Funding opportunities
Faculty of Science support
Contact Kim Arnold for:
- Questions about funding opportunities
- Support to develop research grant applications
- Review and writing support for grant proposals
Getting started
- Find funding - What opportunities are currently available?
- Apply for funding - How to get started and maximize your chances for success.
- Partnership Development - Expert support when negotiating research agreements.
Post-award support
- Accepting an award - What to do once you've been notified that your funding application is successful.
- Managing awarded funds - Help to manage your awarded funds correctly.
Federal Funding Agencies
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)
Ontario
Rate guidelines
- Overhead Rates for Sponsored Research (see also Policy 26)
- Recommended Salary and Benefit Rates for Graduate Students and Postdocs
- Waterloo travel and per diem rates and guidelines
Forms
- Cover Sheet for Sponsored Research (required with all grant applications)
- Interim Research Account
- Other forms
- Office of Research Ethics (ORE)
- Emergency Infrastructure Repair Fund Information
Research policies
- Policy 26 - Provision for Overhead
- Policy 31 - Travel
- Policy 33 - Ethical Behaviour
- Policy 41 - Contract Research
- Policy 49 - Extra-University Activity
- Policy 52 - Private Corporations
- Policy 66 - Use of University Resources
- Policy 69 - Conflict of Interest
- Policy 73 - Intellectual Property
- (All policies)