Internal Funding Sources

FACULTY

• President's Research Award:  12 April 2013 [extended deadline]; submit nominations to Office of the Academic Vice-President,
• University Research/Publication/Teaching Awards (URPTA) [see Third AUT Collective Agreement, Article 2.7.1, pp. 111-113]: 15 April [each year]; submit applications to your respective Dean.
• Faculty Conference Travel Awards:  competition ongoing [until funds are exhausted]; submit applications to the office of your respective Dean. 
• Faculty Development Committee (FDC) Conference Travel Grants:  No Fixed Deadline; submit applications to the Faculty Development Committee, Room 123A, Annex. 
• SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG): 12:00 Noon, Friday, 12 April 2013; submit research proposals (1 signed original paper copy and 1 electronic copy) to Office of the Associate Vice-President Research.
  • Notice of Competition 
  • Application Form
• University Council for Research (UCR): 12:00 Noon, Friday, 1 March 2013 (annual competition); submit one signed paper copy and e-mail one electronic copy of Research Grant and Salary-Based Research Grant applications to Office of the Dean of Science.  1 March 2013; e-mail Research Grant Annual Reports to Office of the Dean of Science.
• Centre for Regional Studies (CRS): 12:00 Noon, Friday, 15 March 2013; submit research proposals (1 signed hard copy and 1 electronic copy) to Dr. Douglas Brown, Chair, Nicholson Tower 722.
• Service Learning Faculty Development and Research Support Fund: [program not currently operational]; submit research proposals (10 copies) to Dr. Jeff Orr, Committee Chair. Guidelines and Application Forms are available on the Service Learning Faculty Development and Research Support Fund webpage.
• James Chair Professorship: 1 October [Each Year]
  
• Alley Heaps Chair in Computing Science:  4:00 PM, Wednesday, 27 March 2013
• Gatto Chair of Christian Studies: 4:00 PM, Monday, 11 March 2013; submit research proposals (7 copies) to Office of the Academic Vice-President.
• Coady Chair in Social Justice:  10 February [Each Year]
• Scholarly Teaching Grants:  12:00 Noon, Friday, 15 March 2013; submit applications to the Faculty Development Committee, Room 123A, Annex. 
• For information regarding the StFX Research Ethics Board (REB), StFX Animal Care Committee, and BioSafety deadlines, see Policies and Certifications 

  STUDENT

• Service Learning Prize for Excellence as a [Student] Community-Engaged Scholar:  4:00 PM, Friday, 22 March 2013
• Student Summer Research Internship Program:  Friday, 22 February 2013; submit applications to Office of the Associate Vice-President Research.
• NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards Program (USRA):  Friday, 22 February 2013 (internal StFX deadline); submit applications to Office of Associate Vice-President Research.
• Coady International Youth Internships:  3:00 pm AST, Friday, 15 March 2013; submit applications online. 

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
  • Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF): Letters of Intent due TBA (external StFX deadline);
  • Project Proposals due TBA (external StFX deadline)
• Canada Council for the Arts
  • Canada Council programs have various deadlines.
• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
  • Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF): 15 February, 15 June, and 15 October (external annual deadlines)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • CIHR programs have various deadlines.
  • NS Regional Partnership Program with CIHR

• HRSDC Canada Summer Jobs: Wednesday, 20 February 2013 (internal StFX deadline)
  

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Notification of Intent to Apply for a Discovery Grant (Form 180): 24 July 2013 (internal StFX deadline)
  • Discovery Grants: 23 September 2013 (internal StFX deadline)
  • Research Tools and Instruments Grants: 16 September 2012 (internal StFX deadline)
  • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards Program (USRA):  Friday, 22 February 2013 (internal StFX deadline); submit applications to Office of Associate Vice-President Research.
  • NSERC-Atlantic Regional Opportunities Fund: No Fixed Deadline
  • NSERC programs have various deadlines.
• Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (NSHRF)
  • NSHRF programs have various deadlines
  • Establishment and Development/Innovative Grants: 2:00 PM, 14 February 2013 (external registration deadline); 14 March 2013 (internal StFX application deadline)
  • NS Regional Partnership Program with CIHR
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
  • Notice of Intent to Apply for an Insight Grant: 7 August 2013 (internal StFX deadline)
  • Insight Grants (formerly Standard Research Grants): 9 September 2013 (internal StFX deadline)
    
  • SSHRC programs have various deadlines.
  • SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG): 12:00 Noon, Friday, 12 April 2013; submit research applications (1 signed original paper copy and 1 electronic copy) to Office of the Associate Vice-President Research.
    • Notice of Competition 
    • Application Form

Other Deadline Resources

• Grant Deadlines (a month-by-month selective list of Canadian and international grant application deadlines maintained by Dalhousie University)
• Seasonal Funding Deadlines (a selective list maintained by Memorial University of Newfoundland)
• Research Funding Deadlines (a monthly international list maintained by the University of Manitoba)
• Funding Opportunities: Research Funding Programs Information (a searchable international list maintained by the Office of the Vice-President, Research, University of Toronto)
• Funding Deadlines (a monthly list maintained by the University of British Columbia)
• Grant Application Deadlines (The Chronicle of Philanthropy, USA)
• H-Net Academic Announcements (funding, fellowships, etc.)