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