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Common Funding Opportunities

Internal

ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University offers a variety of internal funding opportunities:

  • Seed/Bridge/Multidisciplinary program: The Vice President Research (VPR) runs an annual competition (May) for up to $10,000 for research projects which support:
    • new research ideas (Seed);
    • bridge a gap in tri-council funding (Bridge); or
    • new multidisciplinary collaborations (Multidisciplinary)
  • The office of Public Engagement offers several funding opportunities for researchers to engage the community. 
  • runs grant and scholarship competitions.
  • The Janeway Foundation runs an annual competition (July) for research related to pediatric health in Newfoundland and Labrador. 
  • The Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) has various opportunities available from time-to-time. Visit the website for the most up-to-date information.
  • Publication Subvention Program financial assistance to scholarly publishing from within the university community.
  • SSHRC Explore provides funds for short-term research projects in disciplines supported by SSHRC, while SSHRC Exchange provides assistance to attend or present at conferences and meetings in disciplines supported by SSHRC.

ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University funding to hire students for short-term work:

  • ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Undergraduate Career Experience Program (MUCEP): To hire undergraduate students.
  • Int'l Student Work Experience Program (ISWEP): To hire international students.
  • Grad Student Work Experience Program (GradSWEP): To hire graduate students. NOTE: paused for 2026-2027.
  • NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) & Faculty of Science (FoS) Undergraduate Research Award (SURA): MUN receives ~20 NSERC USRAs each year and the FoS supports an additional ~20 SURAs for a 16-week internship program which requires ~$3,500 in additional funds from the supervisor.

External

  • (NSERC)
    • Discovery Grants (DG)
    • Research Tools and Instruments (RTI)
    • Ship Time grants
    • Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)
    • Alliance (partnership grant)
    • Discovery Horizons (interdisciplinary grant- cannot hold DG at same time)
    • PromoScience (outreach)
  • (CIHR)
    • Project grants
    • Special calls
  • (SSHRC)
    • Insight/Insight Development grants
    • Connection Grants
    • Partnership/ Partnership Development/Partnership Engage Grants 
  • (CFI)
    • John R. Evans Leadership Fund (JELF)
    • Innovation Fund (IF)
  • (NFRF)
    • Exploration (high risk/high reward interdisciplinary)
    • Transformation (large scale multidisciplinary – Canadian led)
    • International
    • Special calls
    • Accelerate (partnered student/postdoc internships)
    • Globalink Research awards (internships held abroad)

Government Departments

  • Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
    • Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF)
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
    • Ecosystems and Ocean Science Contribution Framework
    • Atlantic Fisheries Fund
  • Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Agriculture (provincial)
  • Edu Canada
    • Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP)
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
  • Industry, Energy, and Technology Newfoundland (IET)
    • Research and development funds (maximum 50%matching funds)
  • National Research Council Canada (NRC)
  • National Resources Canada (NRCan)

Please see ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University’s for other opportunities and institutional deadlines, and check out the Science Scoop for the Faculty of Science deadlines. All applications should be submitted via ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™s (ROMEO).