Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

Established in 2000, the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program offers eligible Canadian degree-granting institutions the opportunity to nominate a diverse cadre of outstanding researchers for professorships in areas that will further an institution’s strategic research plan, enabling them to maximize their contributions as centres of research and research training. The CRC Program allocates its Chair positions to eligible institutions via a national reallocation process with eligible institutions receiving a set number of Chair allocations based on the eligible research grant funding received by their researchers from the three federal research granting agencies – the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Institutions will submit Chair nominations to one of the Program’s two annual deadlines – April and October – for peer review. Successful applications will see positions taken up by individual Chairholders on a full-time basis.

CRCP Policy and Procedures

Memorial’s CRC program is managed in accordance with the institution’s CRC policy (Reallocation, Renewal and Reduction of Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at Memorial University), which is currently under review. Once the revised policy and procedure documents have been approved, they will take precedence over any discrepancies found within this Call for Proposals.

Available Chair Positions

For this Call, Memorial’s CRC Oversight Committee is currently seeking proposals from academic units to initiate searches for 6 available Chair positions which are to be filled by members of the four designated EDI target groups (i.e., Racialized individuals, Indigenous Peoples, Persons with disabilities, and Woman and gender equity-seeking groups).

Number Available per tier and agency:

• Tier 1, CIHR = 1 Chair

• Tier 2, CIHR = 1 Chair

• Tier 2, NSERC = 2 Chairs

• Tier 1, SSHRC = 1 Chair

• Tier 2, SSHRC = 1 Chair

  TOTAL = 6 Chairs

Deadlines

Internal adjucation: All proposals are to be submitted via email to RIS (ris@mun.ca), and must be received by 4:30 pm on September 15, 2025. All applicants will normally be notified via email of the results within 4 -5 weeks of the internal deadline. See here for further details: https://research-tools.mun.ca/funding/opportunities/memorial-university-canada-research-chairs-program-call-for-proposals/ and the below attachment.

CRC’s deadlines are:

• Tier 1 = April 21, 2026

• Tier 2 = Oct. 20, 2026

Further information here: https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-programme/nomination-mise_en_candidature-eng.aspx#s8

Internal Memorial Process:  This competition involves a Memorial institutional internal adjudication or nomination process prior to submission to the external agency or sponsor. This process first requires Departmental and HSS Faculty approval and endorsement. See HSS submission procedures below.

Faculty of HSS Submission Procedures (mandatory): This opportunity must be submitted for Departmental and HSS Faculty approvals by the above deadline prior to proceeding for institutional adjudication. To begin, please email Associate Dean (Research) Meghan Burchell (assocdeanreshss@mun.ca) to begin discussions with your department and the faculty on your idea. You will work with your department head and Dr. Burchell in the develoopment of the proposal for the internal adjuciation committee.

For those proposals selected by the internal committee, units will work with Memorial’s Research Initiatives & Services (RIS) to begin an open internal search for a CRC nominee who is currently an employee of Memorial University, and who identifies as a member of at least one of the four designated EDI target groups.

• CRC-Call-for-Proposals_July-16-2025.pdf