Funding

Telfer School of Management Research Grants

The purpose of the SMRG program is to support forward-looking research and to increase research intensity at the Telfer School of Management. 

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University of Ottawa Funding Opportunities

Research Management Services

uoConnect Grant Program

The uoConnect grants aim to support events and outreach activities led by uOttawa researchers, and to compliment other sources of funding. 

Deadlines: February 15, August 15

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Community-based Research Grants

The Community-based research (CBR) grant program is designed to support uOttawa researchers who partner with community-based organizations that work with Indigenous, equity-deserving, or marginalized groups in order to plan and implement community-based research activities.

Deadline: July 31

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Vision, Strategy, Transformation and Acceleration (VISTA)

The VISTA funding opportunity supports uOttawa researchers—including those in the Ottawa Academic Health Network (OAHN; see Appendix)—in building capacity for groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research aligned with the University’s Strategic Areas of Research, affiliated institutes’ priorities, and federal science and innovation priorities.

The initiative funds new interdisciplinary pilot projects that explore novel, high-risk ideas or address well-defined challenges through transformative, world-leading approaches beyond the current state of the art. Projects are expected to foster new collaborations across faculties and affiliated institutes, and to generate preliminary data, proof-of-concept results, or an articulated interdisciplinary research framework that positions teams for competitive external funding.

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Seed Funding Opportunity

The Seed Funding Opportunity (SFO) supports new researchers at the University of Ottawa.  It can help you generate data, test new ideas, and improve your applications to the Tri- Councils.

Deadlines: January 15, June 15

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Bridge Funding Opportunity

The Bridge Funding Opportunity (BFO) provides funding to help established researchers improve an unsuccessful application.   It will help you improve your Tri-Council application by enabling you to address the peer review comments.

Deadlines: January 15, June 15

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Knowledge Mobilization Grants — uOttawa Research Centres and Institutes

These grants are designed to support OVPRI-funded research centres and institutes in implementing knowledge mobilization (KMb) activities to encourage the use of research results beyond the academic community.

Deadline: March 30

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Interdisciplinary Research Group Funding Opportunity

Stream 1: Research Team Creation (TRC)

RTC supports uOttawa researchers to recruit people interested in forming a new research team.  These new teams can either be interdisciplinary or interfaculty. This funding also helps researchers elaborate their projects and prepare for external funding competitions.  If needed, researchers awarded through Stream 1 can apply to Stream 2 for more funding. 

Deadline: February 15

Stream 2: Grant Proposal Development

Stream 2 funds uOttawa researchers leading an established interdisciplinary research team.  The funding enables established research teams to develop their grant proposal for large-scale external funding competitions. A researcher with an established interdisciplinary research team can apply directly to Stream 2 of the IRGFO.

Researchers can apply at any time to the GPD competition.

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Emergency Fund for Minor Equipment Repair Program

The Emergency Fund for Minor Equipment Repair Program (EFP) aims to provide support for the unanticipated emergency repairs of research equipment caused by a normal and optimal use. 

Researchers can apply at any time to the EFP program.

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Sabbatical Leave or Duly Approved Research Leave

Applications should be submitted three months prior to the start date of the "sabbatical" or "duly approved research leave".

To learn more about these opportunities, please visit the Research Management Services' website.

Office of International Research and Experiential Learning (IREX)

• Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs
• Visiting Researcher Program
• France-Canada Research Fund

To learn more about these opportunities, please visit the IREX website.

Mitacs Funding Internship Opportunities

Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization with the goal to solve organizational challenges by supporting collaborative projects between highly trained researchers and businesses, non-for-profits, municipalities, or hospitals in Canada and internationally.

Mitacs has a suite of funding opportunities for student internships in all disciplines:

The Accelerate program offers fellowships and entrepreneur opportunities.

Mitacs Accelerate Program Changes 2024 - 2025

For now, consider Mitacs Elevate or Business Strategy Internship (BSI) programs. For more information, contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Business Strategy Internship

Globalink Research Award 

The Globalink Research Award (GRA) quantum technologies initiative

Mitacs Elevate postdoctoral fellow 

Learn more about other Mitacs funding opportunities.

You need help preparing a Mitacs application?

Contact the Research Office to learn more about the programs, the application process and to receive feedback on your application. The Telfer Research Office will coordinate with the uOttawa Mitacs representative to support the application process.

Looking for partnerships?

If you are looking for new partnership opportunities in business, social sciences and humanities, you can find a list of related open projects available with Mitacs partners. Please contact the Telfer Research Office about your interest in any of these opportunities and we will coordinate with Mitacs to facilitate the matching between you and the organization.

Mitacs Open Projects

ID	Title	Company	Location(s)
QC-891	Solution de migration AI Assisted Solution for Legacy PAS migration	Ayata.A	Montreal, QC, Canada
QC-890	ETL des données + Fonctionnalités cloud de MLOPS	Ayata.A	Montreal, QC, Canada
QC-889	Développement d’un tableau de bord de gestion des risques et de rééquilibrage d’inventaire pour un portefeuille d’options en market making	CWP Énergie Inc.	Montreal, QC, Canada
ON-1207	Document-grounding evaluation for AI-assisted insurance recovery analysis	ARBS Innovations Inc.	ON, Canada
ON-1208	Dynamic document intelligence, policy management, and predictive risk detection for Docufy.ai	Karbon Digital Ltd.	Toronto, ON, Canada
ON-1210	Adversarial Robustness of Independent Settlement Verifiers	jamais51	ON, Canada
BC-1014	Product library and gold dataset for multi-division architectural takeoff	TakeoffBOT.ai	Victoria, BC, Canada
BC-1017	Scaling anonymous early intervention mental wellness systems for organizations	Shift Change	BC, Canada
ON-1098	Revolutionizing MRI: exploring the cost-saving impact of helium-free technology in Canada	Anonymous	Toronto, ON, Canada
ON-1045	Marketing & Social Media Development Project	Lacto Labs Inc.	Toronto / Remote, ON, Canada
ON-1028	Enhancing digital marketing strategies for AI-driven sustainable fashion	Couth Studios	Remote, ON, Canada
ON-1006	Customer Success for Scaling ServiceEcho	ServiceEcho	Toronto, ON, Canada
ON-1212	Innovating an AI-powered natural language platform for reliable software development and infrastructure orchestration	Jenga AI Corp.	ON, Canada
QC-822	Stratégie de marketing numérique d’impact pour rejoindre les professionnels de la santé	Braver Inc.	Virtuel et/ou au bureau à Québec (St-Roch), QC, Canada
QC-809	Projet de transformation marketing par les données	Boavista Services Juridiques Inc	Montréal, QC, Canada