-Dec	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (Application)
16-Dec	CIHR Operating Grant : ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (Application)
18-Dec	Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environmental Damages Fund (Application)

January 2026

08-Jan	NSERC Alliance International Catalyst Quantum (Application)
14-Jan	CIHR Team Grant: Strengthening Resilient and Equitable Public Health Systems (STEPS) (Application)
16-Jan	Mitacs Globalink Research Awards (GRA) (Internal Deadline)
21-Jan	SHRF Connection Program - Mobilize Grant (Application)
22-Jan	CIHR Team Grant: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods (LOI)
26-Jan	SSHRC Connection Grant (Internal Deadline for Compliance)
26-Jan	SSHRC Insight Grant (Internal Deadline for Compliance)
28-Jan	Canadian Cancer Society: Emerging Scholar Research Grant (Application)
30-Jan	Mitacs Globalink Research Awards (GRA) (Application)

February 2026

02-Feb	SSHRC Connection Grant (Application)
02-Feb	SSHRC Insight Grant (Application)
04-Feb	CIHR Other: Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Researcher Award (Application)
04-Feb	CIHR Project Grant: Spring 2026 (Registration Deadline)
10-Feb	SSHRC Partnership Grants-Stage 1 (Application)
11-Feb	CIHR Operating Grant : Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research (Registration)
13-Feb	SSHRC Explore and Exchange (Internal Deadline for Compliance)
20-Feb	Lung Cancer Canada Ambition Awards (Application)
23-Feb	SSHRC Explore and Exchange (Agency Deadline)
24-Feb	CIHR Team Grant : Beyond Treatment – Advancing Cancer Survivorship (Registration Deadline)
25-Feb	CIHR Other: Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (Application)
25-Feb	CIHR Project Grant: Spring 2026 (Internal Deadline for Compliance)

March 2026

04-Mar	Canada Impact+ Research Training Award (Application)
04-Mar	CIHR Project Grant: Spring 2026 (Agency Application Deadline)
09-Mar	SSHRC Partnership Engage (RASI Compliance Deadline)
12-Mar	SHRF Establishment Grant (Application)
13-Mar	RUH Women Leading Philanthropy Grant (Application)
16-Mar	SSHRC Partnership Engage (Agency Deadline)
18-Mar	CAAIF Graduate Student Research Grant in Asthma Supported by AstraZeneca (Agency Application Deadline)
18-Mar	Graduate Student Awards in Asthma (Agency Application Deadline)
19-Mar	CIHR Operating Grant : Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research (Application)
24-Mar	SHRF Align Grant (RASI Compliance Deadline)
25-Mar	CAAIF-Canadian Lung Association Allied Health Fellowship (Agency Registration Deadline)
25-Mar	CAAIF-Canadian Lung Association Research Fellowship (Agency Registration Deadline)
31-Mar	SHRF Align Grant (Agency Deadline)

April 2026

08-Apr	CAAIF-Canadian Lung Association Allied Health Fellowship (Agency Application Deadline)
08-Apr	CCAIF-Canadian Lung Association Research (Agency Application Deadline)
08-Apr	CAAIF-Canadian Lung Association Research Fellowship (Agency Application Deadline)
22-Apr	Asthma Canada-CAAIF Research Grant for Asthma Innovation and Impact (Agency Deadline)
24-Apr	SSHRC Connection Grant (Internal Deadline for Compliance)

May 2026

01-May	NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) (LOI)
01-May	SSHRC Connection Grant (Application)
13-May	CASP-CAAIF Research Grant in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) (Agency Deadline)
20-May	CIHR Beyond Treatment: Advancing Cancer Survivorship Team Grants (Application)

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