Competition

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

Note that this is the second (and last) intake of this one-time award; HSS deadline for the internal selection process is Wednesday, April 29 for an RIS deadline of Friday, May 1, 4:00 PM.

The Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards are a one-time initiative designed to recruit international or returning Canadian students and postdoctoral researchers to Canada. These awards support the recruitment of doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in priority areas, helping build capacity, strengthen the research ecosystem and enhance Canada’s global competitiveness. As outlined in Budget 2025, this initiative is part of the International Talent Attraction Strategy and Action Plan and will be jointly administered by the federal funding agencies: CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC.

See the FAQ's for all details.

Memorial’s allocation for the 2nd phase: two awards

• • One doctoral scholarship: $40,000 per year for three years

• • One postdoctoral award: $70,000 per year for two years.

Nominator Eligibility: Researchers (nominators) must hold an eligible active grant from one of the three federal research funding agencies (CIHR; NSERC; SSHRC) and must be eligible to supervise doctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees. Researchers who previously applied to the CIRTA 1st Phase Call are also eligible to apply to this call.

Nominee Eligibility: To be eligible, nominees can be of any citizenship, including Canadian citizens, permanent residents and protected people. Nominees cannot have a current affiliation with a Canadian institution and must be currently studying or working abroad. For the doctoral award: nominees must be eligible to enroll in a doctoral program at the nominating institution in Canada as of the award activation date. For the postdoctoral award: Nominees must be qualified to undertake postdoctoral research at the nominating institution in Canada as of the award activation date. Participation of Canadian citizens in this program is intended for those who have previously left Canada for research and/or work experience who wish to return to Canada to continue their research.

The area of the nominator's Tri-agency research grant does not limit them from being a nominator. However, the nominee's proposed area of research must fall within one of the outlined priority research areas:

• Advanced digital technologies (including AI, quantum, and cybersecurity)

• Health, including biotechnology

• Clean technology and resource value chains

• Environment, climate resilience, and the Arctic

• Food and water security

• Democratic and community resilience

• Manufacturing and advanced materials

• Defence and dual-use technologies

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

If you plan to apply to this competition or other research funding opportunities (as either PI or CI), e-mail an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of your intent to apply. E-mailing the intent to apply as early as possible will help to facilitate an efficient review. A Grants Facilitator can answer any questions you may have about internal or external submission procedures and may also be able to help with proposal development.

• CI+ Training Awards Call2 - 23April2026.pdf