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

April 2025

01-Apr	CIHR Team Grants: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention (Registration)
01-Apr	NSERC Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan (Application)
01-Apr	SSHRC Impact Awards (Application)
05-Apr	SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant (Internal EOI Deadline)
07-Apr	RUH Foundation Scholarships (Application)
10-Apr	Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) Innovation to Implementation (I2I) (Application)
11-Apr	Embassy of France - France Canada Research Fund (Application)
14-Apr	NSERC CREATE (Mandatory quota selection internal deadline)
15-Apr	New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Transformation (NOI)
16-Apr	CAAIF Graduate Student Awards in Asthma (Application)
24-Apr	Fighting Blindness Canada’s Clinician-Scientist Emerging Leader (CSEL) Award (Registration)
25-Apr	Leukemia Research Foundation – New Investigator Research Grant Program (Application)
30-Apr	CASP-CAAIF-KalVista Research Grant in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) (Application)

May 2025

01-May	Cancer Research Institute - Clinical Innovator (Application)
01-May	NSERC CREATE (LOI)
01-May	RUH Foundation Women Leading Philanthropy Grant (Application)
01-May	SSHRC Connection Grants (Application)
05-May	SHRF Partner with 2025 EPIC-AT Health Research Training Platform Fellowship (Application)
13-May	CIHR Catalyst Grant: Oral Health Data Analysis (Application)
15-May	NSERC-ECCC Call for Proposals on Plastics Science and Innovation for a Clearner and More Sustainable Future (LOI)
15-May	RUH Foundation's - Women Leading Philanthropy Grant (Application)
22-May	CAAIF-Immunodeficiency Canada Fellowship/Early Career Investigator in Primary Immunodeficiency (Application)
22-May	SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant (Application)

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)
30-June	Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Allocation Stream (Application)

July 2025

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)
23-July	Agriculture Funding Consortium: 2025-2026 Research and Innovation Program (Application)
23-July	SHRF Align Grant (Application)

August 2025

01-Aug	SSHRC Connection Grant (Application)
05-Aug	SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant (Internal EOI Deadline)
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)

September 2025

10-Sept	SSHRC Policy Innovation Partnership Grant (Application)
15-Sept	SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants (Application)
18-Sept	NSERC-ECCC Call for Proposals on Plastics Science and Innovation for a Clearner and More Sustainable Future (Application)
22-Sept	SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant (Application)

October 2025

01-Oct	Innovation Saskatchewan Top-Up Funding for Eligible DAAD Programs and Germany-USask Partnership Building Activities (Application)
23-Oct	Cancer Grand Challenges (Full Application)

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