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. 

Applications must be fully approved in UnivRS and received by RASI by 4:00 p.m. (SK time), at least five (5) business days before the funder deadline, to allow for administrative review and institutional approval.

Opportunities by Month

01-Sept Arthritis Society Grants Strategic Operating Grants (Agency Deadline)
03-Sept Brain Canada Foundation Accelerator Grants: Migraine Research (Agency Deadline)
09-Sept Cancer Research Society: Lung Cancer Research Grants (Agency Deadline)
09-Sept CIHR Project Grant: Fall 2026 (Agency Deadline) 
09-Sept  CIHR Project Grant: Fall 2026 Priority Announcement (Agency Deadline) 
11-Sept Mitacs - 2026 Mitacs Accelerate Global Excellence Award (Agency Deadline) 
15-Sept NSERC PromoScience 2026 (Agency Deadline)
15-Sept SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant (Agency Deadline)
16-Sept Cancer Research Society Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (Agency Deadline)
16-Sept CIHR Fellowship: Fall 2026 Priority Announcement (Agency Deadline) 
16-Sept  CIHR Fellowship: Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) (Agency Deadline) 
16-Sept Heart & Stroke Grant-in-Aid (GIA) Indigenous (Agency Deadline)
21-Sept The Hyatt Family-Kidney Foundation Award for Kidney Health Innovation (Agency Deadline)
21-Sept NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants (Agency Deadline)
22-Sept  CIHR Operating Grant: Aging in the Community (Agency Deadline)
22-Sept CIHR Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts (Agency Deadline)
22-Sept NSERC: 2027 Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) (Agency Deadline)
23-Sept The Lundin Cancer Fund-Canadian Cancer Society Glioblastoma Research Program - Summit Discovery Grants (Agency Deadline)
24-Sept  CIHR Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data (Agency Deadline)
30-Sept Lung Cancer Canada: Geoffrey Ogram Memorial Research Award (Agency Deadline)
30-Sept  Lung Cancer Canada: Give a Breath Research Award (Agency Deadline) 

01-Oct CIHR Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) (Agency Deadline)
01-Oct  2026 SSHRC Insight Grants (Agency Deadline)
01-Oct  SHRF Align Grant (Agency Deadline) 
05-Oct  NSERC Alliance Quantum: Advancing the development and adoption of quantum technologies in Canada (Agency Deadline)
05-Oct  2026 Parkinson Canada Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Agency Deadline)
07-Oct CIHR Team Grant: Funding Research for Evidence in School Food and Health (FRESH) (Agency Deadline)
08-Oct  CIHR Team Grant: National Evidence Platform: Youth Mental Health (Agency Deadline)
13-Oct  Ontario Pork (LOI) (Agency Deadline) 
15-Oct  Potato Growers of Alberta (Agency Deadline)
16-Oct  Lung Cancer Canada: Breathe Forward Award (Agency Deadline)
18-Oct  NSERC Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) (Agency Deadline)
19-Oct  Kidney Foundation: Health Research Grant (LOI) (Agency Deadline)
19-Oct  NSERC Discovery Horizons Grants 2026 (Agency Deadline)
20-Oct  CIHR Operating Grant : ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (Agency Deadline)
20-Oct  New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration (Agency Deadline)
21-Oct Genome Canada 2026 Enabling Canada’s Bio Revolution in Natural Resources Management – Stream 2: National Genomics Data Hub (Agency Deadline)
22-Oct CIHR Team Grant: GACD 2026: NCD Multi Sectors (Agency Deadline)
23-Oct RUH Foundation: Community Mental Health Endowment (CMHE) Grant (Agency Deadline) 
26-Oct  NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Program (Agency Deadline)
28-Oct  Mental Health Research Canada - Mitacs Annual Indigenous Mental Health Studentship (Agency Deadline) 
28-Oct  National Geographic Society - The Trebek Initiative (Agency Deadline)
28-Oct  SSHRC Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP): Preparing for Tomorrow (Agency Deadline)
29-Oct  SSHRC Partnership Grant (Agency Deadline)
30-Oct Ovarian Cancer Canada – Research Funding Opportunity in Saskatchewan (Agency Deadline)

02-Nov  NSERC Discovery Grants (Agency Deadline)
02-Nov NSERC Discovery Grants - Northern Research Supplements Program (Agency Deadline)
02-Nov  NSERC Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants (Agency Deadline)
02-Nov  SSHRC Connection Grants (Agency Deadline) 
03-Nov Brain Canada Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research (LOI) (Agency Deadline)
03-Nov NFRF 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges (Agency Deadline)
05-Nov CIHR Operating Grant: Evaluation & Implementation Science: Youth Mental Health (Agency Deadline)
05-Nov SHRF Innovation and Impact Grants (Agency Deadline)
10-Nov CIHR Other: Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS (Agency Deadline) 
13-Nov Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance (LOI) (Agency Deadline)
13-Nov Network for Canadian Oral Health Research: New Frontiers Seed Grant Program (Agency Deadline) 
16-Nov SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (Agency Deadline) 
19-Nov

Canadian Space Agency CubeSat Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS) 2026 (Agency Deadline)
23-Nov  CIHR Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral Research Award: Fall (Agency Deadline)
23-Nov CIHR Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship (Agency Deadline)
23-Nov  Kidney Foundation: Health Research Grant (Agency Deadline) 
24-Nov CIHR Team Grant: Health Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods (Agency Deadline)
27-Nov Bleeding Disorders Canada: Dream of a Cure Research Program (Agency Deadline) 
27-Nov Bleeding Disorders Canada: CHS / Pfizer Care Until Cure Research Program (Agency Deadline)

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