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Deadlines calendar
Dates are subject to change without notice. Please confirm deadlines and program requirements on agency websites.
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SFU internal deadlines: three business days in advance of the funding agency’s external deadline.
2025 Deadlines
February 2025 deadlines
- 03 February 2025
- supports events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives (e.g., workshops, colloquiums, conferences)
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
- 03 February 2025
- to support research in its initial stages, for 1-2 years
- 05 February 2025 (registration only)
- funds for health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes
- LOI due 10 February 2025; full application by invitation only
- to support new and existing partnerships, 4-7 years
March 2025 deadlines
- 05 March 2025 (registration required in February)
- funds for health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes
- 15 March 2025
- provides short-term support for partnered research activities with a single partner organization
May 2025 deadlines
- 01 May 2025
- supports events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives (e.g., workshops, colloquiums, conferences)
SFU University Publications Fund
- 13 May 2025
- supports the publication of complete but not published scholarly works
June 2025 deadlines
SFU Small Explore SSHRC Grant (SSHRC Institutional Grant)
- 01 June 2025
- for social sciences and humanities research by individuals and teams over 2 years
- 15 June 2025
- provides short-term support for partnered research activities with a single partner organization
NSERC Discovery Horizons (interdisciplinary)
- 15 June 2025
- for investigator-initiated individual and team projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering
August 2025 deadlines
- 01 August 2025
- supports events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives (e.g., workshops, colloquiums, conferences)
- LOI due 01 August annually; full application due 01 November annually
- for natural sciences and engineering research by individuals or teams
- 14 August 2025 (registration only)
- funds for health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration
- NOI: 27 August 2025 (Full Application: 05 November 2025)
- supports high-risk, high-reward, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects; up to $125,000 per year (including indirect costs) for up to two years
September 2025 deadlines
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Transformation
- 05 September 2025 (by invitation only; LOI required January 2025)
- supports large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects up to $4million/year for up to 6 years
- 11 September 2025 (registration required in August)
- funds for health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
- 15 September 2025
- provides short-term support for partnered research activities with a single partner organization
October 2025 deadlines
- 01 October annually
- for social sciences and humanities research conducted by individuals or teams, for 2-5 years
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration
- NOI: 11 October 2025 (Full Application: 12 December 2025)
- supports high-risk, high-reward, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects; up to $125,000 per year (including indirect costs) for up to two years
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Transformation
- 24 October 2025 (Notice of Intent)
- supports large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects up to $4million/year for up to 6 years
November 2025 deadlines
- 01 November annually (mandatory LOI due 01 August annually)
- for natural sciences and engineering research by individuals or teams
- 01 November 2025
- supports events and outreach activities for short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives (e.g., workshops, colloquiums, conferences)
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration
- Full Application: 05 November 2025 (NOI required August)
- supports high-risk, high-reward, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects; up to $125,000 per year (including indirect costs) for up to two years
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
- 15 November 2025
- to develop research and related activities, or design and test new partnership approaches in the social sciences and humanities
December 2025 deadlines
SFU Small Explore SSHRC Grant (SSHRC Institutional Grant)
- 15 December 2025
- for social sciences and humanities research by individuals and teams over 2 years
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
- 15 December 2025
- provides short-term support for partnered research activities with a single partner organization
2026 Deadlines (expected)
January 2026 deadlines
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Transformation
- 10 January 2026 (Letter of Intent; NOI required October 2025)
- supports large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects up to $4million/year for up to 6 years