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

June 2025

04-June	Association of Commonwealth Universities: Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (Application)
05-June	Fighting Blindness Canada’s Clinician-Scientist Emerging Leader (CSEL) award (Application)
16-June	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (Application)
17-June	New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Transformation (LoL)
18-June	Cancer Grand Challenges (EOI)
19-June	CIHR Other: Planning and Dissemination Grants – ICS (Summer 2025) (Application)
19-June	CIHR Team Grants: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention (Application)
20-June	NSERC Idea to Innovation Grants (Application)
23-June	Brain Canada Foundation: 2025 Translational Research Grants in Brain Cancer (Application)
24-June	SSHRC Connection Grant (NOI)
30-June	Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Allocation Stream (Application)

July 2025

03-July	CIHR Fellowship : Health System Impact Fellowship (Application)
09-July	SHRF Mobilize Grant (Application)
11-July	2025 End Diabetes Awards (Application)
15-July	Crohn's and Colitis Canada - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) in IBD Awards (Application)
15-July	Crohn's and Colitis Canada - Research Award (Application)
16-July	CIHR Team Grant: ERDERA Joint Transnational Call 2025 (Application)
21-July	Alzheimer Canada - Proof of Concept (LOI)
23-July	Agriculture Funding Consortium: 2025-2026 Research and Innovation Program (Application)
23-July	SHRF Align Grant (Application)

August 2025

01-Aug	NSERC Discovery Grant (NOI)
01-Aug	SSHRC Connection Grant (Application)
05-Aug	SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant (Internal EOI Deadline)
13-Aug	CIHR Project Grant : Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 (Registration)
15-Aug	Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 2025 Fall Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Award with LOI (Full Application)
15-Aug	Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 2025 Fall Clinical Research Award with LOI (Full Application)
19-Aug	New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration (NOI)
25-Aug	Agriculture Development Fund (Application)

September 2025

03-Sept	CIHR Operating Grant : Indigenous Gender and Wellness – Knowledge Sharing (Registration)
04-Sept	CIHR Team Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research (Application)
10-Sept	CIHR Project Grant : Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 (Application)
10-Sept	SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals (Application)
10-Sept	SSHRC Policy Innovation Partnership Grant (Application)
15-Sept	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (Application)
15-Sept	NSERC PromoScience (Application)
18-Sept	NSERC-ECCC Call for Proposals on Plastics Science and Innovation for a Clearner and More Sustainable Future (Application)
18-Sept	SHRF Solutions Program - Innovation and Impact (Eligibility Cut-Off)
22-Sept	NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) (Application)
22-Sept	SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant (Application)
23-Sept	SSHRC Indigenous Capacity and Leadership in Research (ICLR) Connection Grant (Application)
30-Sept	Lung Cancer Canada - Give a Breath Research Grant (Application)

October 2025

01-Oct	Innovation Saskatchewan Top-Up Funding for Eligible DAAD Programs and Germany-USask Partnership Building Activities (Application)
01-Oct	SSHRC Insight Grant (Application)
01-Oct	SSHRC Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Network: Emerging LHS in Perinatal Mental Health (Application)
16-Oct	SSHRC Indigenous Science and the Impacts of Plastic Pollution (Application)
20-Oct	NSERC Discovery Horizons (Application)
21-Oct	New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration (Application)
23-Oct	Cancer Grand Challenges (Full Application)
30-Oct	SSHRC Partnership Grants (Application)

November 2025

03-Nov	NSERC Discovery Grant (Application)
13-Nov	SHRF Solutions Program - Innovation and Impact (Application)

December 2025

02-Dec

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants (Application)

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