Internal Funding

This initiative, led by the Grant Development Office, is designed to enhance the competitive edge of Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) faculty in their pursuit of future grant applications. The expanded program now includes three distinct funding streams, enabling faculty to access support at various stages of their research projects and grant application development.

Stream 1: New Techniques/Methodologies

This stream provides up to $4,000 per calendar year per faculty member or lab/team member to obtain training in new technologies and methodologies, strengthening their research programs.

This funding aims to equip faculty with state-of-the-art skills and knowledge to enhance their competitive edge when applying for grants.

Proposals will be considered for activities that help researchers develop advanced skills or techniques to strengthen future grant applications or quickly address specific experimental requests from reviewers for manuscripts close to publication in high-impact journals (as defined by your research area).

Stream 2: Grant Editing, Grant Writer, Illustrator, Project Management

This stream focuses on supporting grants with unique or complex requirements, often associated with short turnaround times or substantial administrative burdens.

Funding details:

• Grant Support: Up to $2,000 per calendar year per faculty member for grant writers, editors, or illustrators.
• Project Management: Up to $7,500 per calendar year per faculty member for project management of multi-investigator research grants.

Stream 3: External Honoraria for Scientific Review

This stream provides up to $500 per external reviewer and a maximum of $1,000 per faculty member per calendar year to support external scientific reviews of grant applications.

Reviews must be conducted by peers external to the University of Calgary. Applications should first, ideally, undergo internal peer review but we will consider supporting external reviewer input at earlier stages of grant development if there is a clear explanation of how this would benefit the proposal. 

For more information, including how to apply and eligibility, please click below or contact Jenna Millar (jenna.millar@ucalgary.ca). 

This opportunity will support the Eyes High strategic vision of leadership in high impact clinical research at UC and promote the objectives of AHS strategy for research innovation and analytics.

Key goals for this fund:

• To increase the number of high impact, UC-led clinical research studies
• To increase UC success in attracting Tri-Council funding for clinical studies
• To improve the Alberta health system and the health of Albertans

Faculty Seed Grants (Health, Natural Sciences or Engineering): Open to applicants whose research falls within the domains of CIHR/NSERC. 

Faculty Seed Grants (Social Sciences and Humanities): Open to applicants whose research falls within the domains of SSHRC. 

Partnership Seed Grants (SSHRC Partnership Development stream): Provides support for the development of partnership arrangements and research activities that will be suitable for future SSHRC Partnership Grant or Partnership Development Grant opportunities. 

Partnership Seed Grants (SSHRC Partnership Engage stream): Provides support for the development of partnership arrangements and research activities that will be suitable for future SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant funding opportunity.

The Office of the Vice-President (Research) is pleased to announce a new internal stimulus grant program – VPR Catalyst Grants – which asks researchers to think boldly and strategically to maximize the impact of downstream funding.

VPR Catalyst Grants will prioritize those who present a winning research context, including aspects such as mentorship, strong collaborators, and knowledge engagement partnerships.

• Designed to catalyze research initiatives that will lead to substantial external funding
• Intended to support early-stage research activities
• Value: $1,000 - $15,000
• Duration: Catalyst funds should be used within 6 months
• Deadlines: 4 intake dates per year

The new Transdisciplinary Scholarship Connector Grants program is designed to promote initiatives that enable UCalgary teams to explore questions, challenges and opportunities that demand a transdisciplinary approach.

The proposed activities need to clearly show how they will result in lasting new connections as well as how they will benefit the area of scholarship being addressed.

• Designed to foster new connections among scholars, trainees, and external partners
• Intended to support activities that help build new transdisciplinary connections.
• Value: up to $20,000
• Duration: 6-12 months
• Deadlines: 4 intake dates per year