Funding Opportunities
Looking for assistance with your application or proposal?
The ORSCE now offers in-depth feedback on your grant applications! Please send your entire competed grant application to our Grants and Research Facilitator, Yvonne Kjorlien, (ykjorlien@mtroyal.ca) at least THREE weeks prior to the funding agency's deadline. This will allow time for Yvonne to review your application and for you to revise your application.
The standard ORSCE deadline applies if you do not wish for feedback on your application.
Standard ORSCE deadline: A Research Activity Form must be submitted via ROMEO one week prior to the external funder's deadline. The Research Activity Form must include the full and complete grant application (or LOI, NOI, etc.) for review, whether of not the external funder requires institutional signatures. A Research Activity Form must be submitted for each stage of the funding process, such as LOI, NOI, etc.
Requesting a Letter of Support from the AVP-RSCE
Institutional letters of support are a common requirement of many research funding opportunities. Generally, institutional letters of support for research are prepared by the Associate Vice-President Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement (AVP-RSCE) in consultation with the faculty member and their faculty. The requirements for letters of support vary depending on the opportunity therefore it is important that ORSCE receive requests a minimum of 4 weeks prior to the opportunity deadline.
To facilitate the request the following is required:
- Details of the funding opportunity
- Contact information and internal deadlines of the leading institution, if applicable.
- Confirmation of institutional commitments, if applicable
- Copy of the draft application/proposal
- Additional information may be requested depending on the opportunity
Additionally, ORSCE will need to receive a Research Activity Form for the application/proposal in ROMEO before the letter of support is provided.
Please contact Yvonne Kjorlien (ykjorlien@mtroyal.ca) to request a letter of support from the AVP-RSCE.
Internal funding opportunities
The Internal Research Grant Fund (IRGF) is the main source of internal funds available to eligible faculty at Mount Royal University. This program is designed to support faculty in developing their research programs through the funding of:
- Pilot projects
- Projects designed to lead to larger-scale external funding applications
- Projects that are not well-suited to external funding opportunities
Opportunity Deadlines
Fall Application Deadline: noon Monday, October 2, 2023
Winter Application Deadline: noon Friday, January 19, 2024
Applications to the Internal Research Grant Fund (IRGF) are submitted via ROMEO. The IRGF application is available approximately 3 weeks before the opportunity deadline.
Applications will be accepted until noon on the submission deadline. Opportunity results will be announced 6-8 weeks from the submission deadline.
Click here to view the updated Program Guidelines and Submission Instructions.
NOTE: The Program Guidelines and Submission Instructions are subject to change with subsequent opportunities. Please check the ORSCE website approximately one month prior to the next opportunity to see the newest guidelines.
The Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is in the process of re-branding and movement within the Academic Development Centre, but the grants program will continue to support teaching and learning research at MRU.
Click here for more information on the funding opportunities.
Click here to access the Undergraduate Research Dissemination Fund Program Guidelines.
Click here to access the Undergraduate Research Dissemination Fund Instructions.
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THIS AWARD HAS NOW PASSED
The Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement (ORSCE) is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) Summer 2023 program (May-August). The NSERC USRA is designed to stimulate undergraduate interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering.
Program Updates
To help address the disproportionate underfunding of Black scholars at the undergraduate level the Tri-Agencies are implementing the new USRA Black student researcher funding. This funding will contribute to making Canada’s research culture more equitable, diverse and inclusive; and will strengthen Canada’s innovation potential.
Successful applications from self-identified Black student researchers for USRAs will be awarded outside of our institutional allocation of awards (the current process already in place for Indigenous students). Applicants must meet the agency’s program eligibility criteria.
Review the program guidelines for more information. Application deadline is noon March 3rd, 2023.External funding opportunities
For a printer-friendly version of typical Tri-Agency deadlines, check out this Google document.
| Funder | Competition |
Amount |
Duration |
Pre-Application Deadline |
G&R Facilitator Deadline | ORSCE Deadline | Funder Deadline |
| Banting | Discovery Award |
$30,000 |
1 year |
NOI - Nov 1 |
Jan 3 | Jan 17 | January 24, 2023 |
| NFRF | Exploration |
up to $125,000 per year |
up to 2 years |
October 4 (to ORSCE) |
Nov 21 | Dec 5 | December 12, 2023 |
| SSHRC | Partnership Engage |
$25,000 |
1 year |
n/a |
Nov 24 | Dec 7 | December 15, 2023 |
| SSHRC | Connnection |
$7,000-$25,000 (events) $7,000-$50,000 (outreach) |
up to 1 year |
n/a |
Jan 11 | Jan 25 | February 1, 2024 |
| SSHRC | Insight Development |
$7,000-$75,000 |
1 to 2 years |
n/a |
Jan 12 | Jan 26 | February 2, 2024 |
| NFRF | Transformation |
$2M - $4M per year |
up to 6 years |
NOI Oct 17 (to ORSCE) LOI Jan 3 2024 (to ORSCE) |
Aug 15, 2024 | Aug 29, 2024 | September 5, 2024 |
| NFRF | 2022 Horizon Global Platform Competition |
up to $250,000 |
2 years |
n/a |
three weeks prior to funder deadline | one week prior to funder deadline | deadlines vary; see funding opportunity link for details |
| NSERC | Alliance International Catalyst Grants | $25,000 | 1 year |
n/a |
3 weeks prior to ext fund | one week prior to ext fund | rolling intake |
| NSERC | Alliance International Collaboration Grants | $100,000 | up to 3 years |
n/a |
3 weeks prior to ext fund | one week prior to ext fund | rolling intake |
| NSERC - NSF | Collaboration on Quantum Science and Artificial Intelligence | $20k - $1M/ year | up to 5 years |
LOI due eight weeks prior to submitting full application |
3 weeks prior to ext fund | one week prior to ext fund | rolling intake |
| NSERC | Alliance Option 1 | $20,000 - $1M | 1 - 5 years | n/a | 3 weeks prior to ext fund | one week prior to ext fund | rolling intake |
| NSERC | Alliance Option 2 | $20,000 - $200,000 | 1 - 5 years | n/a | 3 weeks prior to ext fund | one week prior to ext fund | rolling intake |