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| Opportunity | Deadline | Description | Discipline | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Across Canada - Travel | Open | For activities linked to Canadian presentation, exhibition, artistic collaboration, networking and building market opportunities for Canadian artists, arts professionals, artistic groups and arts organizations. Grants provide support to participate in significant events, build a national presence and for festivals and presenters to conduct research for Canadian artistic programming. Amount: Up to $30,000 | Art | Faculty/Student |
| RDAR Call for Proposals: Accelerating Agricultural Innovations | Open | Through this call for proposals, RDAR will fund research and knowledge transfer and translation projects aimed at accelerating agricultural innovations in the livestock and crop industries in Alberta. Value: Up to $750,000 | Agriculture and Environmental Science | Faculty |
| NSERC - Applied Research and Development Grants (OPEN) | Open | The Applied Research and Development (ARD) Grants are intended to provide companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian colleges and to train students in essential technical skills required by companies. The mutually beneficial collaborations are expected to result in economic benefits to the company and/or Canada. | Multi-disciplinary | Faculty |
| Alberta Innovates Bioenergy | Open | The Bioenergy program supports the development of a Bioenergy industry that contributes to Alberta’s supply of renewable energy through the production of biofuels and novel value-added products. The program invests in projects that develop and/or deploy waste or biomass conversion technologies. Value: Varies | Clean Energy | Faculty |
| Futurpreneur - Side Hustle Program | Open | Side hustling entrepreneurs ages 18 to 39 may be eligible for up to $15,000 in loan financing to support the launch and growth of their side business. Entrepreneurs are also matched with a business mentor who can help the entrepreneur navigate the first two years of business. | Student / Youth Employment | Student |
| Undergraduate Student Research Awards | Open | USRAs are meant to nurture your interest and fully develop your potential for a research career in the natural sciences and engineering. They are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies in these fields. If you would like to gain research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting, these awards can provide you with financial support through your host institution. For students who have completed the first year requirements in a bachelor degree program. Value: $4,500+ | Multi-disciplinary | Student |
| AAFC Agriscience Program | Open | AgriScience Projects (Projects): This component aims to support specific shorter-term research activities to help industry overcome challenges and address fiscal barriers experienced by small and emerging sectors. They also seek to mitigate high risk opportunities that have the potential to yield significant returns. | Agriculture and Environmental Science | Faculty |
| CICan Career Launcher | Open | The CICan Career-Launcher Internship program connects employers with skilled grads by providing up to $20,000 towards an intern's salary. Opportunities available in clean tech, natural resources, and digital tech. Value: $20,000 | Multi-disciplinary | Student |
| Bio Talent Canada - Student Work Placement Program | Open | For students interested in a work placement related to biotechnology (e.g. genomics, applied immunology, biochemical engineering, etc.) This program’s co-op wage subsidies cover the cost of a co-op student’s salary by 50% up to a maximum of $5,000 and 70% up to a maximum of $7,000 for first-year students and under-represented groups including women in STEM, Indigenous students, persons with disabilities, and newcomers. | Agriculture and Environmental Science | Student |
| Alberta Innovates - Post-Secondary Investments: Strategic Networking and Development | Open | The Strategic Networking and Development Program makes funding available to researchers at Alberta post-secondary institutions to support activities such as workshops, conferences and competitions which advance Alberta’s research and innovation in the emerging technology priority areas of information and communications technology (ICT), nanotechnology and ‘omics technologies. Amount: Up to $10,000 | Multi-disciplinary | Faculty/Student |
| Alberta Innovates: Water Innovation Program | Open | Focused on the advancement of knowledge and innovation. To build projects to enhance scientific understanding and developing best practices in managing water security, risk and vulnerability. Ensure excellence in watershed stewardship and ecosystem management. Develop energy efficient technologies for increased water conservation, efficiency and productivity. Four key themes include: 1) future water supply and watershed management 2) healthy aquatic ecosystems 3) water use conservation, efficiency, and productivity and 4) water quality protection. Funding up to $1M | Clean Energy | Faculty/Student |
| Commemorate Canada | Open | Canadian heritage program provides funding to initiatives that commemorate and celebrate historical figures, places, events and accomplishments of national significance. The program favours commemorations and celebrations marking 25th, 50th, 75th, 100th anniversaries and subsequent anniversaries in increments of 25 years. To enable communities and organizations to recognize and commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools, funding will be available through the Celebration and Commemoration Program in 2020. Value: Varies | Media and Culture | Faculty/Student |
| Mitacs Accelerate | Open | A student, a supervising professor, and a partner organization develop a research project Funding $15,000 for a four month internship (requires a partner organization financial contribution starting at $7500) | Student / Youth Employment | Student |
| Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Peoples - Small Scale Activities | Open | You can apply to purchase / acquire materials for artistic production, pay honoraria to professional artists or cultural carriers for specific expertise, advise or training, and engage in career or artistic development activities. Amount: Up to $3,000 | Indigenous | Faculty/Student |
| Alberta - Community Initiatives Program (CIP) | Open | The Community Initiatives Program, project-based grant stream supports projects that enhance and enrich communities throughout Alberta by providing assistance to non-profit organizations for new programs and initiatives, community events, and community publications. Maximum funding $75,000 (need matching funds) | Social Sciences | Faculty/Student |
| NSERC Engage Grants (OPEN) | Open | Objective: University or college researchers can apply to launch a collaborative research and development project that applies their expertise to address a company challenge. Amount up to $25,000 up to six months. | Multi-disciplinary | Faculty/Student |