Faculty Funding and Research Opportunities
Upcoming Reseach Events
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May 27 | 9:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m.
Hunter Student Commons
This half-day symposium will bring us together to learn about transdisciplinary research projects + city innovation efforts anchored or supported by design-based challenges and activities.
Together | Ensemble Conference 2025: Collective Action for a Sustainable Future: Collaboration Across Generations, Sectors and Knowledge Systems
May 26-27 | MacEwan Conference & Event Centre and Online
Together | Ensemble 2025 will be held at the University of Calgary. Together | Ensemble is Canada's national conference devoted to tracking progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Taking an all-of-society approach to addressing Canada's toughest sustainable development challenges, bringing together the private sector, academia, government, and civil society.
Presented by SDSN Canada and funded in part by the Government of Canada's Sustainability Development Goals Funding Program.
Organized by the Office of Institutional Commitments (OIC), UCalgary.
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June 2 - July 25 | Online
Registration is now open for MobilizeU 2025, Research Impact Canada’s 8-week, online, self-directed knowledge mobilization course for students, faculty and staff. MobilizeU combines asynchronous videos and assignments with live online expert presentations on planning, inclusive communications, measuring impact and more. UCalgary's 10 free spots sold out fast, but individual and group spaces are available for a fee.
June 11 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MT 701, 7th Floor, MacKimmie Tower, University of Calgary
This year, One Health at UCalgary reached the end of the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan, and now we are excited to re-strategize for the future. Building on the momentum from our March 20 session “One Health Initiative: Shaping our paths forward,” we are pleased to invite faculty to join us once again to discuss what we heard and strategize for the future through reflection and appreciative inquiry.
This facilitated, 2-hour workshop will be hosted by Dr. Karin Orsel (Convener, One Health) and Samantha Larose-Berry (Manager, One Health), under the Office of the VPR and with the support of the Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship (ITS) team. We hope you will bring bold ideas and an open mind as we look to build a strong, collaborative plan for the future.
June 24 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Grey Eagle Resort & Casino
United Way of Calgary and Area invites you to the 15th Annual Connect event, a full-day marking the 10-year anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report. This year’s event will feature keynote speakers Niigaan Sinclair and Reg Crowshoe, as well as a panel discussion with leaders from sectors named in the 94 Calls to Action.
If you plan to attend in person, please register as soon as possible to ensure your spot at this event.
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.
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.
Funding Opportunity
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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.
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.
RSO detailed review deadline June 2, 2025.
Short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector.
RSO Internal Deadline: June 16, 2025, Noon
The Planning and Dissemination Grants are intended to provide support for planning and/or dissemination activities (either virtual or in-person) consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR Institutes and Initiatives. This funding opportunity is not intended to support the direct cost of research (e.g., pilot projects, feasibility studies, or operating grants), principal and co-investigator salaries or research equipment. Primary research or primary data collection will not be supported through this funding opportunity. Any activity that may be perceived as such should be justified (e.g., surveying individuals for the purpose of the project).
RSO detailed review deadline July 18, 2025
These grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.
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.