Apply for Research Funding
As a Dalhousie researcher, you can rely on the Office of Research Services for help as you prepare your application. Application review has several main aspects:
- Ensuring that an application meets program and funder guidelines
- Providing comments back on an application to help improve it and increase its fundability
- Reviewing an application from an institutional perspective to make sure that policies are being adhered to, and aspects such as commitments and associated costs of research (overhead) are appropriate and accounted for.
Staff are available to help at every step of the way. Contact information, including details for Faculty Research Facilitators, is available on the staff page.
Prepare a Funding Application
While preparing your application, here are some items you'll need to consider.
Review Process
This flowchart is also available in PDF form on the Resources page.
Exclusions to this process include internal competitions for institutional awards, such as Canada Research Chairs, Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Canada Foundation for Innovation (large-scale competitions), and Canada First Research Excellence Fund, as well as the Operations and Maintenance Response Fund. Additional exclusions may include internal Expressions of Interest for programs where there is a limit on the number of applications that can be submitted by the institution (for example, Global Affairs Canada, Queen Elizabeth II Scholars, Robbins-Ollivier Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, etc.).
Applications to these internal competitions are completed through direct submission by the Faculty Dean to the identified ORS contact and brought forward to a committee for review. Committee decisions are communicated back to the Faculty Dean by the VPRI or a designate. Application development should include submission via Romeo, as per the process outlined above.
Internal Deadlines
To help support planning and preparation for upcoming major competitions over the Spring term, the Office of Research Services has provided a list of deadlines, including the ORS internal deadlines. Opportunities are listed chronologically, according to the ORS internal deadline.
For specific funding opportunity information, and for other upcoming opportunities, please be sure to review the ORS newsletter on a regular basis. Most opportunities have an internal deadline of 10 business days in advance of the funder’s deadline. As a reminder, whether the funding agency requires it or not, all applications must receive Departmental and Faculty approval and be approved by the Vice President Research & Innovation (or designate) prior to submission.
Please reach out to your Research Facilitator for more details or questions on a specific competition.
Major Funding Competitions in Spring 2024
ORS Internal Deadlines ranging from April 10 - October 11
Funder |
Program |
Funder Deadline |
ORS Internal Deadline |
Responsible ORS Unit |
NSERC |
Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) – LOI Phase |
May 01, 2024 |
April 10, 2024 |
Grants & Contracts (G&C) |
Research NS (RNS) |
EOI – April 29, 2024 |
EOI – April 15, 2024 |
Institutional & International Programs (I&I) |
|
SSHRC |
May 1, 2024 |
April 17, 2024 |
G&C |
|
RNS |
May 1, 2024 |
April 17, 2024 |
I&I |
|
SSHRC |
May 22, 2024 |
May 8, 2024 |
G&C |
|
New Frontiers in Research (NFRF) |
2024 NordForsk-led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development of the Arctic |
May 30, 2024 |
May 15, 2024 |
I&I |
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) |
June 17, 2024 |
May 17, 2024 (institutional approval required) |
I&I |
|
NSERC/SSHRC/National Science Foundation (NSF) |
June 11, 2024 |
May 28, 2024 |
I&I |
|
NSERC |
Call for proposals: Advancing the industrial readiness of quantum sensing technologies |
June 14, 2024 |
May.31, 2024 |
G&C |
SSHRC |
June 20, 2024 |
June 6, 2024 |
G&C |
|
RNS |
Focused Research Investments Full Application (by invitation) |
July 31, 2024 (TBC) |
July 10, 2024 (TBC) |
I&I |
CIHR |
*Registration and Full Application deadlines have not yet been communicated by the Funder. |
Registration: Anticipated early August 2024 Full application: Anticipated early September 2024 |
Registration: N/A
Full application: TBC, 10 business days prior to CIHR deadline |
G&C |
NSERC |
*Official dates have not been communicated by the funder, but are anticipated as listed. |
Notice of Intent (NOI): August 1, 2024 Full application: November 1, 2024 |
Notice of Intent: N/A Full application: October 11, 2024 |
G&C |
Find out the latest
Learn more about all current opportunities available in the Latest News for Researchers section.
Questions?
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