Funding Opportunities

To support the recruitment and research pursuits of top international PhD students. Eligible applicants must: 1) be internationally-based – citizens and permanent residents of Canada are ineligible, 2) have been offered admission to a full-time U of T doctoral program beginning September of the upcoming academic year, and 3) have achieved an A- average in each of the last two years of full-time study.

To support an emerging research leader conducting basic research in physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, engineering sciences and the theory and methods of statistics. Eligible applicants must be nominated by their division heads (Dean/Chair/Principal) and must be within 12 years of having completed their PhD.

To support mid-career researchers in leading significant, innovative research and continuing to grow their research programs, with the goal of attracting large scale external research funding, particularly from the Tri-Agencies. Eligible applicants are those full-time tenure stream faculty members at the Associate Professor level and, as of the date of application, are within no less than 5 years and no more than 15 years of their first tenure-stream professorial appointment.

The Connaught Mid-Career Researcher Award is a nomination-based program and applicants are required to secure the nomination of their primary academic division in order to apply. Nominations must be submitted through one of two streams.

1. Accelerator stream: for those investigators aiming to lead larger or significantly different research programs than they have previously, while developing leadership skills and training the next generation of scientists.
2. Resurgence stream: for those investigators experiencing mid-career challenges.

To help early-career faculty members establish their research programs and increase competitiveness for external funding. Eligible applicants include all full-time tenure stream faculty at the Assistant Professor level who are within five years of their tenure stream appointment and within ten years of having completed a PhD or equivalent.

To support PhD students pursuing public impact scholarship - an inquiry that makes meaningful contributions to our local and global communities. Connaught Public Impact Fellows focus on engaging the public through a scholarly agenda. This could involve a range of activities, from describing their work in a public forum (E.g. In a tweet, a personal blog post, a podcast interview, or an op-ed) to partnering with a school, community organization, or cultural institution (E.g. Museum, theatre, archive) in an ongoing two-way exchange of knowledge and practices.

To create new or nurture early-stage research partnerships between the University and community partners, fostering access to each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on issues of shared interest. Over time, these collaborations may evolve into more established relationships that can attract external funding through, for example, the SSHRC Partnerships Grant program.

Program currently under review – details forthcoming.

Coordinated in collaboration with the Black Research Network (BRN), to provide support to Black researchers addressing and developing solutions to major research challenges. Challenge teams will initiate new collaborations involving U of T researchers and students from multiple disciplines, along with collaborators, innovators and thought leaders from other sectors, and international jurisdictions as appropriate.

The project must be led by a Black researcher at the University of Toronto, with a primary appointment at one of U of T’s three campuses, with a team consisting of faculty representing a minimum of two SGS divisions, including junior and senior level faculty members.

To accelerate the development of promising technologies and to promote the commercialization and/or knowledge transfer of innovations arising from the University of Toronto. The proposed project must be based on an existing invention disclosure filed to U of T’s Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO).

To support U of T entrepreneurs to create research-based companies. As an accelerator in partnership with Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP), UTEST provides companies with investment capital, mentoring, business strategy and incubation space.