Key Grant Application Deadlines

2021 - 2022 Key Tri-Council and External Grant Application Deadlines

Note about Deadlines & Internal Approval Procedures:

The process for requesting approval of research grant applications is now managed through the Research Services Office’s (RSO’s) online approval system. To submit an application for review, log in to your Researcher Home Page using the Login Button on the RSO homepage and then click on “Create Application/Proposal/Project.” This Quick Reference Guide provides usefully detailed instructions. 

Please check the Faculty of Arts deadline for individual applications.

Once a request is submitted, the automated system will request approval from all relevant individuals, including your co-applicants, Chair, Associate Dean (Research), and our Faculty’s Research Facilitator in the RSO.

Note that for SSHRC and some other applications, the Associate Dean (Research) may provide a ‘peer review’ during the approval process, but final approval to submit your application comes from the RSO.
 
Please note that approval is required before submitting most external and internal grant applications. This includes SSHRC and other Tri-Council applications, as well as internal applications to the Killam Research Fund and KIAS.

The below deadlines are the AGENCY deadlines. The Faculty of Arts deadline is 10 business days prior to the below deadlines, with the exception of the SSHRC Insight Development Grant (IDG), which as a Faculty of Arts deadline of 12 business days prior to the Agency deadline.

If you have any questions about deadlines or application process, please contact the Arts Research Office at resarts@ualberta.ca.

Funding Program or Grant	Agency Deadline
SSHRC Connection Grant	On the 1st of Nov, Feb, May and Aug
NSERC Discovery Grant Notice of Intent (NOI)	August 1
CFI JELF – RTA (closes for February 2022 intake)	August 2, 2022
CFI JELF – RTA (Opens for June 2022 intake)	August 2, 2022
SSHRC New Frontiers in Research Exploration Competition – Letter of Intent	June 18, 2022
WUN – Research Development Fund – LOI	no announcement for 2022
SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals	no announcement for 2022
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant	On the 15th of Sept, Dec, March & June
SSHRC Insight Grant	2022 Call TBD
Department of National Defense Research Initiative Apply via SSHRC Insight Grant	2022 Call TBD
WUN – Research Development Fund – Draft Proposal (by invitation only)	no announcement for 2022
CFI JELF – Submission to CFI	October 17, 2022
SSHRC New Frontiers in Research 2021 Exploration Competition	September 13, 2022
WUN – Research Development Fund – Final Submission (by invitation only)	no announcement for 2022
SSHRC Partnership Grant – Stage 2 By invitation only	TBD
NSERC Discovery Grant - Application   NOI must have been submitted by August 1	November 1, 2022
NSERC Discovery Grant – DND Supplement	November 1, 2022
NSERC Discovery Grant – Northern Research Supplement	November 1, 2022
SSHRC Connection Grants	see above
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant	TBD
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant	see above
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant Website not updated yet – this deadline is an estimate based on previous years.	TBD
CFI JELF – 1st draft due to RSO (For February 2023 intake)	January 3, 2023
CFI JELF – RTA (Closes for June 2022 intake)	January 3, 2023
SSHRC Connection Grants	see above
CFI JELF – RTA (Opens for October 2023 intake)	February 1, 2023
CFI JELF – Submission to CFI	February 15, 2023
SSHRC Insight Development Grant	TBD
Department of National Defense Research Initiative Apply via Insight Development Grant	TBD
SSHRC Partnership Grant Stage 1 (LOI)	TBD
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant	see above
CFI JELF – RTA (Closes for October 2022 intake)	April 3, 2023
SSHRC Connection Grant	see above
CFI JELF – 1st Draft due to RSO (June 2022 intake)	May 1, 2023
CFI JELF – Submission to CFI	June 15, 2023
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant	see above