The following international funding opportunities are for researchers (faculty, students and trainees).
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CIHR Project Grant Spring 2020
The Project Grant program is open to applicants in all areas of health research that are aligned with the CIHR mandate: "To excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system". More than ever before, the health of Canadians is deeply intertwined with the health of people around the world. Projects or programs that have a global health research focus, or include international collaborations, are eligible for support through the Project Grant program. The onus is on the applicant to clearly demonstrate the alignment of the application with CIHR's mandate.
EU Call for Proposals – Healthy Ageing with the Support of Digital Solutions. The aim of the Call is to support innovative, transnational, and multi-disciplinary collaborative projects. Canada is participating in this Call through CIHR.
Operating Grant: COVID-19 May 2020 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
The Belmont Forum aims to enhance co-operation and co-ordination of global environmental change research.
Open calls https://www.belmontforum.org/cras/#soils2020
While the Belmont Forum does not offer additional or dedicated research funds, SSHRC invites Canadian researchers to develop proposals that involve their international colleagues and partners and to submit their applications through funding opportunities offered under SSHRC’s Insight program and Connection program.
Apply via:
For more information, visit the Belmont Forum website or contact SSHRC at:
Email: partnershipgrants@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
Tel.: 613-943-1007
Strategic Partnership Grants for Projects
CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
Call for joint Canada-UK projects on Quantum Technologies (QT)
For more Global Affairs Canada Grants opportunities, visit
International scholarship opportunities for Canadians(EduCanada)
Global Affairs Canada, in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the International Policy Ideas Challenge.
International Policy Ideas Challenge.
The objective of the program is to draw on the network of talented Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and early-career civil society researchers to identify concrete, innovative solutions to emerging international policy challenges faced by Canada. The program offers applicants a chance to test their skills at translating academic expertise into policy language and insights. Applicants are invited to submit brief proposals. Ten winners will be given several months to consult with Global Affairs Canada “client” divisions and further develop their proposals into longer policy briefs, which will then be presented to Government of Canada officials in a day-long Ideas Symposium, hosted by Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa in 2020.
Eligibility: The International Policy Ideas Challenge invites applications from graduate students (Master’s or PhD level) and post-doctoral fellows at a recognized Canadian post-secondary educational institution. Researchers affiliated with a Canadian non-profit organization (e.g., a non-governmental organization or a think tank) who are within six years of graduation from a graduate program at a recognized post-secondary institution will also be considered. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
The OPTions Initiative seeks innovative, transformative ideas that have potential to improve access to safe abortion in low- and middle-income countries where there are one or more legal grounds to support it.
The Indigenous Innovation Initiative was started to address health, social and economic challenges and spark community-led Indigenous innovation. It is pleased to launch its inaugural program: Advancing Indigenous Gender Equality through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship. This program is looking for projects to address this challenge statement: The Indigenous Innovation Initiative is looking for bold ideas that will advance equality for First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples across Canada. Approaches must be grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing and apply a gender lens. Projects led by Indigenous women and 2SLGBTTQQIA+ innovators will be given priority. Applicants are able to apply for up to $250,000 per proposal.
The application process contains two steps. Deadline to submit your expression of interest is June 9, 2020.
To apply for funding, applicants must use the online application form provided on the Grand Challenges Canada Fluxx portal. We recommend you register on Fluxx by no later than June 1, 2020as it can take up to 72hours(3 days) for Fluxx to process your registration. If you have any questions or require support to register on Fluxx, please email info@indigenousinnovate.org or phone 416.583.5821 extension 5585.
International Development Research Center: (IDRC) Doctoral Research Awards 2020
Trees and People: Resilience in a Change Climate—John G. Bene Fellowship 2020
The New International Research Networks (NIRN) award is supported by the Office of the Vice-President (Research) and aims to promote new collaborations between researchers from Western and their international colleagues. These funds are intended to address the logistical costs incurred during the initial process of setting up a new collaborative research project, such as travel, communications cost and/or small- scale exploratory research.
The program is designed to provide U.S. and Canadian faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities.
Duration: 2 – 6 weeks and the
Eligibility: US and Canadian citizens; Mid-Career to Established in Field. More Information.
Going Global Innovation (GGI) is a grant and contribution program administered by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) that offers funding to support innovators from Canadian organizations to formalize contractual agreements with foreign organizations. GGI provides assistance by funding up to 75 percent of eligible expenses, to a maximum of $75,000 for any approved project. Eligible expenses include international and local travel, accommodations, meals, meeting costs, legal fees to support the formalization of partnership agreements and other costs related to pursuing international collaboration. Combined financial assistance from federal, provincial and municipal sources must not exceed 75 percent of total costs for any eligible expenditure
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Canadian Funding
1. The International stream aims to support international collaborations and position Canada and Canadian researchers as strategic partners at the international level. The International stream includes two mechanisms:
The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) International Stream has now been launched.
The International stream aims to support international collaborations and position Canada and Canadian researchers as strategic partners at the international level. The International stream includes two mechanisms:
2020 Horizon Global Platform Competition
This competition provides funding for Canadian researchers who are partners on Horizon 2020 calls that are eligible under the New Frontiers in Research in Research Fund (NFRF) program and have been awarded Horizon 2020 project funding.
Application Process:
To apply for an NFRF 2020 Horizon Global Platform grant, Canadian participants on eligible Horizon 2020 calls must submit their registration form by February 27, 2020, or within two weeks of the Horizon 2020 deadline for their call, whichever is later. This is a mandatory step in the application process.
The team must then submit a complete application within one month after notification of a successful outcome of the Horizon 2020 adjudication process.
The application must include:
Applicants must complete the registration form and application using the Convergence Portal. Registrations or applications that are received after the deadline or that are incomplete will be withdrawn from the competition.
Please note that Western-led registrations and applications are to be submitted through the research office, in the normal manner. Internal Research Western deadline for full applications is 3 business days before external submission deadline. Research Western will then submit the applications through the Convergence Portal, before the applicable deadlines.
Call details can be found here
Please contact me if you need assistance or have any questions, or you can contact the NFRF program directly at NFRF-FNFR@chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
2. The Transformation stream is designed to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change (high reward). The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise where relevant.
The Transformation stream grants will support projects that:
These elements are further described under Transformation project characteristics.
CIHR is partnering with the European Commission to fund international teams tackling transitions in care challenges. The goal of this funding opportunity is to build a collaboration of stakeholders in Europe and Canada in the domain of smart living environments for aging people that will focus on the development, integration, and evaluation of eHealth innovations addressing transition in care challenges in order to improve health outcomes. Funding to the Canadian component of the team requires that a proposal also includes one or both of the following research areas as relevant to aging people.
Research Areas: This funding opportunity will support projects relevant to the following research areas:
Funds Available: The maximum CIHR amount per grant is $240,000 CAD per year for up to four (4) years for a total of $960,000 CAD per grant.
How to apply:
Step 1a – Full Application to the European Commission:
Step 1b – Abbreviated CIHR Application:
Specific Instructions to complete your ResearchNet application: The following tasks in ResearchNet are mandatory for the completion of the CIHR application:
Task: Identify Participants
For complete information on the challenge to be addressed, scope, expected impact, and cross-cutting priorities, please refer to the European Commission funding opportunity.
2020 Horizon Global Platform Competition
This competition provides funding for Canadian researchers who are partners on Horizon 2020 calls that are eligible under the New Frontiers in Research in Research Fund (NFRF) program and have been awarded Horizon 2020 project funding.
Application Process:
To apply for an NFRF 2020 Horizon Global Platform grant, Canadian participants on eligible Horizon 2020 calls must submit their registration form by February 27, 2020, or within two weeks of the Horizon 2020 deadline for their call, whichever is later. This is a mandatory step in the application process.
The team must then submit a complete application within one month after notification of a successful outcome of the Horizon 2020 adjudication process.
The application must include:
Applicants must complete the registration form and application using the Convergence Portal. Registrations or applications that are received after the deadline or that are incomplete will be withdrawn from the competition.
Please note that Western-led registrations and applications are to be submitted through the research office, in the normal manner. Internal Research Western deadline for full applications is 3 business days before external submission deadline. Research Western will then submit the applications through the Convergence Portal, before the applicable deadlines.
Call details can be found here
Please contact me if you need assistance or have any questions, or you can contact the NFRF program directly at NFRF-FNFR@chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
The John Templeton Foundation funds: Mathematical & Physical Sciences; Life Sciences; Human Sciences; Philosophy and Theology; Science in Dialogue; Character Development; Individual Freedoms and Free Markets; Exceptional Cognitive Talent & Genius; and Genetics.
The John Templeton Foundation offers small (up to USD 234, 800) and large (More than USD 234, 800), to fund these areas
To determine whether the Foundation would consider supporting your project, please complete and submit an OFI by August 14, 2020
Next Generation Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (NGM) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application deadlines: May 6, 2019; May 6, 2020; May 6, 2021, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
Award Project period: The maximum project period is 5 years.
Award amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): July 23, 2019; March 23, 2020; July 23, 2020; and more
Award amount: Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Award Project period: The maximum project period is 5 years.
NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.
Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with NIH as a partner is accepting applications.
NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations, foreign components of U.S. organizations and/or other foreign components may apply.
The NMSS manages a diverse portfolio of academic and commercial research projects, provide training fellowships, fosters global collaboration, and convene experts to identify strategic research priorities. Their objectives are achieved by ensuring funding of the best science regardless of geography. The maximum budget for the Pilot program is $55,000 for U.S. institutions, inclusive of $50,000 in direct costs plus 10% ($5,000) indirect costs. For non-U.S institutions, the maximum is $50,000 since indirect costs are only allowed on U.S. based projects.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on further development and validation of emerging technologies offering novel capabilities for targeting, probing, or assessing molecular and cellular features of cancer biology for basic or clinical cancer research.
This FOA encourages exploratory/developmental research applications at the intersection of HIV and aging by addressing two overarching objectives: 1) to improve understanding of biological, clinical, and socio-behavioral aspects of aging through the lens of HIV infection and its treatment; and 2) to improve approaches for testing, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection, and management of HIV-related comorbidities, co-infections, and complications in different populations and cultural settings by applying our current understanding of aging science.
NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration: Opportunities for which foreign organizations, foreign components of U.S. organizations and/or other foreign components may apply.
NIH funding opportunities focusing on global health and foreign collaboration.
NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations, foreign components of U.S. organizations and/or other foreign components may apply.
The Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research across the Lifespan program supports collaborative research and capacity building projects relevant to Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) on brain and nervous system disorders throughout life.
Large scale mapping and/or molecular profiling of ensembles and/or cell-types mediating opioid action in the rodent brain (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-20-182)
Wenner-Gren Foundation Global Initiatives Grants fund innovative, collaborative, initiatives that build capacity in anthropology.
11th Hour Racing seeks to advance innovative projects that improve the health of our oceans and address the dynamic environmental challenges facing the sailing and marine communities
Johnson & Johnson Women in STEMD Scholars Program (WiSTEM2D Scholars Program). The Scholars Award Program aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. Each university and/or academic institute can support and recommend one applicant per each STEM2D discipline. Therefore, each university and/or academic Institute can support a total of 6 applicant submissions (one for Science, one for Technology, one for Engineering, etc.).
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The goals of the HTRS MRA Program are to:
A fellow:
- In an ACGME-accredited hematology fellowship training program in the U.S. or the equivalent in Canada
The purpose of this award is to support basic, translational, or clinical research projects in head and neck oncology. Clinical or translational research studies are strongly encouraged and should be specifically related to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes, or pathophysiology of head and neck neoplastic disease. While not specifically required, proposals which aim to introduce new knowledge and methodology from other disciplines to research in head and neck disease, or which demonstrate collaborative effort with members of other related disciplines are encouraged.
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Supporting Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Syria
Funding Floor: $750,000; Funding Ceiling: $1,500,000
Period of Performance: 12 – 24 months
The pool grants are intended only for sending researchers abroad from Finland and will cover all expenses for conducting research abroad, including travel and moving costs, schooling expenses and insurance.
The University of Essex International Visiting Fellowships
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellowship program offers funding provision for up to 3000
The Jean Monnet Activities provides funding to support the teaching and research of EU studies worldwide. Jean Monnet grants continue to support actions and activities in the fields of education, training
The Award is for junior researchers who are currently conducting an experimental project in basic biomedical research and wish to pursue a short-term research stay or attend a practical course of up to 3 months. More Information.
Purpose:To learn clearly-defined methods useful for your ongoing research and the work of your research group at home by visiting another laboratory, or by attending research-orientated courses including practical training (the practical part has to cover at least 50% of the course).The scheme provides up to 75,000 per year and will be dependent on
Proposals should address the GCRF research agenda for enabling change focusing on one or more of the following areas:
Equitable Access to Sustainable Development
1. secure and resilient food systems supported by sustainable marine resources and agriculture
2. sustainable health and well being
3. inclusive and equitable quality education
4. clean air, water
5. affordable, reliable, sustainable energy
Sustainable Economies and Societies
6. sustainable livelihoods supported by strong foundations for inclusive economic growth and innovation
7. resilience and action on short-term environmental shocks and long-term environmental change
8. sustainable cities and communities
9. sustainable production and consumption of materials and other resources
Human Rights, Good Governance and Social Justice
10. understand and respond effectively to forced displacement and multiple refugee crises
11. reduce conflict and promote peace, justice
12. reduce poverty and inequality, including gender inequalities
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Sponsorship for research stays worldwide by researchers from Germany of all disciplines and at all career stages. Applicants choose an academic host from some 15,000 academics in the Humboldt Network abroad.
Applications are received on a continuous basis. A Humboldt Foundation selection committee meets in February, June
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This funding instrument serves to establish collaborative relationships between international partners. Three different modules are available: "Exploratory Workshops", "Trips Abroad" and "Guest Visits". If several different modules will be used during a short time frame and doing so will enable cooperation preparations to be made particularly effectively, the modules may be combined. The funding remains available for a maximum of 12 months after the approval date, and the individual collaborative measures must be carried out within this time frame. Funding is available for the following collaborative measures: Trips abroad (max. three months) or guest visits in Germany (max. three
Application deadlines: Continuous
Citizenship or Residency: Germany. Researchers who have already achieved their doctorates and who are working in the German scientific system may apply. Special rules apply to members of non-university research institutions.
2020/2021 Chevening Fellowships are offered to mid-career professionals who have reached a position of influence and want to increase their knowledge, networks, and potential through tailored short courses, research, or professional placements at UK institutions.
France-Canada Program: 2020 - 2020 Mourou/Strickland scientific mobility program
This program is intended for French and Canadian researchers (Quebec excluded as there are specific programs between France and Quebec) who wish to spend a short stay with their counterparts, either in France or in Canada.
The Netherlands-Canada Type 2 Diabetes Research Consortium will support the formation of one international Consortium between Dutch researchers funded through the Diabetes II Breakthrough Projects, for-profit private parties and other private parties, and Canadian researchers, and will leverage the expertise of type 2 diabetes researchers in both countries. The 20 Dutch Diabetes II Breakthrough Projects are funded by a ZonMw and Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation research call launched in 2018; project abstracts are available on the ZonMw website.
The EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) was established to better coordinate research efforts across countries and disciplines to find causes, develop cures, and identify better ways to care for people with neurodegenerative diseases more rapidly. The goal of this joint transnational call is to promote research aiming at the development of novel and the advanced use of existing cutting-edge imaging and brain stimulation technologies related to neurodegenerative diseases. Proposals to be funded under this call will need adequately to involve patients, caregivers, and the public. Consortia are expected to make every effort to include approaches on Patient and Public Involvement, where appropriate, at each stage of the research process including the preparation of the application.
Team Grant: Canada-EU Smart Living Environments – Transitions in Care. The goal of this funding opportunity is to build a collaboration of stakeholders in Europe and Canada in the domain of smart living environments for aging people that will focus on the development, integration, and evaluation of eHealth innovations addressing transition in care challenges in order to improve health outcomes.
This Call focuses on identified priorities related to the current COVID-19 outbreak in humanitarian settings in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Proposals will be eligible for research that targets:
The scope of the Call covers research that will strengthen the evidence base on how to improve public health outcomes by directly informing the response to the current COVID-19 outbreak. Applicants can be based in any country in the world and must apply as part of an established organization. The research team should include academic and humanitarian partners, as appropriate.
The grant provides support for up to one year for a Dutch research fellow collaborating on a biomedical, behavioral, or social renal research project at a foreign research institute. The grant awards up to €80,000.
International Collaboration Awards support collaboration between research groups in the UK and overseas, with a view to support work on global challenges and problems facing developing countries.
Newton Fund Agile Response call to address COVID-19
This GCRF/Newton Fund call focuses upon mitigating both short and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on health, wellbeing, community cohesion, and economic prosperity. In the health sphere, mental health, health economics, and malnutrition are all impacted by the virus and require interdisciplinary research. As well as a health emergency, COVID-19 highlights the importance of understanding underlying determinants of risk in LMICs, including the quality of public messaging and community engagement, the vulnerabilities of those living in refugee and IDP (internally displaced person) camps and informal settlements, higher incidences of domestic violence resulting from social isolation, remittances from overseas, impacts upon global food systems and supply chains and severely restricted access to education.
This call will cover 100% FEC costs for Principal and Co-Investigators from LMICs. This applies to Investigators from countries identified on the OECD DAC list of ODA recipients. International co-investigators from countries not on the DAC list are permitted on proposals and this call will cover 100% fEC of costs for such collaborators. However, salary costs need to be clearly justified and their total cost of the proposal must not exceed 30% of FEC. International co-investigators from countries not on the DAC list are expected to make a significant contribution to their own research costs, including covering their own overheads.
ARAP is designed to facilitate collaboration between researchers in the overseas universities and in A*STAR. Typically, a
The SIPGA program provides a 2-6 month experience in an A*STAR research institute for third or
The Shastri Institute is an Indo-Canadian Institute that aims to improve the quality of life of Canada and India by building and strengthening intellectual and cultural linkages through research, dialogue and exchange.
SICI's April 2020 issue of their bi-monthly e-newsletter: 'Engage'
Various opportunities available:
Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG)Various
Digital Payment Solutions funding opportunity: The CIIE.CO entrepreneurship center in India, the National Payments Corporation of India, and the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation have launched a request for proposals - for innovators around the world - seeking new digital payment solutions that make transactions easy and secure for feature phone users in India.
Information about Wellcome Trust's schemes, funding guidance, what they offer at key career stages, and the people and projects they've funded.
PSC Partners and affiliate PSC Partners Canada offer grants to conduct research that addresses an important and novel, basic or clinical research question related to PSC and closely associated diseases (such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and cholangiocarcinoma). Our Research Grants Program seeks to encourage investigators to conduct research in promising new areas, with the goal that data generated will lead to federal (NIH) or external international funding.
The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems. Visit the site for Grand Challenges grant opportunities with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as sole or contributing funder.
- https://unitaid.org/call-for-proposal/intermittent-preventive-treatment-in-infants/#en – issue of focus: Malaria
Under this Call, Unitaid is soliciting proposals for interventions aimed at accelerating the adoption and scale-up of IPTi in moderate-to-high transmission settings.
Under this Call, Unitaid is soliciting proposals for interventions aimed at accelerating the availability, adoption and scale-up of improved tools to diagnose and treat Chagas Disease.
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems.
The Call for Innovation will identify, encourage and reward innovative proposals that will benefit local communities focused on the following:
Facebook is pleased to invite university faculty to respond to this call for research proposals on exploring unique challenges, threats, attacks, mitigations, and other considerations in the burgeoning space of AR, VR, and smart devices.
Google's Research Scholar program funds work in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields
More informationResearch grants support research and activities that foster peace.
This limited PFA gives PCORI investigators the opportunity--following the generation of results from their PCORI-funded research award--to propose the next step(s) for making their research results more useful, actionable, accessible, and available to targeted end-users of these findings.
Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship - The Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded annually, alternating in the fields of Greek and French. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or the study of French. Candidates must be unmarried women 25 to 35 years of age.
