Faculty Funding and Research Opportunities

Upcoming Reseach Events

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The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA): formerly known as the Tri-Agency Postdoctoral Fellowship has officially relaunched! To support postdoctoral scholars and their supervisors through the application process, the Postdoctoral Office and Grant Development Office are offering a series of targeted sessions:

  1. CPRA: Navigating the SSHRC Application

August 5, 2025 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM (MT) | Online (Zoom)

An online session by the Postdoctoral Office to help postdocs and their faculty supervisors navigate the SSHRC-specific CPRA process.

Register here: https://lu.ma/0rfp3j08 

Confirmed Panelists:

  • Brittany Lindsay, Current SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Holder
  • Dr. Sheri Madigan, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. Oluwabukola Salami, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine
  • Dr. Nancy Janovicek, Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts; Chair, SSHRC Review Committee

 

  1. CPRA Application Lab: Writing a Compelling Research Proposal

August 6, 2025 | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Hybrid (in-person + Zoom)

This interactive session is designed to help potential applicants to refine and strengthen their research proposals.

Register here: https://lu.ma/uaxf7ie9  

The Grant Development Office, will offer comprehensive support, including informative workshops and a coordinated internal peer review (IPR).

Register here: https://events.ucalgary.ca/event/494537-canada-postdoctoral-research-fellowship-bootcamp

https://research.ucalgary.ca/postdocs/funding-opportunities/canada-postdoctoral-research-award

August 25 - 27 | Mac Hall, University of Calgary

The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly and protecting Canadians requires cross-sector collaboration, innovation and capacity-building. This conference brings together experts from industry, government, policing and academia to examine key threats to Canadian democracy and solutions to advance cyber resilience.

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Sept. 3 - 5, 2025 | University of Calgary

ISIRC brings together academic researchers, policymakers, business, and practitioners from diverse fields interested in advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship across disciplines.

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Funding Opportunity

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RSO Internal Deadline: Noon on September 26, 2025

This funding opportunity will support the development of a learning health system (LHS) network in perinatal mental health. The LHS approach integrates research, data, and knowledge for continuous improvement in care to help ensure that the most effective treatments are consistently updated and implemented equitably across Canada. This approach would also enable the rapid translation of research findings into clinical and care practice, providing a mechanism for evaluating program impacts and improving equitable service delivery. Furthermore, this approach would ensure continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness of the processes of the LHS. The network is expected to develop an LHS by: (i) collecting and synthesizing data from real-world practice ('practice to data'), (ii) using that data to answer questions and generate new and useful knowledge ('data to knowledge'), and (iii) applying that knowledge to improve care to equitably meet the needs of people with lived/living experience (PWLLE), caregivers/families and communities served ('knowledge to practice'), which includes knowledge mobilization and implementation science.

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Three deadlines per year: Feb 1, June 1, Oct 1.

These grants, offered 3 times per year, intend to support well-defined, early-stage research activities and initiatives that will lead to substantial external funding. Valued between $1,000 - $15,000, these grants last for 6 months.

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Three deadlines per year: June 1, October 1, February 1.

These Grants promote initiatives that enable UCalgary teams to explore societal questions, challenges and opportunities that demand a transdisciplinary approach.

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