On October 22, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced a major investment, including support for new and renewed Canada Research Chairs, recipients of the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity, and funding for the Research Support Fund, which assists postsecondary institutions in managing their research enterprise and maintaining a world-class research environment.

A joint initiative between SSHRC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Health Research British Columbia has awarded $2.7 million to 14 researchers over three years. The initiative, Research on Research, funds projects focused on metaresearch—a field that draws on old and new disciplinary and methodological approaches to test, evaluate and experiment with different aspects of research systems, cultures and decision-making.

All eligible Canadian, degree-granting institutions are invited to register for the next Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) competition before January 21, 2026, at 9:00 p.m. (eastern). Note that nominating institutions must advertise all CERC positions on their public accountability web pages for a minimum of 30 calendar days prior to the registration deadline.

The new Challenge officially launched on October 21 to anyone 19 or older and enrolled at a Canadian postsecondary institution. Submissions must be no more than three minutes or 300 words and can be in audio, video, infographic or creative writing format. Deadline to apply is January 20, 2026.

Be sure to bookmark our Competition statistics page, as our interactive statistics dashboard is updated on a regular basis. Users can view the total number of applications received for a given funding opportunity, success rates and total amounts awarded by year—going back more than 10 years. All figures are displayed in easy-to-read graphs and pie charts.