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| Grant Name | Type | Intended applicant | Project eligibility | Applicant eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Postdoctoral research | Open to all applicants |
| The Canada Council for the Arts: Concept to Realization | Grant | Open (All students and scholars) | Research leading to a public presentation | Canadian citizens and permanent residents |
| Indspire: Bursaries and Scholarships | Scholarship | Open (All students and scholars) | Open (research in all fields) | First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants |
| Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship | Fellowship | Open (All students and scholars) | Research on urban music and culture in the Americas, leading to publication | Open to all applicants (members of the Society for American Music) |
| Anne Dhu McLucas Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Fieldwork and travel to support research on traditional or First Nations/Indigenous music | Open to all applicants (members of the Society for American Music) |
| Alvin H. Johnson AMS Dissertation Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Fieldwork and archival research based on music scholarship leading to dissertation completion | Open to all applicants studying at a North American university (all 23 countries) |
| Association for Recorded Sound Grant Program | Grant | Open (All students and scholars) | Fieldwork, travel, and recording expenses related to research and projects including sound recordings or audio preservation | Open to all applicants |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowships, University of Toronto | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Open (research in all fields) - paired with training in University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science | Open to all applicants |
| Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Women |
| Traditional Fulbright Student Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Canadian citizens |
| Mitacs - GlobaLink | Travel Funding | Open (All students and scholars) | Fieldwork and archival research related to projects that include international connection and cultural exchange | Open to all applicants associated with a university located in a partner country listed on the Mitacs website |
| SSHRC | All (Grant, Scholarship, Fellowship) | Open (All students and scholars) | Research based in the Humanities and Social Sciences | Canadian citizens and permanent residents |
| Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundational Doctoral Scholarship | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Research addressing themes related to: human rights, citizenship, Canada in the world, and natural environments | Canadian citizens and international applicants |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's (CGSM) Program | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research based in the Humanities and Social Sciences | Canadian citizens |
| Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Canadian citizens and international applicants |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Doctoral Research Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Research based in the health field | Canadian citizens and permanent residents (may hold fellowship in Canada or abroad) |
| Eileen Southern Fellowship | Fellowship | Open (All students and scholars) | Research and/or fieldwork based on music of the African diaspora in the Americas | Open to all applicants (members of the Society for American Music) |
| The Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation | Grant | Open (All students and scholars) | Research and project development (includes residencies) | Canadian citizens and permanent residents |
| Harold Powers World Travel Fund for Research on Music | Award | Open (Doctoral students and scholars) | Research in all fields of musical scholarship throughout the world | Open to all applicants studying at a North American university (all 23 countries) |
| Judith Tick Fellowship | Fellowship | Open (All students and scholars) | Research leading to publication on musical topics involving women’s, gender, and sexuality studies | Open to all applicants (members of the Society for American Music) |
| Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Research based on musics in the Americas | Open to all applicants (members of the Society for American Music) |
| Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship (Society for American Music) | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral candidates) | Research based on musics in the Americas | Members of historically underrepresented groups studying at a U.S. or Canadian university |
| Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program | Fellowship | Open (All students and scholars) | Open (research in any disciplines pursued at the Smithsonian) | Open to all applicants |
| SSHRC - Postdoctoral Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Open (research in all fields) | Canadian citizens and permanent residents (may hold fellowship in Canada or abroad) |
| The Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's - intending to pursue a PhD) | Research on any musics | Members of a historically underrepresented group (preference given to students associated with any North American university) |
| Kluge Fellowship (Library of Congress) | Fellowship | Scholars (junior), recent PhD graduates | Research based in the Humanities and Social Sciences that make use of the library's collections | Open to all applicants |
| The Nadia and Nicholas Nahumck Fellowship | Fellowship | Scholars and doctoral candidates | Research on a dance-related subject leading to publication | Open to all applicants |
| Wayne Shirley Research Fellowship | Fellowship | Open (All students and scholars) | Archival residency support for research conducted at the Library of Congress on any topic related to musics of the Americas | Open to all applicants (members of the Society for American Music) |
| The Paavo & Aino Lukkari Human Rights Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research focused on human rights and social justice issues related to Indigenous people or people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean | Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons with demonstrated financial need |
| The Paavo & Aino Lukkari Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research focused on human rights and social justice issues related to Indigenous people or people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean | Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons with demonstrated financial need |
| Zdenka Volavka Research Fellowship | Fellowship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Fieldwork and archival research on art history of the Indigenous peoples of Africa and North America | Open to all applicants |
| Dr. Allen T. Lambert Scholars Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Canadian Aboriginal or First Nations students that are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons with demonstrated financial need |
| Rama Goel Memorial Scholarship | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research conducted in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change | Black or Indigenous students with a history of community leadership |
| Ethel Armstrong Awards | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research conducted by students enrolled in a major or minor in Women’s Studies preferred | Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons with a physical disability showing financial need |
| Karen Hadley Memorial Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research focused on women and employment | Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons with demonstrated financial need in the School of Women's Studies |
| Mary-Jo Nadeau Activist Scholar Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Research in sociology that is committed to anti-racism, feminist inquiry, and social justice | Open to all applicants |
| Penelope Jane Glasser Graduate Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) returning to school from a work or family career | Research in interdisciplinary studies fields, with preference given to women's studies | Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons with demonstrated financial need, with preference given to first-year students |
| Varpu Lindstrom Graduate Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research in the History or Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies programs focused on the history of women or immigration | Open to all applicants |
| Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS) | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Open (research in all fields) | International students at York University |
| John Charles Polanyi Prize | Award | Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | Recent faculty appointment or post-doctoral study at an Ontario university |
| Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Open (research in all fields) | Open to all applicants in their first two years of doctoral study that have not already received funding from CIHR, SSHRC, or NSERC. |
| SSHRC Impact Talent Award | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral) and Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | Open to eligible applicants who hold a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship |
| Michael Smith CGS Foreign Study Supplements (CGSFSS) | Travel Funding | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Canadian citizens and permanent residents who hold a Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) at the master’s or doctoral level, or a Vanier CGS at the doctoral level. |
| Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Research in social sciences in humanities | Canadian citizens studying at any institution, or an international student enrolled at a Canadian institution in their first two years of study |
| W.L. Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarship - Open | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Open to all applicants that have graduated from any Canadian university |
| W.L. Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarship - Travelling | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Research on international relations or industrial relations | Open to all applicants that have graduated from any Canadian university and are pursuing graduate studies in the United States or United Kingdom |
| Mitacs - Accelerate | Fellowship/Internship | Open (All students and scholars) | Open (research in all fields) | Open to all applicants that are planning research with a partner organization |
| Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Open (research in all fields) | Open to currently enrolled students from a Latin American or Caribbean country (listed on website) |
| SSHRC - Partnership Grants | Grant | Scholars | Research, research training, and knowledge mobilization | Open to scholars at Canadian Universities (ABD if PhD completed before award date) in new or existing partnerships |
| LA&PS Black Scholars Research Fund | Grant | Scholars | Open (research in all fields - particularly preliminary research) | Open to applicants who self-identify as Black peoples of African Descent affiliated with York University |
| Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters Initiative | Grant | Scholars | Open to any interdisciplinary project (research in all fields) | Open to a faculty team of at least five researchers, one of whom must be an early career researcher |
| Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program | Grant | Scholars | Research and teaching abroad in Latin America and the Caribbean | Open to full-time professors at a Canadian post-secondary institutions |
| York Black Research Seed Fund | Grant | Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | Black scholars, with preference is given to emerging and early career researchers |
| QS Reimagine Education Awards | Award | Scholars | Teaching | Open to educators |
| CEWIL Innovation Hub (iHub) Grant | Grant | Scholars, Faculty Members | Research projects involving curricular work-integrated learning | Open to faculty members and professionals at Canadian post-secondary institutions |
| LA&PS Senior Scholars' Research Fund | Grant | Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | Senior Scholars, that are 6 years past retirement |
| The Michael Baptista Essay Prize | Award | Students (Graduate and Undergraduate) | Open to essays in humanities, social sciences, business, or law | Open to York University Students |
| TLN Telelatino Graduate Fellowship | Fellowship/Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Media production of public-facing stories (4) from Latin America, Caribbean, and diaspora | York University graduate students, Canadian citizens, and Ontario residents |
| The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Human Rights Fellowship | Fellowship | Students (Graduate and Undergraduate) | Open (research in all fields) | York University graduate students, Canadian citizens or permanent residents, registered in the CERLAC graduate diploma, and demonstrate financial need |
| The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Fieldwork Research Award | Award | Students (Graduate and Undergraduate) | Fieldwork, equipment, or training | York University graduate students, Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and demonstrate financial need |
| The Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies | Scholarship | Students (Phd Candidates) | Research and Fieldwork related to Caribbean studies | Open to York PhD candidates |
| Global and Community Engagement Project Fund | Grant | Open (All students and scholars) | Research projects based on community engagement and collaboration | York University students, faculty, and staff |
| Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Clusters Fund | Grant | Scholars | Research on any project that qualifies as interdisciplinary | York scholars - at least one must be an early career researcher |
| John Carter Brown Library Fellowships | Fellowship | Scholars | Research either remotely or in residence, in the library's rare collections | Open to U.S. citizens and international applications for either short or long-term fellowships |
| The Newberry Library Fellowships | Fellowship | Scholars (including ABD - if defense occurs before fellowship begins) | Research projects in the humanities that utilize the Newberry’s collection to advance scholarship | Open to U.S. citizens and international applications for either short or long-term fellowships |
| LA&PS Seed Grant for Collaborative Research | Grant | Scholars | Research collaborations with scholarly and/or community partners | One LA&PS faculty member either partnered with additional faculty or external community members |
| LA&PS Minor Research Grant | Grant | Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | York University, full-time, tenure stream faculty members affiliated with the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Junior faculty are especially encouraged to apply. |
| Sabbatical Leave Fellowship | Grant | Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | York University faculty on a second or subsequent sabbatical |
| LA&PS Travel Grant for Dissemination | Grant | Scholars | Travel or costs associated with the public dissemination of research | Full-time YUFA faculty members and senior scholars in LA&PS |
| Ford Foundation Grants and Fellowships | Fellowships & Grants | Open (All students and scholars) | Open to research projects promoting equity and justice | Open to all applicants |
| Academic Innovation Fund | Grant | Scholars | Curriculum innovation projects that support eLearning, Experiential Education (EE), student success and retention strategies and internationalization within the curriculum | York University Faculty |
| SSHRC Connection Grants | Grant | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization and outreach with interdisciplinary connections between social sciences and humanities | Open to all PhD holding faculty |
| Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant | Grant | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization and outreach | Open to York University Faculty, must be paired with a PI at a UK-based University |
| LA&PS GCE Collaborative Project Fund | Grant | Open (All students and scholars) | Collaborative projects that are committed to social justice, equity and inclusion | Open to York University faculty and student groups that engage the external community |
| YUFA Teaching-Learning Grant | Grant | Scholars | Open to travel, conference, research, or technical expenses, as well as guest speaker expenses | York University Faculty (individual or group) |
| SSHRC Insight Grants | Grant | Scholars | Research in social sciences and the humanities intended to increase societal understanding and offer solutions to societal challenges | Open to scholars at Canadian Universities (ABD if PhD completed before award date) |
| SSHRC Explore Grant Program (ORS) | Grant | Scholars | Research projects (small scale) that will lead to development of larger projects for funding | York University Faculty |
| SSHRC Exchange Conference Grant Program (ORS) | Grant | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization activities (small scale) | York University Faculty |
| Contract Faculty Research Grants Fund (CUPE) | Grant | Scholars | Open (research in all fields) | York University Faculty |
| York Indigenous Incentive Grant (VPRI) | Grant | Scholars | Research grant application support external funding on projects and research related to Indigenous priorities and needs | York University Faculty |
| York Incentive Grants (VPRI) | Grant | Scholars | Open to support costs associated with assembling interdisciplinary collaborative teams to seek larger external funds | York University Faculty |
| Research at York Program (SFS) | Grant | Scholars | Research assistance support | York University Faculty (for hiring York full-time students) |
| Work/Study Program (SFS) | Grant | Scholars | Support for part-time, on-campus jobs | York University Faculty (for hiring York full-time students) |
| LA&PS Support for Scholarly Journals | Grant | Scholars | Publication and operation funding to support scholarly journals | York University, LA&PS faculty members in on-going senior editorial roles |
| LA&PS Research Events Fund | Grant | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization event support for events either on or off campus | York University, LA&PS faculty members |
| York Indigenous Events Funding (VPRI) | Grant | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization and outreach activity support that address Indigenous priorities and needs | York University Faculty |
| LA&PS Book Publication Subvention Program | Grant | Scholars | Publication support if the scholarly book publisher with which they are publishing a work requires a subvention to offset production costs | YUFA faculty (full-time, Senior Scholars, and retired faculty) or visiting professors associated with the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies |
| Unit Conference Travel Fund (YUFA) | Grant | Scholars | Travel associated with conferences | YUFA faculty members (tenure-stream, CLA, SRC, etc. but excluding visiting professors) or those designated Senior Scholars |
| LA&PS Research Leaders Release Program (RLRP) | Course Release | Scholars | Course release request to pursue research projects (large scale) | York University full-time faculty in tenure-stream appointments |
| LA&PS Course Release Requests - Research Applications | Course Release | Scholars | Course release request to pursue external grant applications | LA&PS faculty members who are intending to prepare external grant applications |
| Release-time Teaching Fellowships (YUFA) | Fellowship | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization support to develop innovative teaching and learning projects or to enhance teaching skills | Full-time faculty in tenure-stream appointments |
| Teaching-Learning Development Fund (YUFA) | Grant | Scholars | Knowledge mobilization support for projects which have the potential to make significant curricular or methodological contributions to teaching and learning at York | All members of the YUFA bargaining unit |
| NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships and CGS Doctoral Awards (PGSD/CGSD) | Scholarship | Graduate students (Doctoral) | Research support for students engaged in doctoral programs in the natural sciences or engineering | Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada or protected persons as of the application deadline date |
| Mitacs - Elevate | Fellowship | Open (PhD students and scholars) | Research support for all fields | Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international applicants |
| Graduate Student Award of Merit — Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada | Award | Graduate students (Doctoral and Master's) | Award received for demonstrating outstanding leadership in the university or general community while maintaining exemplary academic records | Women |
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