USask Internal Grants Programs
USask senior administration, departments, colleges, and schools have a number of internal funding programs available for faculty research support. Watch your emails, listservs and college websites for notifications of upcoming research funding opportunities and deadlines.
Administered by the OVPR
The CIHR Project Grant Bridge Funding Program supports USask faculty, who received a high score in the Project Grant competition but were not funded, in re-applying for CIHR funding.
To be eligible for this bridge funding program, applicants must have gone through the formal USask CIHR Internal Review. For more details about the program and eligibility criteria see program overview and guidelines.
Contact: Manisha Jalla, Research Development Specialist at: cihr.bridgefunding@usask.ca
Provides modest fund support to faculty who have previously applied to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant competition, or plan to apply in the near future. The typical level of support is $5000 - $10000. Given the limited availability of funds, the priority is to support Early Career Researchers.
PNSERC applications are subject to competitive adjudications by members of the President’s NSERC Committee, appointed by the Office of the Vice-President Research. See program overview and guidelines.
Eligibility: Applicants must be members of the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and have a full‐time academic position with the University of Saskatchewan. Only those requesting support for research that is eligible for funding by NSERC (see NSERC Eligibility Guidelines) may apply.
Agency Deadline: May 15 (or the next working day when this date occurs on a weekend or holiday)
Contact: Manisha Jalla, Research Development Specialist at grant.review@usask.ca
The SSHRC Explore and Exchange grants provide support for small-scale research projects and knowledge exchange or mobilization activities in the social sciences and humanities.
SSHRC EXPLORE
$7,000 over 24 months
• Supports small scale research projects within scope of SSHRC’s Insight program.
• Fosters research-based knowledge creation in the social sciences and humanities.
• Helps position recipients for success at the national level.
• Researchers can hold only one SSHRC Explore grant at a time.
See program overview and guidelines.
Contact: grant.review@usask.ca
The SSHRC Explore and Exchange grants provide support for small-scale research projects and knowledge exchange or mobilization activities in the social sciences and humanities.
SSHRC EXCHANGE
$5,000 over 24 months
• Supports knowledge exchange or mobilization activities within scope of SSHRC’s Connection or Knowledge Synthesis programs.
• Supports the flow and exchange of social science and humanities knowledge.
• Priority is given to activities involving Indigenous communities.
• Researchers can hold only one SSHRC Exchange grant at a time.
See program overview and guidelines.
Contact: grant.review@usask.ca
The program is intended to assist in leveraging institutional and external support for collaborative research grants for which matching contributions and/or institutional support is required.
The program is focused on Tri-Agency grants, including:
NSERC - CREATE, Alliance
SSHRC - Partnership
CIHR –Team and strategic opportunities
Under exceptional circumstances and depending on fund availability, other programs and/or agencies may be considered.
Administered by the Vice-Provost Faculty Relations
Deadlines:January 1, May 1, and September 1
Application
Contact: Office of the Vice-Provost, 306-966-8490/306-966-1923
Deadline: At time of appointment to the U of S
Application and Guidelines
Contact: Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations, 306-966-8490
Deadlines: May 1 and November 1
Application
Contact: Office of the Vice-Provost, 306-966-8485
Deadlines: May 1 and November 1
Application
Contact: Office of the Vice-Provost, 306-966-8485