Faculty Funding and Research Opportunities

CIHR has launched the 2025 REDI Award to support postdocs, clinicians, and research associates from underrepresented groups as they move toward independent research careers. The 2025 program expands eligibility to include racialized gender-diverse people and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis scholars.

Info Sessions
• December 15 at 11:30 a.m. (MT), French

The award provides up to 6 years of mentored and independent funding, including research allowances, salary support, and faculty mentorship. Two streams are available based on applicant self-identification.

For full details, deadlines, and UCalgary support, visit ResearchNet and the CIHR REDI program page.

December 4, 2025 | 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. | W21C, GD01 Cal Wenzel Precision Health Building (Foothills Campus)

Join the OADR Grant Development Team for an interactive half-day workshop designed to help you plan, manage, and submit strong research grant applications. Learn to identify funding opportunities, access development tools, build project management skills, and create effective budgets.

Open to faculty, staff, and postdoctoral fellows in the Cumming School of Medicine (others welcome pending space).
Participants can register for the full program or individual sessions.

Sessions include:

• Finding the Right Funding Opportunity – Register here
• Exploring GDO Resources – Register here
• The Project Management Toolkit – Register here
• Budget Building – Register here
• Lunch with the CSM Grant Development Team – Register here

Spaces are limited — register early. For questions, contact Parneet Jaggi.

The call for abstracts is now open for the 2026 Joint World Congress of IASSW/IFSW/ICSW, happening in Nairobi, Kenya from July 26–29, 2026. Hosted by the Kenya National Association of Social Workers, this global gathering will take place at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre under the theme “Harambee for Sustainable Shared Futures.”

Rooted in East African values of unity and collective action, this congress invites educators, practitioners, and researchers to contribute to advancing global social work.

Learn more and submit your abstract: Call for Abstracts – SWSD 2026

Save on Registration: Faculty from IASSW member institutions benefit from discounted rates. Questions about membership? Contact Dr. Janestic Twikirize at janestic@iassw-aiets.org.

Please share with colleagues and encourage submissions!

The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) invites participation in the 13th Annual Decolonizing Conference, “Colonial Ruptures: Unmasking Ongoing Coloniality and Fostering Resistance and Liberatory Possibilities.” 

March 12–14, 2026 | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto 
The conference will bring together scholars, educators, artists, Elders, and community members for dialogue, critical engagement, and transformative practice.
 

Proposals are due November 14, 2025. 
For full submission details, registration information, and the callout poster, view the poster here 

Webinars are to be hosted:

Monday, December 1, 2025 (English - for applicants)

Monday, December 15, 2025 (French - for applicants)

If you are interested in applying to this program or learning more, please reach out to Vienna Doenni                               

CIHR has now officially launched the next iteration of the Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award.  The REDI program aims to promote scientific excellence and promote diversity in Canada’s research ecosystem. 

REDI 2025 will support applicants through two distinct streams:

• Stream A for trainees who self-identify as Black (any gender), racialized women, or racialized gender-diverse people, and
• Stream B for trainees who self-identify as First Nations, Inuit, Métis scholars (any gender).

For additional information about Eligibility requirements for applicants in both streams (A and B), please consult the Funds available and number of REDI awards by funding pools table, as well as the Eligibility section.

• UCalgary Expression of Interest Deadline: Feb 2, 2026 (register here by this date to receive UCalgary/CSM application development support)
• Daft Proposal Items Due for Detailed Review: March 16, 2026
• Draft Letter of Support (LOS) from Mentors Detailed Review Deadline: May 4, 2026
• Internal Deadline for Full Application: June 8, 2026 ( RFAAs should be completed prior to this date. CSM postdocs send your RFAAs to medgrant@ucalgary.ca)

• Funding Agency Deadline: June 16, 2026

  Learn more

Amount : Events: $7,000 CAD to $25,000 for one year

Internal Deadline: December 10, 2025

Eligibility: These grants enable collaboration between postsecondary researchers and organizations to leverage each other's expertise on topics of mutual interest. Postdoctoral researchers are eligible to be applicants.
Learn more and apply 

Destination Horizon Grants support researchers affiliated with eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions to build capacity, foster existing partnerships, and further develop networks and/or consortia with European Union and other “associated countries” researchers, with the ultimate goal of applying to Horizon Europe—Pillar II calls for proposals.

Amount: up to $15,000 CAD for one year (matching funds of $15,000 cash required)

RSO Internal Deadline for iNOI Submission: December 10, 2025 at noon

RSO Internal Deadline for Full Application: January 19, 2026 at noon

Contact: Marissa Montgomery-James

Horizon Europe: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/horizon-europe

Learn more

Alberta is taking the lead in transforming postdoctoral supports and opportunities to reflect a changing research and innovation landscape.

Through the Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UCalgary is pleased to offer applications for the Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

Amount: 

Recruitment Fellowship: 2 years, $70,000 CAD/year | AI Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Innovation & Enhancement 2 years, $55,000 CAD/year

Internal Deadline: December 10, 2025

Eligibility: Postdocs are eligible to apply. Recruitment funding applications must not hold or have held a University of Calgary postdoctoral appointment. Health Innovation applications must have accepted or started a postdoctoral appointment with the University of Calgary and be no more than 5 years post PhD

Learn more

Research Opportunity: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: ECRs in Human Development, Child and Youth Health (2025)

CIHR is offering operating grants to early career researchers working in human development, child and youth health. The program supports projects across all four CIHR pillars and aims to build research capacity, generate new knowledge, strengthen health equity and improve outcomes for children and youth. It also encourages knowledge exchange among researchers and community stakeholders.

RSO internal deadline: December 11, 2025 at noon
If you plan to apply, please notify Parneet Jaggi.

More information

Amount: $1,500 award per unit including a micro-credential. For a total of 3 possible award units and micro-credentials totalling $4,500

Information session: December 4, 2025

Application Deadline: December 17, 2025

Eligibility: Postdocs who want to develop and improve the skills needed to translate their research into impact outside academia. 

Learn more

The University of Calgary is accepting applications for two-year Alberta Innovates Postdoctoral Fellowships ($70,000/year). Open to applicants of any citizenship, these awards support exceptional scholars advancing health research and innovation.

Projects must align with at least one focus area:

• Lab to Market/Impact
• Clinical Research
• Innovative Care Model Implementations
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration for Healthier Futures

Internal deadline: December 15, 2025, at 12 p.m. MT
Contact: fellowships@ucalgary.ca
Learn more and apply 

This funding opportunity will catalyze discovery in digital health, advance pivotal research, and inform applications or interventions relevant to CIHR-IMHA's broad mandate areas. This funding opportunity also seeks to benefit the continued integration of technology into healthcare in Canada. These grants are reserved for early and mid-career researchers, and Indigenous Health researchers at any career stage.
Registration: due directly to CIHR by December 16, 2025

Full application: RSO Internal Deadline is noon on March 11, 2026
Contact: Lindsey Hritzuk        

Learn more

Accelerate your collaborative research with enhanced funding — for a limited time

Amount: Up to $75,000 CAD for three years

Internal Deadline: December 19, 2025

Eligibility: Available to postdoctoral fellows at Canadian academic institutions conducting applied research with a Canadian company, not-for-profit, municipality, or hospital      

Learn more

Amount: $60,000 CAD for 1 or 2 years 

Internal Deadline: December 31, 2025

Eligibility: Postdocs are eligible to apply no more than 5 years post PhD (some exceptions applicable).          

Learn more

The Program will support world-class research projects co-led by three principal investigators: one from Canada, one from Israel, and one from an eligible LMIC (list of eligible countries). The teams will integrate researchers from all three geographies with the intention of strengthening scientific capacity, promoting collaboration, equitable partnerships, and scientific excellence in all its diversity. It is expected that the three principal investigators will work together on an integrated, and cohesive research project equitably contributing to and benefiting from their involvement in the project and the Program.

Amount: up to $500,000 CAD for the principal investigator from Canada for four (4) years

Registration deadline: January 6, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

RSO Final Review Deadline: February 20, 2026 at noon

Contact: Marissa Montgomery-James

List of eligible countries

Learn more

The Fellows-to-Faculty Award program supports talented early career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions.

Amount: $600,000 USD over 3 years (faculty research grant with optional postdoctoral support)

Internal Deadline: January 8, 2026

Eligibility: Postdoc are eligible to apply. Must be in a mentored postdoctoral position while seeking tenure-track faculty positions. The program is intended for scientists whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in science, with research advancing SFARI or SCPAB missions.

Learn more

Research Opportunity: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Research Network of Excellence (RNoE) in Women's Heart and/or Brain Health 

Important: You must consult the funding opportunity entry in the Research Opportunities Database for information concerning the submission process: https://research.ucalgary.ca/opportunity/2026-research-network-excellence-rnoe-womens-heart-andor-brain-health

1 grant available at $5M over 5 years

RSO deadline for registration: January 12, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.; RMS record is required

RSO contact: Katie Cupello

Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada are collectively launching a funding opportunity to enable cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research that addresses urgent research questions and significant gaps in rehabilitation and recovery for women with heart-brain health conditions The network is expected to bring together interdisciplinary, multi-institutional and multi-provincial health research teams and collaborators to create and mobilize knowledge that improves the health and wellness of women living with heart-brain health conditions, as well as their families and caregivers. The network is expected to build on pre-existing areas of research where there is a proven track record among the network members of demonstrated leadership and research excellence in rehabilitation and recovery as it relates to women’s heart-brain health. The priority research area is rehabilitation and recovery for women following acute heart-brain health events. This funding opportunity aims to support research that expands upon, utilizes, or explores new directions related to women's heart-brain health, rather than duplicating the two existing Research Networks of Excellence (RNoE) in Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health grants funded in 2024 in which activities focus on Risk Factors and Diagnosis & Treatment, respectively.

Webinar: Heart & Stroke will hold an information webinar on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (MT) for interested applicants to learn more about the grant and application process. 

Register here | Learn more

Amount: Up to $25,000 CAD for events; up to $50,000 CAD for outreach activities for one year 

Internal Deadline: January 28, 2026

Eligibility: Postdocs are eligible to apply

Learn more

Amount: $10,000 to $100,000 CAD for 1-2 years

Internal Deadline: January 28, 2026

Eligibility: Postdocs are eligible to apply

Learn more

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.

Learn more

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.

Learn more

Get clear guidance on eligible costs, budget categories, and valuing in-kind contributions for your next SSHRC application.

Budget Resources for SSHRC Grants

When preparing your SSHRC budget, it is important to follow the Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration, which outlines what constitutes eligible expenses. SSHRC’s eligibility rules apply to all project costs, whether covered by SSHRC funds or by cash and in-kind contributions. While ineligible contributions may still be highlighted in your application as valuable support, they cannot be included in the formal budget.

To assist you, we have compiled guidance on the main SSHRC budget categories:

1. Personnel costs
2. Travel and subsistence costs
3. Other expenses

Additional information is also available on how to appropriately value in-kind contributions.

UCalgary is now accepting nominations for the Visiting Scholars Program. The program facilitates short-term, medium-term, and longer-term visits by distinguished scholars who will make a significant contribution to the academic life of the university, enriching our research community, raising our institutional profile, and promoting knowledge exchange across countries and continents.

Key program details

• Open to Canadian and international distinguished scholars
• Visit durations range from one week to several months
• Scholars are expected to contribute to the research and teaching activities of the host faculty
• Scholars staying at least one week will receive the honorary title of UCalgary Fellow
• Nominations must be submitted prior to the scholar’s arrival

Funds available

• $5,000 - $20,000 VPRO contribution
• Host must provide matching funding

Learn more about UCalgary Visiting Scholars Program

Submit a nomination