This page is for faculty and staff who are interested in funding opportunities for knowledge mobilization and community-engaged scholarship projects. There are also select grants and awards below that are designed to support Masters and PhD students, and Post-Doctoral Fellows. Please note that this page is not updated regualrly and some grants and awards may no longer be available. Check the individual funder for information on application dates and detailed information about how to apply.
Grants
Partnership Grant
| Funder: | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | Faculty and post-doctoral researchers |
| Disciplines: | Social sciences and humanities |
| Funding: |
Partnership: Up to $2.5 million over 7 years Partnership Engage: $7,000 to $25,000 over 1 year Partnership Development: $75,000 to $200,000 over 1 to 3 years |
Partnership grants fund new and existing partnerships between academic researchers, businesses, community and other partners to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization. These are intended for large teams of postsecondary institutions and non-academic organizations that work in formal collaboration, including through mutual cooperation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources (cash and/or in-kind contributions). Grants may also be used to help establish partnered chairs and research centres.
Insight Research Grant
| Funder: | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | Emerging scholars and established scholars |
| Disciplines: | Social sciences and humanities |
| Funding: |
Insight Stream A: $7,000 to $100,000 2 to 5 years Insight Development Grants $7,000 to $75,000 1 to 2 years |
Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight Research program. Proposed projects can involve, but are not limited to, case studies, pilot initiatives, and critical analyses of existing research. Projects can also involve national and international research collaboration, and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring and mobilizing knowledge within and across disciplines and sectors. SSHRC welcomes applications involving research-creation.
Connections Grant
| Funder: | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | Faculty |
| Disciplines: | Social sciences and humanities |
| Funding: |
$7,000 to $25,000 over 1 year Outreach activities: $7,000 to $50,000 over 1 year (higher amounts can be considered if well justified) |
Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage with participants on research issues of value to them. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant can often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.
Knowledge Synthesis Grants
| Funder: | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | An individual researcher or a team of researchers affiliated with a Canadian institution |
| Disciplines: | Social sciences and humanities |
| Funding: | $30,000 over 1 year |
Knowledge Synthesis Grants support researchers in producing knowledge synthesis reports and evidence briefs that (1) increase the use of evidence in decision-making and the application of best practices (2) assist in developing future research agendas.
Alliance Grants
| Funder: | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | University researchers collaborating with private-sector, public-sector or not-for-profit organizations. |
| Disciplines: | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Funding: | $20,000 to $1 million per year for up to 5 years |
Alliance grants support collaboration between researchers and partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. Funded projects can be of varying scale and complexity, from short-term smaller projects or one-on-one collaborations with one partner organization to long-term projects involving researchers across several universities or partner organizations across multiple sectors. These grants seek to generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada.
Healthy Cities Research Initiative
| Funder: | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | An individual researcher or a team of researchers affiliated with a Canadian institution |
| Disciplines: | Population and Public Health |
| Funding: | Multiple funding opportunities for KMb and community engagement which open and close throughout the year |
The Healthy Cities Research Initiative seeks to improve health by maximizing the health-promoting potential of cities and urbanized areas in Canada and internationally. It funds research that will generate a substantial body of evidence and build capacity within the research and practitioner communities around designing and implementing evidence-based interventions in urban contexts to improve population health and health equity. The initiative will fund projects aimed at increasing research excellence, capacity building and knowledge mobilization until 2029.
Planning and Dissemination Grants
| Funder: | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | A Nominated Principal Applicant - An independent researcher, A knowledge user, A trainee, An individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate. |
| Disciplines: | Population and Public Health |
| Funding: | Up to $50,000 over 1 year |
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.
KTT Funding Program
| Funder: | Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | Current University of Guelph faculty members (UFGA Unit 1 or 2) |
| Disciplines: | Agri-food and rural sectors |
| Funding: | KTT Research stream: $50,000 annually over 3 years ($150,000 total) KTT Mobilization stream: $25,000 annually over 2 years ($50,000 total) |
The Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance administers a KTT funding program to advance research in the field of KTT and to accelerate the transfer of research knowledge into use. Projects must fit within one of two streams:
- The KTT Research Stream funds projects that advance the science of knowledge translation and transfer in agri-food and rural sectors.
- The KTT Mobilization Stream funds activities that drive the transformation of research knowledge into use, including synthesis, exchange, engagement, dissemination, dialogue, collaboration and brokering between researchers and research users.
All projects, regardless of stream, must relate to an established Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) research priority.
KTT Initiatives Grant
| Funder: | Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | University of Guelph faculty |
| Disciplines: | Agri-food and rural sectors |
| Funding: | Up to $5,000 over 1 year |
KTT Initiatives provide one time financial support of up to $5,000 for a product that translates and transfers research that benefits Ontario’s agri-food sector or rural communities. Proposed initiatives must fall within an established Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) research priority theme and be completed within a year of the start date.
Mitacs Accelerate
| Funder: | Mitacs |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | Faculty at all Canadian universities and colleges, faculty at universities outside of Canada, for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, among others |
| Disciplines: | Any |
| Funding: | Flexible funding starting at $15000; partner organizations’ financial contribution starts at $7,500 |
The Accelerate program helps build collaborative research partnerships between a student, a supervising professor and a partner organization; where the project work is primarily conducted by the student or post-doc. Proposals can receive $15,000 in funding for each four-month internship, and need to include financial contributions from partner organizations.
Wenner-Gren Engaged Research Grant
| Funder: | Wenner-Gren Foundation |
| Type: | Grant |
| Eligibility: | Students enrolled in a doctoral program; or idividuals with PhDs, including independent scholars |
| Disciplines: | Anthropology and related fields |
| Funding: | $25,000 over 1 year, non-renewable |
The Wenner-Gren Engaged Research Grant program supports research partnerships that empower those who have historically been the subjects of anthropological research, rather than researchers themselves. Designed in alliance with individuals who have borne the impact of marginalization, these partnerships bring together scholars and their interlocutors in an effort to expand anthropological knowledge, combat inequality, and help communities flourish. The program supports projects that will make a significant contribution to anthropological conversations through collaboration and engagement.
Awards
Award for Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership
| Funder: | Community-Based Research Canada |
| Type: | Award |
| Eligibility: | Engaged researcher belonging to a CBRCanada member institution or who is a registered individual member of CBRCanada |
| Disciplines: | All |
| Funding: | One-time $5,000 cash prize, commemorative plaque and opportunities to showcase research projects. |
The Award for Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership honours the exemplary contributions of a community-campus research partnership that has demonstrated excellence in community-based research. It is intended to recognize the achievements of a promising community-based research partnership and signify the importance of community-based research as a growing field of practice. Proposals should demonstrate excellence in engaged research process, quality and impact; and show solid and deep relationships with community partners (including on the research team).
Award for Emerging Community-Based Researcher
| Funder: | Community-Based Research Canada |
| Type: | Award |
| Eligibility: | Community researchers, PhD students or recent graduates, post-doctoral fellows or early career researchers; with no more than five years from graduation and/or five years into their current position. |
| Disciplines: | All |
| Funding: | One-time $1000 cash prize and opportunities to showcase research projects. |
The Award for Emerging Community-Based Researcher recognizes and celebrates an individual who embodies community-based research values in their work. Nominees should be working closely with a community in support of transformational community-driven, participatory and action-oriented research that imagines and builds innovative solutions to pressing social issues.
Award winners for both award programs will be announced in the CBRCanada e-newsletter, website, and on social media. Winners will also be invited to write a feature story to be included in our newsletter, distributed to over 50 members nationally, as well as invited to showcase their research through CBRCanada events. The winner of this award will be recognized for their research achievements at the Award Gala Celebration that will be held in person at the annual C2UExpo.
Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students
| Funder: | Research Impact Canada |
| Type: | Award |
| Eligibility: | Doctoral and Masters’ students at RIC member institutions; and recent graduates |
| Disciplines: | Any |
| Funding: | A cash prize of $3000 for doctoral students and recent doctoral graduates; $2000 for Masters’ students and recent Masters’ graduates; as well as opportunities to showcase research projects. |
The Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for Graduate Students recognizes graduate students that conduct research projects following engaged scholarship principles. This award rewards excellence in engaged scholarship (“making research with the people who benefit from it”), co-creation of knowledge or integrated knowledge translation.
NCCPH Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards
| Funder: | National Collaborating Centres for Public Health |
| Type: | Award |
| Eligibility: | MA or PhD students enrolled in a Canadian graduate program, or recent graduates |
| Disciplines: | Public health or other relevant disciplines (e.g. geography, planning, public policy) |
| Funding: | One-time award of $1500 and opportunities to showcase project |
The purpose of the NCCPH Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards is to recognize the work of graduate students regarding knowledge translation in public health in Canada. Proposals should describe projects undertaken by graduate students as part of their theses or dissertations, and for which the focus is knowledge translation in public health. These could include synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically-sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the health care system.