Conduct Your Research

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

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