External Funding Opportunities

External Funding Opportunities

Helping to connect Brock's researchers with outside funding sources

Below is a descriptive listing of the major external sources of research funding, as well as some of the major funding databases.

For more information, contact your Research Officer.

FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS

• Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation established by the Government of Canada in 1997, with a goal to strengthen the capability of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and other not-for-profit institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development.

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

CIHR is Canada's major federal funding agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system. [ CIHR Website ]
 
• Canada Research Chairs (CRC)

The Canada Research Chairs Program stands at the centre of a national strategy to make Canada one of the world's top five countries for research and development. In 2000, the Government of Canada allocated $900 million to establish 2,000 research professorships—Canada Research Chairs—in universities across the country.

• Ministry of Economic Development and and Innovation (MEDI)

The Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation is committed to supporting Ontario's research and innovation activities. More information on MEDI can be found on their website. Ontario is investing in an aggressive innovation agenda to ensure Ontario has of the winning economies in the 21st century.

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

"NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) is the national instrument for making strategic investments in Canada's capability in science and technology. NSERC supports both basic university research through research grants and project research through partnerships of universities with industry, as well as the advanced training of highly qualified people in both areas." NSERC Online

• Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

"SSHRC-funded research fuels innovative thinking about real life issues, including the economy, education, health care, the environment, immigration, globalization, language, ethics, peace, security, human rights, law, poverty, mass communication, politics, literature, addiction, pop culture, sexuality, religion, Aboriginal rights, the past, our future". [ SSHRC Website ]

 

 

 

Brock Internal Procedures:

As of July 1, 2011, Brock has new internal procedures in place for external research applications. Please read the information and be aware of these changes.

 

Tri-Council updates:

• Selecting the Appropriate Agency:

For researchers applying to CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, the Tri-Council has revised the following document: "Selecting the Appropriate Federal Granting Agency"

• Collaborations:

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation are working more and more closely together through a number of harmonization and streamlining initiatives, including the joint posting of common web pages. A new link on each agency’s Web site will take visitors to the Research Funding Collaboration web pages. The new pages provide "one-stop shopping" for information about co-operative programs, joint policies, recent highlights and more.

 

FUNDING DATABASES

• COS Pivot (formerly COS - Community of Science)

COS Pivot is a comprehensive, editorially maintained database of funding opportunities combined with a unique database of 3 million pre-populated scholar profiles. Pivot's proprietary algorithm compiles pre-populated researcher profiles and matches them to current funding opportunities in the expansive COS Pivot database.

COS Pivot Training: Webinar listing for researchers and faculty: COS Pivot Webinar page. You’ll also find video tutorials on the Pivot YouTube Channel.