Below are various awards available in Ontario sorted by the agency deadline.
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*Anticipated deadline
| Award | Description | Agency Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| JUNE | ||
| York University Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award | Recognizes one Postdoctoral Supervisor who has demonstrated exemplary support for postdoctoral scholars at York University. | 2023-06-01 |
| Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research | Awarded to an individual of international stature who best exemplifies Dr. Henry Friesen’s prescience, organizational creativity and broad impact on health research and health research policy. | 2023-06-01* |
| Killam Prizes | Awarded to distinguished Canadian scholars who have been engaged in research in universities, hospitals, research or scientific institutes, or other similar institutions for the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or engineering. | 2023-06-02 |
| Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and/or engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. | 2023-06-07 |
| Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology | Recognizes a scientific trajectory or a discovery in the field of the ecological sciences. | 2023-06-09 |
| Canadian Medical Hall of Fame | Honours Canada’s medical heroes, whose work advances health in Canada and the world, fostering future generations of health professionals through the delivery of local and national youth education programs and awards. | 2023-06-12 |
| Canadian Cancer Society Inclusive Excellence Prize | Recognizes individuals who have made, and are making, valuable contributions to the cancer research ecosystem in Canada. | 2023-06-15* |
| Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology | Awarded annually to one young scientist (35 or under) for outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology conducted during the past three years. | 2023-06-15 |
| Dorothy Killam Fellowships | Support early- to mid-career Canadian researchers whose research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. | 2023-06-16 |
| Prix Galien Canada Research Award | Awarded to a person or team who has been involved for at least the last five years in research leading or making a substantial contribution to the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease. | 2023-06-17* |
| Health Research Foundation Medal of Honour | Recognizes outstanding individuals whose research or contributions to public policies supportive of research and development in Canada have achieved international recognition, and who have made pivotal contributions to the advancement of knowledge in health sciences and/or therapeutics healthcare. | 2023-06-22 |
| L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards | Recognize and support eminent women in science throughout the world. The 2024 awards will recognize achievements in the life and environmental sciences. | 2023-06-28 |
| BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation. Disciplines include Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biology and Biomedicine, Information and Communication Technologies, Ecology and Conservation Biology, and Climate Change. | 2023-06-30 |
| Kyoto Prize | Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. It is presented annually in each of the following three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. | Rolling Deadline |
| JULY | ||
| Canada Gairdner Momentum Award | Annually recognizes two mid-career investigators (typically 10-15 years past their first independent research appointment) working in Canada who, in their last 6 active years, have produced exceptional scientific research contributions with continued potential for impact on human health. | 2023-07-15 |
| Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize | Awarded annually to an outstanding early-career researcher (45 or under) in the field of mental health. | 2023-07-15 |
| AUGUST | ||
| Melanie O’Neill Young Investigator Award in Biological Chemistry | Presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to biological chemistry while working in Canada. | 2023-08-01 |
| Gairdner ECI Award | Awarded to five early-career investigators (faculty and professionals at the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent) for outstanding research connected to this year’s laureate fields. | 2022-08-01 |
| Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Award of Merit | Awarded annually to distinguished Chinese-Canadians with outstanding professional achievements. | 2022-08-30 |
| Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award | Awarded to scientists for recent discoveries of particular originality and importance to basic medical research. | 2022-08-31 |
| Steacie Prize | Presented annually to a young scientist or engineer (40 or under) for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada. | 2023-08-31 |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award | Recognizes, promotes, and supports outstanding and innovative emerging researchers whose work contributes significantly to the training environment of the University and has an impact on society at large. | 2022-09-05 |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Recognize and reward outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. | 2023-09-15* |
| Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award | Awarded annually to honour highly meritorious career achievement in the field of diabetes research. | 2022-09-16 |
| Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM²D Scholars Award Program | Aims to fuel development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. | 2023-09-29* |
| Stockholm Water Prize | Recognizes people and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources. | 2022-09-30 |
| Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences | Recognizes breakthrough research in pure or applied life science research that is distinguished by its excellence, originality, and impact on our understanding of biological systems and processes. | 2022-09-30 |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Edgar D. Tillyer Award | Presented to an individual who has performed distinguished work in the field of vision, including (but not limited to) the optics, physiology, anatomy or psychology of the visual system. | 2022-10-01 |
| Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award | Recognizes individuals for their innovative and influential contributions to the field of biophotonics, regardless of their career stage. | 2022-10-01 |
| John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award | Recognizes the world’s leading researchers who have used rational, scientifically based research to improve the wellbeing of those facing health inequalities worldwide. | 2022-10-01 |
| Canada Gairdner International Awards | Awarded to outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine resulting in an increased understanding of human biology and disease. | 2022-10-01 |
| Canada Gairdner Wightman Award | Awarded to a Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in medicine and medical science consistent with the mission of the Foundation. | 2022-10-01 |
| Blue Planet Prize | Recognizes outstanding achievement that offers a clear vision for the realization of a sustainable society by contributing significantly in the observation, assessment, and remediation of all aspects of global environmental problems. | 2022-10-01 |
| Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Seeks to support early-career scientists to conduct and communicate world-class research that informs conservation and management issues relevant to Canada. | 2022-10-24 |
| CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program | Recognizes and selects outstanding early-career researchers for their potential as future research leaders. Research programs eligible in 2022 include: Bio-inspired Solar Energy, Child & Brain Development, Gravity & the Extreme Universe, Learning in Machines & Brains, Quantum Information Science, and Quantum Materials. | 2022-10-27* |
| Innovation York Commercialization Fellowship | To support the research commercialization process by providing strategic, short-term funding to assist in the development of commercially viable projects. | 2022-10-31 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| York University GA Training Fund | Available to Principal Investigators that hold an external research grant and hire a GA (Graduate Assistant). | N/A (application closes once 40 submissions are received) |
| FACETS Early Career Researcher (ECR) Editor | Seeking early career researchers working in diverse disciplines around the world to join its editorial board. | 2022-11-01 |
| Warren Alpert Foundation Prize | Recognizes and honours one or more scientists, physicians and researchers whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of or ability to treat disease. | 2022-11-02 |
| Faculty of Science Annual Research and Mentorship Awards | Acknowledges the extraordinary research achievements and dedication to research in the Faculty of Science. | 2022-11-09 |
| Fyssen Foundation International Scientific Prize | Given annually to a scientist who has conducted distinguished research in the areas supported by the foundation such as ethology, palaeontology, archaeology, anthropology, psychology, epistemology, logic, and the neurosciences. | 2022-11-14 |
| Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship | Supports 24 international postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in exact sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences at eligible Israeli academic institutions. | 2023-11-15 |
| Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award | Designed to enable emerging and established Canadian scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research centre of their choice in the United States. | 2022-11-15 |
| York University Small Research Grant | Supports research intensification and administration functions for faculty members. | 2022-11-15 |
| NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Focus on individuals and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. | 2022-11-25 |
| Brockhouse Canada Prize | Recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal | Awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence. | 2023-11-28 |
| John C. Polanyi Award | Given to an individual or team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Donna Strickland Prize | Awarded annually to an individual or team whose outstanding research has led to exceptional benefits for Canadian society, the environment and/or the economy. | 2023-11-28 |
| Simons Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology Awards | Will support recently tenured, outstanding investigators in the field of microbial ecology in marine or natural freshwater systems. | 2022-11-30 |
| DECEMBER | ||
| Early Researcher Award | Helps promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams in order to improve Ontario’s ability to attract and retain the best and brightest research talent. | 2022-12-01 |
| York Research Chairs | Awarded competitively based on the criteria of excellence in research and scholarship, contributions to research leadership, and the fostering of equity, diversity and inclusion within their research programs. | 2022-12-01 |
| Fellowship of Royal Society of Canada | Recognizes distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. | 2022-12-01 |
| College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Members include Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. | 2022-12-01 |
| John Charles Polanyi Prizes | Awarded annually to up to five outstanding researchers or scholars who are in the early stages of their careers at Ontario universities. They are available in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science. | 2022-12-01 |
| Minister of Colleges and Universities' Awards of Excellence | Celebrate the incredible work of faculty, staff, and graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation during the 2020/2021 school year. | 2022-12-06 |
| Gruber International Neuroscience Prize | Honours scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system. | 2022-12-15 |
| Gruber International Genetics Prize | Presented to a leading scientist, or up to three, in recognition of groundbreaking contributions to any realm of genetics research. | 2022-12-15 |
| Albert Einstein World Award for Science | Recognizes scientists whose scientific and technological achievements have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind. Consideration will be given to individuals or institutions in one of the Life Sciences, such as Neuroscience, Earth Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine or Chemistry; or in one of the Natural Sciences such as Physics, Mathematics or Astronomy. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award | Recognizes two full-time faculty members within 10 years of their first academic appointment, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to one or more aspects of the York community’s intellectual life. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President's Research Impact Award | Recognizes full-time, active faculty members whose body of research or scholarship has translated into a notable impact on communities, individuals, public policies or practice beyond academia, or translated successfully into impactful commercial or other applications, while significantly and positively contributing to the University’s research culture and reputation. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Research Excellence Award | Recognizes senior established, full-time, active Professors with distinguished scholarly achievements, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to the York community’s intellectual life. The 2022-2023 cluster is Engineering, Science, Technology, Health and Biomedicine. | 2022-12-16 |
| JANUARY | ||
| York-Massey Fellowships | Provides for a shared office space and the status of a full Senior Resident of the College. | 2023-01-09 |
| Volvo Environment Prize | Awarded for outstanding innovations or scientific discoveries in the environmental field. | 2023-01-10 |
| Crafoord Prize | Awarded annually to outstanding scientists according to a rotating scheme. | 2023-01-13* |
| Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize | Honours a scientific investigator or group of investigators whose contributions to knowledge in fields of biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special recognition. | 2023-01-30 |
| Japan Prize | Rewards the development of innovative technologies and novel discoveries that promise seminal scientific and technical advances pertaining to the mechanisms of disease; to disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis; and to medical follow-up and monitoring - technologies and discoveries that confer substantial benefits to society by enhancing human health and well-being. | 2023-01-31 |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award | For a fundamental discovery that opens up a new area of biomedical science. | 2023-02-06 |
| Lasker DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award | For a major advance that improves the lives of many thousands of people. | 2023-02-06 |
| Lasker Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science | For research accomplishments and scientific statesmanship that engender the deepest feelings of awe and respect. | 2023-02-06 |
| Lasker Bloomberg Public Service Award | For improving the public’s understanding of medical research, public health, or healthcare; playing a major role in the support of policy, legislative, or other initiatives that accelerate progress in medical science or health; providing or generating support for medical science or public health; benefiting the lives of many people through public health practice. | 2023-02-06 |
| Harvey Prize | Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. | 2023-02-22* |
| MARCH | ||
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowships | Brings together Canada’s top-ranked health and biomedical scientists and scholars to make a positive impact on the urgent health concerns of Canadians. | 2023-03-06 |
| Balzan Prizes | Awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. | 2023-03-15 |
| Jonas Salk Award | Presented annually to a Canadian scientist, physician or researcher who has made a new and outstanding contribution in science or medicine to prevent, alleviate, or eliminate a physical disability. | 2023-03-22 |
| King Faisal Prize | Recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Order of Ontario | Rewarded to an Ontarian who has shown the highest level of excellence and achievement in any field, and whose impact has left a lasting legacy in the province, in the country, and around the world. | 2023-03-31 |
| McLaughlin Medal | For important research of sustained excellence in medical science. | 2023-03-31 |
| APRIL | ||
| Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | Honours transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life. | 2023-04-01 |
| NSERC Synergy Awards | Recognize partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and development between universities and Canadian industry. | 2023-04-17* |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship | Recognizes an AAAS member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. | 2023-04-25 |
| Research Canada Leadership Award | Honours outstanding Canadian advocates for medical, health, and scientific research. | 2023-04-28* |
| MAY | ||
| World Food Prize | Awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food. | 2023-05-01 |
| Top 100 Awards | Canada's most recognized honour for the highest achieving female leaders in business, arts, sports, community, entrepreneurship, not-for-profit ventures, skilled trades, science, service, and philanthropy. | 2023-05-30 |
| Taylor Prize | Awarded to an individual or individuals who have made significant contributions to a field of basic or clinical research in one of the Institute's principal areas of research. | 2023-05-31* |
| Award | Description | Agency Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| JUNE | ||
| York University Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award | Recognizes one Postdoctoral Supervisor who has demonstrated exemplary support for postdoctoral scholars at York University. | 2023-06-01 |
| Killam Prizes | Awarded to distinguished Canadian scholars who have been engaged in research in universities, hospitals, research or scientific institutes, or other similar institutions for the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or engineering. | 2023-06-02 |
| Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and/or engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. | 2023-06-07 |
| Dorothy Killam Fellowships | Support early- to mid-career Canadian researchers whose research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. | 2023-06-16 |
| Prix Galien Canada Research Award | Awarded to a person or team who has been involved for at least the last five years in research leading or making a substantial contribution to the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease | 2023-06-17* |
| L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards | Recognize and support eminent women in science throughout the world. The 2024 awards will recognize achievements in the life and environmental sciences. | 2023-06-28 |
| BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation. Disciplines include Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biology and Biomedicine, Information and Communication Technologies, Ecology and Conservation Biology, and Climate Change. | 2023-06-30 |
| Kyoto Prize | Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. It is presented annually in each of the following three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. | Rolling Deadline |
| JULY | ||
| Cottrell Scholar Award | Honours and helps to develop outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills in chemistry, physics, or astronomy. | 2022-07-01 |
| Clara Benson Award | Presented to recognize a woman who has made a distinguished contribution to chemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-01 |
| Alfred Bader Award | Presented as a mark of distinction and recognition for excellence in research in organic chemistry by a scientist who is currently working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry | Presented to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has made an outstanding contribution to materials chemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Bernard Belleau Award | Presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of medicinal chemistry through research involving biochemical or organic chemical mechanisms. | 2022-07-02 |
| E. W. R. Steacie Award | Presented to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to chemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Fred Beamish Award | Recognizes an individual who demonstrates innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications. | 2022-07-02 |
| John C. Polanyi Award | Presented for excellence by a scientist carrying out research in Canada in physical, theoretical, or computational chemistry or chemical physics. | 2022-07-02 |
| Keith Fagnou Award | Presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to organic chemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Keith Laidler Award | Recognizes outstanding early-career contributions to physical chemistry, for research carried out in Canada, by a scientist residing in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Melanie O’Neill Young Investigator Award in Biological Chemistry | Presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to biological chemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| R. U. Lemieux Award | Presented to an organic chemist who has made a distinguished contribution to any area of organic chemistry and who is currently working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Ricardo Aroca Award | Presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of analytical chemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Rio Tinto Award | Presented to a scientist who has made a distinguishing contribution to the fields of inorganic chemistry or electrochemistry while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry | Presented to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has made an outstanding contribution to inorganic chemistry, demonstrating exceptional promise, while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Award | Presented to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of biological or medicinal chemistry within the past five years of the initial nomination deadline date while working in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award | Presented to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to macromolecular science or engineering while residing in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| Tom Ziegler Award | Presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made an outstanding early-career contribution to theoretical and/or computational chemistry. | 2022-07-02 |
| W. A. E. McBryde Medal | Presented to a young scientist working in Canada who has made a significant achievement in pure or applied analytical chemistry. | 2022-07-02 |
| AUGUST | ||
| Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Award of Merit | Awarded annually to distinguished Chinese-Canadians with outstanding professional achievements. | 2022-08-30 |
| Steacie Prize | Presented annually to a young scientist or engineer (40 or under) for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada. | 2023-08-31 |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award | Recognizes, promotes, and supports outstanding and innovative emerging researchers whose work contributes significantly to the training environment of the University and has an impact on society at large. | 2022-09-05 |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity in any field of knowledge. | 2023-09-15* |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Recognize and reward outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. | 2023-09-15* |
| CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award | Awarded to recognize outstanding achievement and potential in research by a graduate student who has fulfilled all of the requirements for a PhD degree for graduation from a Canadian university in the 12‐month period preceding the nomination deadline. | 2022-09-15 |
| Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM²D Scholars Award Program | Aims to fuel development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. | 2023-09-29* |
| Stockholm Water Prize | Recognizes people and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources. | 2022-09-30 |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Ellis R. Lippincott Award | Presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by their influence on other scientists. | 2022-10-01 |
| Innovation York Commercialization Fellowship | To support the research commercialization process by providing strategic, short-term funding to assist in the development of commercially viable projects. | 2022-10-31 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| York University GA Training Fund | Available to Principal Investigators that hold an external research grant and hire a GA (Graduate Assistant). | N/A (application closes once 40 submissions are received) |
| Priestley Medal | Recognizes distinguished services to chemistry. | 2022-11-01 |
| Faculty of Science Annual Research and Mentorship Awards | Acknowledges the extraordinary research achievements and dedication to research in the Faculty of Science. | 2022-11-09 |
| Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship | Supports 24 international postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in exact sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences at eligible Israeli academic institutions. | 2023-11-15 |
| Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award | Designed to enable emerging and established Canadian scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research centre of their choice in the United States. | 2022-11-15 |
| York University Small Research Grant | Supports research intensification and administration functions for faculty members. | 2022-11-15 |
| NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Focus on individuals and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. | 2022-11-25 |
| Brockhouse Canada Prize | Recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal | Awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence. | 2023-11-28 |
| John C. Polanyi Award | Given to an individual or team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Donna Strickland Prize | Awarded annually to an individual or team whose outstanding research has led to exceptional benefits for Canadian society, the environment and/or the economy. | 2023-11-28 |
| DECEMBER | ||
| Early Researcher Award | Helps promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers build their research teams in order to improve Ontario’s ability to attract and retain the best and brightest research talent. | 2022-12-01 |
| York Research Chairs | Awarded competitively based on the criteria of excellence in research and scholarship, contributions to research leadership, and the fostering of equity, diversity and inclusion within their research programs. | 2022-12-01 |
| Fellowship of Royal Society of Canada | Recognizes distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. | 2022-12-01 |
| College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Members include Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. | 2022-12-01 |
| John Charles Polanyi Prizes | Awarded annually to up to five outstanding researchers or scholars who are in the early stages of their careers at Ontario universities. They are available in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science. | 2022-12-01 |
| Minister of Colleges and Universities' Awards of Excellence | Celebrate the incredible work of faculty, staff, and graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation during the 2020/2021 school year. | 2022-12-06 |
| Albert Einstein World Award for Science | Recognizes scientists whose scientific and technological achievements have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind. Consideration will be given to individuals or institutions in one of the Life Sciences, such as Neuroscience, Earth Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine or Chemistry; or in one of the Natural Sciences such as Physics, Mathematics or Astronomy. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award | Recognizes two full-time faculty members within 10 years of their first academic appointment, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to one or more aspects of the York community’s intellectual life. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President's Research Impact Award | Recognizes full-time, active faculty members whose body of research or scholarship has translated into a notable impact on communities, individuals, public policies or practice beyond academia, or translated successfully into impactful commercial or other applications, while significantly and positively contributing to the University’s research culture and reputation. | 2022-12-16 |
| JANUARY | ||
| York-Massey Fellowships | Provides for a shared office space and the status of a full Senior Resident of the College. | 2023-01-09 |
| Japan Prize | Awarded to breakthroughs in the creation, innovation or dissemination of science and technology in the fields of Resources, Energy, Environment, and Social Infrastructure, thereby contributing significantly to solving social issues and improving sustainability in our society. | 2023-01-31 |
| Robert A. Welch Award | Fosters and encourages basic chemical research and recognizes the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of humankind. | 2023-01-31 |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists | Presented to outstanding Ph.D. theses in the general area of the chemical sciences, as described in a 1000-word essay. | 2023-02-15 |
| Copley Medal | Awarded for sustained, outstanding achievements in any field of science. In 2023, the Copley Medal will be awarded for the physical sciences. | 2023-02-25* |
| Harvey Prize | Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. | 2023-02-22* |
| MARCH | ||
| Balzan Prizes | Awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. | 2023-03-15 |
| King Faisal Prize | Recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Order of Ontario | Rewarded to an Ontarian who has shown the highest level of excellence and achievement in any field, and whose impact has left a lasting legacy in the province, in the country, and around the world. | 2023-03-31 |
| Henry Marshall Tory Medal | For outstanding research in any branch of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an allied science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Jason A. Hannah Medal | For an important publication in the history of medicine. | 2023-03-31 |
| McLaughlin Medal | For important research of sustained excellence in medical science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Rutherford Memorial Medals | For outstanding research in physics and in chemistry. | 2023-03-31 |
| APRIL | ||
| NSERC Synergy Awards | Recognize partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and development between universities and Canadian industry. | 2023-04-17* |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship | Recognizes an AAAS member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. | 2023-04-25 |
| MAY | ||
| Top 100 Awards | Canada's most recognized honour for the highest achieving female leaders in business, arts, sports, community, entrepreneurship, not-for-profit ventures, skilled trades, science, service, and philanthropy. | 2023-05-30 |
| Award | Description | Agency Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| JUNE | ||
| York University Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award | Recognizes one Postdoctoral Supervisor who has demonstrated exemplary support for postdoctoral scholars at York University. | 2023-06-01 |
| Killam Prizes | Awarded to distinguished Canadian scholars who have been engaged in research in universities, hospitals, research or scientific institutes, or other similar institutions for the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or engineering. | 2023-06-02 |
| Dorothy Killam Fellowships | Support early- to mid-career Canadian researchers whose research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. | 2023-06-16 |
| BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation. Disciplines include Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biology and Biomedicine, Information and Communication Technologies, Ecology and Conservation Biology, and Climate Change. | 2023-06-30 |
| Kyoto Prize | Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. It is presented annually in each of the following three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. | Rolling Deadline |
| JULY | ||
| Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize | Awarded annually for outstanding research in mathematics by an undergraduate student (or students having submitted joint work). | 2022-07-31 |
| SIAG/CSE Best Paper Prize | Awarded to the author(s) of the best paper, as determined by the prize committee, on the development and use of mathematical and computational tools and methods for solving problems that may arise in broad areas of science, engineering, technology, and society. | 2022-07-31 |
| AUGUST | ||
| Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Award of Merit | Awarded annually to distinguished Chinese-Canadians with outstanding professional achievements. | 2022-08-30 |
| Steacie Prize | Presented annually to a young scientist or engineer (40 or under) for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada. | 2023-08-31 |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award | Recognizes, promotes, and supports outstanding and innovative emerging researchers whose work contributes significantly to the training environment of the University and has an impact on society at large. | 2022-09-05 |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity in any field of knowledge. | 2023-09-15* |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Recognize and reward outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. | 2023-09-15* |
| Abel Prize | Recognizes outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, including mathematical aspects of computer science, mathematical physics, probability, numerical analysis and scientific computing, statistics, and also applications of mathematics in the sciences. | 2022-09-15 |
| Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM²D Scholars Award Program | Aims to fuel development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. | 2023-09-29* |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize | Awarded annually to a woman recently promoted to Associate Professor or an equivalent position in the mathematical sciences. | 2022-10-01 |
| Peter Henrici Prize | Awarded for original contributions to applied analysis and numerical analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for applied mathematics and scientific computing. | 2022-10-15 |
| Ralph E. Kleinman Prize | Awarded to one individual for outstanding research or other contributions that bridge the gap between mathematics and applications. | 2022-10-15 |
| SI(AG)2 Early Career Prize | Awarded to one outstanding early career researcher in the field of algebraic geometry and its applications for distinguished contributions to the field in the last three years. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/ACDA Early Career Prize | Awarded to an outstanding early career researcher in the field of Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms for distinguished contributions to the field in the last six years. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/CST Best SICON Paper Prize | Awarded to the authors of the two most outstanding control and systems theory papers published in SICON in the last three years. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/CST Prize | Awarded every two years to one outstanding early career researcher for distinguished contributions to mathematical theory of systems and control in the last three years. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/FME Early Career Prize | Awarded to one individual in their early career for distinguished contributions to mathematical modeling in finance in the last three years. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/GD Early Career Prize | Awarded every two years to an early career researcher who has made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions to geometric design within five years of receiving their PhD. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/OPT Early Career Prize | Awarded to an outstanding early career researcher in the field of optimization for distinguished contributions to the field in the last six years. | 2022-10-15 |
| W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize | Awarded annually to one individual for research in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. | 2022-10-15 |
| Innovation York Commercialization Fellowship | To support the research commercialization process by providing strategic, short-term funding to assist in the development of commercially viable projects. | 2022-10-31 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| York University GA Training Fund | Available to Principal Investigators that hold an external research grant and hire a GA (Graduate Assistant). | N/A (application closes once 40 submissions are received) |
| CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize | Recognizes exceptional achievement in the mathematical sciences. | 2022-11-01 |
| Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Theoretical Computer Science | Supports outstanding theoretical scientists when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists. | 2022-11-03 |
| Faculty of Science Annual Research and Mentorship Awards | Acknowledges the extraordinary research achievements and dedication to research in the Faculty of Science. | 2022-11-09 |
| Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship | Supports 24 international postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in exact sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences at eligible Israeli academic institutions. | 2023-11-15 |
| Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award | Designed to enable emerging and established Canadian scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research centre of their choice in the United States. | 2022-11-15 |
| York University Small Research Grant | Supports research intensification and administration functions for faculty members. | 2022-11-15 |
| NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Focus on individuals and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. | 2022-11-25 |
| DECEMBER | ||
| York Research Chairs | Awarded competitively based on the criteria of excellence in research and scholarship, contributions to research leadership, and the fostering of equity, diversity and inclusion within their research programs. | 2022-12-01 |
| York Research Chairs | Awarded competitively based on the criteria of excellence in research and scholarship, contributions to research leadership, and the fostering of equity, diversity and inclusion within their research programs. | 2022-12-01 |
| Fellowship of Royal Society of Canada | Recognizes distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. | 2022-12-01 |
| College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Members include Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. | 2022-12-01 |
| Tweedie New Researcher Award | Provides funds for travel to present the “Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture” at the IMS New Researchers Conference. | 2022-12-01 |
| Minister of Colleges and Universities' Awards of Excellence | Celebrate the incredible work of faculty, staff, and graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation during the 2020/2021 school year. | 2022-12-06 |
| Albert Einstein World Award for Science | Recognizes scientists whose scientific and technological achievements have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind. Consideration will be given to individuals or institutions in one of the Life Sciences, such as Neuroscience, Earth Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine or Chemistry; or in one of the Natural Sciences such as Physics, Mathematics or Astronomy. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award | Recognizes two full-time faculty members within 10 years of their first academic appointment, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to one or more aspects of the York community’s intellectual life. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President's Research Impact Award | Recognizes full-time, active faculty members whose body of research or scholarship has translated into a notable impact on communities, individuals, public policies or practice beyond academia, or translated successfully into impactful commercial or other applications, while significantly and positively contributing to the University’s research culture and reputation. | 2022-12-16 |
| JANUARY | ||
| York-Massey Fellowships | Provides for a shared office space and the status of a full Senior Resident of the College. | 2023-01-09 |
| Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award | Recognizes and publicizes an outstanding PhD thesis in Applied Mathematics accepted at a Canadian University during the calendar year prior to the year of the award | 2023-01-31* |
| CAIMS-SCMAI Research Prize | Recognizes innovative and exceptional research contributions in applied or industrial mathematics. | 2023-01-31* |
| CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award | Recognizes exceptional research in any branch of applied mathematics, interpreted broadly. | 2023-01-31* |
| CAIMS-Fields Industrial Mathematics Prize | Awarded to a researcher in recognition of exceptional research in any branch of industrial mathematics, interpreted broadly. | 2023-01-31* |
| Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award | Honours members of CAIMS/SCMAI for outstanding service to the society or to Applied Mathematics in Canada. | 2023-01-31* |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Harvey Prize | Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. | 2023-02-22* |
| MARCH | ||
| Balzan Prizes | Awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. | 2023-03-15 |
| King Faisal Prize | Recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Order of Ontario | Rewarded to an Ontarian who has shown the highest level of excellence and achievement in any field, and whose impact has left a lasting legacy in the province, in the country, and around the world. | 2023-03-31 |
| Henry Marshall Tory Medal | For outstanding research in any branch of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an allied science. | 2023-03-31 |
| John L. Synge Award | To acknowledge outstanding research in any of the branches of the mathematical sciences. | 2023-03-31 |
| APRIL | ||
| Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics | Awarded annually to a person for significant contributions to mathematics. | 2023-04-01 |
| Nokia Bell Labs Prize | Recognizes game-changing innovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. | 2023-04-21 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship | Recognizes an AAAS member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. | 2023-04-25 |
| MAY | ||
| Top 100 Awards | Canada's most recognized honour for the highest achieving female leaders in business, arts, sports, community, entrepreneurship, not-for-profit ventures, skilled trades, science, service, and philanthropy. | 2023-05-30 |
| Award | Description | Agency Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| JUNE | ||
| York University Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award | Recognizes one Postdoctoral Supervisor who has demonstrated exemplary support for postdoctoral scholars at York University. | 2023-06-01 |
| Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science | Recognizes outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. | 2023-06-01 |
| W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements in experimental particle physics. | 2023-06-01 |
| Killam Prizes | Awarded to distinguished Canadian scholars who have been engaged in research in universities, hospitals, research or scientific institutes, or other similar institutions for the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or engineering. | 2023-06-02 |
| Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and/or engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. | 2023-06-07 |
| Dorothy Killam Fellowships | Support early- to mid-career Canadian researchers whose research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. | 2023-06-16 |
| L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards | Recognize and support eminent women in science throughout the world. The 2024 awards will recognize achievements in the life sciences. | 2023-06-28 |
| BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation. Disciplines include Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biology and Biomedicine, Information and Communication Technologies, Ecology and Conservation Biology, and Climate Change. | 2023-06-30 |
| Herbert Walther Award | Presented for distinguished contributions in quantum optics and atomic physics as well as leadership in the international scientific community. | 2023-06-30 |
| Kyoto Prize | Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. It is presented annually in each of the following three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. | Rolling Deadline |
| JULY | ||
| Cottrell Scholar Award | Honours and helps to develop outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills in chemistry, physics, or astronomy. | 2022-07-01 |
| AUGUST | ||
| John Tyndall Award | Presented for outstanding contributions in any area of optical-fiber technology, including optical fibers themselves, the optical components used in fiber systems, as well as transmission systems and networks using fibers. | 2022-08-10 |
| Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Award of Merit | Awarded annually to distinguished Chinese-Canadians with outstanding professional achievements. | 2022-08-30 |
| Steacie Prize | Presented annually to a young scientist or engineer (40 or under) for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada. | 2023-08-31 |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award | Recognizes, promotes, and supports outstanding and innovative emerging researchers whose work contributes significantly to the training environment of the University and has an impact on society at large. | 2022-09-05 |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity in any field of knowledge. | 2023-09-15* |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Recognize and reward outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. | 2023-09-15* |
| Abel Prize | Recognizes outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, including mathematical aspects of computer science, mathematical physics, probability, numerical analysis and scientific computing, statistics, and also applications of mathematics in the sciences. | 2022-09-15 |
| Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM²D Scholars Award Program | Aims to fuel development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. | 2023-09-29* |
| OCTOBER | ||
| CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal | Recognizes and encourages significant experimental or theoretical contributions to condensed matter and materials physics. | 2022-10-01 |
| CAP Herzberg Medal | Recognizes significant contributions in any field of research by a Canadian physicist who has successfully defended their doctoral thesis within the last 12 years. | 2022-10-01 |
| CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal | Recognizes and encourages outstanding experimental or theoretical contributions to subatomic physics. | 2022-10-01 |
| CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | Recognizes research excellence in the fields of theoretical and mathematical physics. | 2022-10-01 |
| Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship | Recognizes the critical importance and value of having people who are trained in, and passionate about, physics engaging young Canadians in the classrooms of this country. | 2022-10-01 |
| CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics | Awarded on the basis of significant contributions to physics over an extended period of time, and/or recent significant achievement. | 2022-10-01 |
| CAP Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching | Honours faculty members who possess an ability to communicate their knowledge and understanding in such a way as to lead their students to high academic achievement in physics. | 2022-10-01 |
| CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics | Recognizes outstanding and innovative contributions in applied photonics. The innovation must be commercializable or, at the least, exploitable. | 2022-10-01 |
| Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship | Awarded to a graduate student who has demonstrated both research excellence and significant service to the optics or physics community. | 2022-10-01 |
| C.E.K. Mees Medal | Recognizes an original use of optics across multiple fields. | 2022-10-01 |
| Charles Hard Townes Medal | Presented for outstanding experimental or theoretical work, discovery or invention in the field of quantum electronics. | 2022-10-01 |
| Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W. Quinn Prize | Recognizes overall distinction in optics; the highest award of the Society. | 2022-10-01 |
| Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award | Presented for significant contributions to lens design, optical engineering, or metrology by an individual as evidenced by one or more of the following: innovative and rigorous research; optical system design with a foundation in aberration theory; development of advanced metrology capabilities; product development; patents; or publications. | 2022-10-01 |
| Nick Holonyak Jr. Award | Presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to optics based on semiconductor-based optical devices and materials, including basic science and technological applications. | 2022-10-01 |
| Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award | Recognizes individuals for their innovative and influential contributions to the field of biophotonics, regardless of their career stage. | 2022-10-01 |
| Max Born Award | Presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to physical optics, theoretical or experimental. | 2022-10-01 |
| R. W. Wood Prize | Recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technical achievement, or invention in the field of optics. | 2022-10-01 |
| David Richardson Medal | Recognizes those who have made significant contributions to optical engineering, primarily in the commercial and industrial sector. | 2022-10-01 |
| Edwin H. Land Medal | Recognizes pioneering work empowered by scientific research to create inventions, technologies, and products. | 2022-10-01 |
| Emmett N. Leith Medal | Recognizes seminal contributions to the field of optical information processing. | 2022-10-01 |
| Esther Hoffman Beller Medal | Presented for outstanding contributions to education in optical science and engineering. | 2022-10-01 |
| Joseph Fraunhofer Award / Robert M. Burley Prize | Recognizes significant research accomplishments in the field of optical engineering. | 2022-10-01 |
| Sang Soo Lee Award | Recognizes outstanding leadership in founding or growing an optics and photonics community. | 2022-10-01 |
| William F. Meggers Award | Presented for outstanding work in spectroscopy. | 2022-10-01 |
| SIAG/GS Career Prize | Awarded every two years to an outstanding senior researcher who has made broad and distinguished contributions to the field of geosciences. | 2022-10-15 |
| SIAG/GS Early Career Prize | Awarded to one individual in their early career in the field of geosciences for distinguished contributions to the field in the last three years. | 2022-10-15 |
| Innovation York Commercialization Fellowship | To support the research commercialization process by providing strategic, short-term funding to assist in the development of commercially viable projects. | 2022-10-31 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| York University GA Training Fund | Available to Principal Investigators that hold an external research grant and hire a GA (Graduate Assistant). | N/A (application closes once 40 submissions are received) |
| Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Theoretical Computer Science | The intent of the Investigator in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Theoretical Computer Science programs is to support outstanding scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists. Anticipated date. | 2022-11-03 |
| Faculty of Science Annual Research and Mentorship Awards | Acknowledges the extraordinary research achievements and dedication to research in the Faculty of Science. | 2022-11-09 |
| Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship | Supports 24 international postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in exact sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences at eligible Israeli academic institutions. | 2023-11-15 |
| Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award | Designed to enable emerging and established Canadian scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research centre of their choice in the United States. | 2022-11-15 |
| York University Small Research Grant | Supports research intensification and administration functions for faculty members. | 2022-11-15 |
| NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Focus on individuals and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. | 2022-11-25 |
| Brockhouse Canada Prize | Recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal | Awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence. | 2023-11-28 |
| John C. Polanyi Award | Given to an individual or team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Donna Strickland Prize | Awarded annually to an individual or team whose outstanding research has led to exceptional benefits for Canadian society, the environment and/or the economy. | 2023-11-28 |
| DECEMBER | ||
| York Research Chairs | Awarded competitively based on the criteria of excellence in research and scholarship, contributions to research leadership, and the fostering of equity, diversity and inclusion within their research programs. | 2022-12-01 |
| Fellowship of Royal Society of Canada | Recognizes distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. | 2022-12-01 |
| College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Members include Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. | 2022-12-01 |
| John Charles Polanyi Prizes | Awarded annually to up to five outstanding researchers or scholars who are in the early stages of their careers at Ontario universities. They are available in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science. | 2022-12-01 |
| Minister of Colleges and Universities' Awards of Excellence | Celebrate the incredible work of faculty, staff, and graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation during the 2020/2021 school year. | 2022-12-06 |
| Gruber International Cosmology Prize | Honours a leading cosmologist, astronomer, astrophysicist or scientific philosopher for theoretical, analytical, conceptual or observational discoveries leading to fundamental advances in our understanding of the universe. | 2022-12-15 |
| Albert Einstein World Award for Science | Recognizes scientists whose scientific and technological achievements have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind. Consideration will be given to individuals or institutions in one of the Life Sciences, such as Neuroscience, Earth Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine or Chemistry; or in one of the Natural Sciences such as Physics, Mathematics or Astronomy. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award | Recognizes two full-time faculty members within 10 years of their first academic appointment, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to one or more aspects of the York community’s intellectual life. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President's Research Impact Award | Recognizes full-time, active faculty members whose body of research or scholarship has translated into a notable impact on communities, individuals, public policies or practice beyond academia, or translated successfully into impactful commercial or other applications, while significantly and positively contributing to the University’s research culture and reputation. | 2022-12-16 |
| JANUARY | ||
| York-Massey Fellowships | Provides for a shared office space and the status of a full Senior Resident of the College. | 2023-01-09 |
| Japan Prize | Awarded to breakthroughs in the creation, innovation or dissemination of science and technology in the fields of Resources, Energy, Environment, and Social Infrastructure, thereby contributing significantly to solving social issues and improving sustainability in our society. | 2023-01-31 |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Harvey Prize | Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. | 2023-02-22* |
| Copley Medal | Awarded for sustained, outstanding achievements in any field of science. In 2023, the Copley Medal will be awarded for the physical sciences. | 2023-02-25* |
| CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal | Recognizes and encourages significant experimental or theoretical contributions to condensed matter and materials physics. | 2023-02-28 |
| MARCH | ||
| Balzan Prizes | Awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. | 2023-03-15 |
| King Faisal Prize | Recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Order of Ontario | Rewarded to an Ontarian who has shown the highest level of excellence and achievement in any field, and whose impact has left a lasting legacy in the province, in the country, and around the world. | 2023-03-31 |
| Henry Marshall Tory Medal | For outstanding research in any branch of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an allied science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Rutherford Memorial Medals | For outstanding research in physics and in chemistry. | 2023-03-31 |
| Miroslaw Romanowski Medal | For scientific work relating to environmental problems. | 2023-03-31 |
| APRIL | ||
| Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | Recognizes theoretical, mathematical, and experimental physicists who have made profound contributions to human knowledge. | 2023-04-01 |
| Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award | Recognizes team technical achievements in optical engineering such as product engineering, process, software and patent development, as well as contributions to society such as engineering education, publication and management, and furthering public appreciation of optical engineering. | 2023-04-10 |
| NSERC Synergy Awards | Recognize partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and development between universities and Canadian industry. | 2023-04-17* |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship | Recognizes an AAAS member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. | 2023-04-25 |
| MAY | ||
| Top 100 Awards | Canada's most recognized honour for the highest achieving female leaders in business, arts, sports, community, entrepreneurship, not-for-profit ventures, skilled trades, science, service, and philanthropy. | 2023-05-30 |
| Award | Description | Agency Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| JUNE | ||
| York University Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award | Recognizes one Postdoctoral Supervisor who has demonstrated exemplary support for postdoctoral scholars at York University. | 2023-06-01 |
| Killam Prizes | Awarded to distinguished Canadian scholars who have been engaged in research in universities, hospitals, research or scientific institutes, or other similar institutions for the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences or engineering. | 2023-06-02 |
| Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and/or engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. | 2023-06-07 |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Medal of Honor | Presented when a candidate is identified as having made a particular contribution that forms a clearly exceptional addition to the science and technology of concern to IEEE. | 2023-06-15 |
| Dorothy Killam Fellowships | Support early- to mid-career Canadian researchers whose research stands to have significant impact on a national or global scale. | 2023-06-16 |
| BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | Recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation. Disciplines include Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biology and Biomedicine, Information and Communication Technologies, Ecology and Conservation Biology, and Climate Change. | 2023-06-30 |
| Kyoto Prize | Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. It is presented annually in each of the following three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. | Rolling Deadline |
| JULY | ||
| Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award | Presented to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to macromolecular science or engineering while residing in Canada. | 2022-07-02 |
| SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering | Recognizes an individual or group of individuals for outstanding research contributions to the field of computational science and engineering. | 2022-07-31 |
| James H. Wilkinson Prize | Awarded every four years to the authors of an outstanding piece of numerical software, or to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to an existing piece of numerical software. | 2022-07-31 |
| SIAG/CSE Best Paper Prize | Awarded to the author(s) of the best paper, as determined by the prize committee, on the development and use of mathematical and computational tools and methods for solving problems that may arise in broad areas of science, engineering, technology, and society. | 2022-07-31 |
| SIAG/CSE Early Career Prize | Awarded to one post-PhD early career researcher in the field of computational science and engineering for outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions to the field within seven years of receiving the PhD. | 2022-07-31 |
| AUGUST | ||
| Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence | Recognizes substantive contribution to some aspect of microsystems or nanotechnology, including microelectronics, photonics, optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, nanomaterials, and embedded software. | 2022-08-19 |
| Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals Award of Merit | Awarded annually to distinguished Chinese-Canadians with outstanding professional achievements. | 2022-08-30 |
| Steacie Prize | Presented annually to a young scientist or engineer (40 or under) for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada. | 2023-08-31 |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award | Recognizes, promotes, and supports outstanding and innovative emerging researchers whose work contributes significantly to the training environment of the University and has an impact on society at large. | 2022-09-05 |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity in any field of knowledge. | 2023-09-15* |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Recognize and reward outstanding early-career faculty who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study in chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. | 2023-09-15* |
| Abel Prize | Recognizes outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics, including mathematical aspects of computer science, mathematical physics, probability, numerical analysis and scientific computing, statistics, and also applications of mathematics in the sciences. | 2022-09-15 |
| Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM²D Scholars Award Program | Aims to fuel development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design. | 2023-09-29* |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Nick Holonyak Jr. Award | Presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to optics based on semiconductor-based optical devices and materials, including basic science and technological applications. | 2022-10-01 |
| Charles Hard Townes Medal | Presented for outstanding experimental or theoretical work, discovery or invention in the field of quantum electronics. | 2022-10-01 |
| Edwin H. Land Medal | Recognizes pioneering work empowered by scientific research to create inventions, technologies, and products. | 2022-10-01 |
| Molson Prizes | Awarded annually to distinguished individuals for contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada in the social sciences and humanities. | 2022-10-01 |
| Germund Dahlquist Prize | Awarded to one individual for original contributions to numerical solution of differential equations and numerical methods for scientific computing. | 2022-10-15 |
| J. D. Crawford Prize | Presented to one individual for recent outstanding work on a topic in nonlinear science (dynamical systems theory and its applications as well as experiments, computations, and simulations). | 2022-10-15 |
| Jürgen Moser Lecture | Awarded to an individual who has made distinguished contributions to nonlinear science (dynamical systems theory and its applications as well as experiments, computations, and simulations). | 2022-10-15 |
| Peter Henrici Prize | Awarded for original contributions to applied analysis and numerical analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for applied mathematics and scientific computing. | 2022-10-15 |
| Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Seeks to support early-career scientists to conduct and communicate world-class research that informs conservation and management issues relevant to Canada. | 2022-10-24 |
| Millennium Technology Prize | Awarded to groundbreaking technological innovations that enhance the quality of people’s lives in a sustainable manner, have been applied in practice, and show promise for future innovations. | 2022-10-31 |
| ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | Recognizes superior research and writing from doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. | 2022-10-31 |
| IBM Global University Program Academic Award | Fosters collaboration between researchers at leading universities and IBM Researchers and Technologists worldwide, while promoting curriculum innovation to stimulate growth in emerging academic disciplines. | 2022-10-31 |
| Innovation York Commercialization Fellowship | To support the research commercialization process by providing strategic, short-term funding to assist in the development of commercially viable projects. | 2022-10-31 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| York University GA Training Fund | Available to Principal Investigators that hold an external research grant and hire a GA (Graduate Assistant). | N/A (application closes once 40 submissions are received) |
| John G. Diefenbaker Award | Enables a distinguished German scholar in the social sciences or humanities to do research in Canada, which may include brief periods in the United States. | 2022-11-01 |
| Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Theoretical Computer Science | Supports outstanding theoretical scientists when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists. | 2022-11-03 |
| Faculty of Science Annual Research and Mentorship Awards | Acknowledges the extraordinary research achievements and dedication to research in the Faculty of Science. | 2022-11-09 |
| Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship | Supports 24 international postdoctoral researchers to carry out research in exact sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences at eligible Israeli academic institutions. | 2023-11-15 |
| Traditional Fulbright Scholar Award | Designed to enable emerging and established Canadian scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at any university or research centre of their choice in the United States. | 2022-11-15 |
| York University Small Research Grant | Supports research intensification and administration functions for faculty members. | 2022-11-15 |
| NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Focus on individuals and groups who are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. | 2022-11-25 |
| Bank of Canada Fellowship Award | Encourages and fosters excellence in research that relates to the Bank’s core functions of monetary policy, the financial system, currency and funds management. | 2022-11-25 |
| Bank of Canada Governor's Award | Encourages and fosters excellence in research that relates to the Bank’s core functions of monetary policy, the financial system, currency and funds management. | 2022-11-25 |
| Brockhouse Canada Prize | Recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal | Awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence. | 2023-11-28 |
| John C. Polanyi Award | Given to an individual or team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. | 2023-11-28 |
| Donna Strickland Prize | Awarded annually to an individual or team whose outstanding research has led to exceptional benefits for Canadian society, the environment and/or the economy. | 2023-11-28 |
| DECEMBER | ||
| York Research Chairs | Awarded competitively based on the criteria of excellence in research and scholarship, contributions to research leadership, and the fostering of equity, diversity and inclusion within their research programs. | 2022-12-01 |
| Fellowship of Royal Society of Canada | Recognizes distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. | 2022-12-01 |
| College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Members include Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. | 2022-12-01 |
| Minister of Colleges and Universities' Awards of Excellence | Celebrate the incredible work of faculty, staff, and graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation during the 2020/2021 school year. | 2022-12-06 |
| ACM A.M. Turning Award | Presented annually to an individual who has made lasting contributions of a technical nature to the computing community. | 2022-12-15 |
| ACM Athena Lecturer Award | Celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to Computer Science. | 2022-12-15 |
| ACM Distinguished Service Award | Recognizes outstanding service contributions to the computing community as a whole. | 2022-12-15 |
| ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award | Honours specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing. | 2022-12-15 |
| ACM Prize in Computing | Recognizes an early to mid-career fundamental, innovative contribution in computing that exemplifies the greatest achievements in the discipline through its depth and impact. | 2022-12-15 |
| ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award | Presented to an individual selected for career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines. | 2022-12-15 |
| Albert Einstein World Award for Science | Recognizes scientists whose scientific and technological achievements have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind. Consideration will be given to individuals or institutions in one of the Life Sciences, such as Neuroscience, Earth Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine or Chemistry; or in one of the Natural Sciences such as Physics, Mathematics or Astronomy. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award | Recognizes two full-time faculty members within 10 years of their first academic appointment, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to one or more aspects of the York community’s intellectual life. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President's Research Impact Award | Recognizes full-time, active faculty members whose body of research or scholarship has translated into a notable impact on communities, individuals, public policies or practice beyond academia, or translated successfully into impactful commercial or other applications, while significantly and positively contributing to the University’s research culture and reputation. | 2022-12-16 |
| York University President’s Research Excellence Award | Recognizes senior established, full-time, active Professors with distinguished scholarly achievements, who have had a notable impact on their field(s) and made a significant contribution to advancing the University’s international reputation for research excellence while significantly and positively contributing to the York community’s intellectual life. The 2022-2023 cluster is Engineering, Science, Technology, Health and Biomedicine. | 2022-12-16 |
| JANUARY | ||
| York-Massey Fellowships | Provides for a shared office space and the status of a full Senior Resident of the College. | 2023-01-09 |
| Japan Prize | Awarded to breakthroughs in the creation, innovation or dissemination of science and technology in the fields of Resources, Energy, Environment, and Social Infrastructure, thereby contributing significantly to solving social issues and improving sustainability in our society. | 2023-01-31 |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Harvey Prize | Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. | 2023-02-22* |
| Bower Award | For individuals who have made significant contributions to understanding the unique properties of soft matter or to the development of applications utilizing soft matter. | 2023-02-28 |
| MARCH | ||
| Balzan Prizes | Awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. | 2023-03-15 |
| King Faisal Prize | Recognizes the outstanding works of individuals and institutions in five major categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine, and Science. | 2023-03-31 |
| Order of Ontario | Rewarded to an Ontarian who has shown the highest level of excellence and achievement in any field, and whose impact has left a lasting legacy in the province, in the country, and around the world. | 2023-03-31 |
| Alice Wilson Award | To three women of outstanding academic qualifications in the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, or Science who are entering a career in scholarship or research at the postdoctoral level. | 2023-03-31 |
| APRIL | ||
| Russ Prize | Awarded for a specific achievement or for a series of achievements in bioengineering. | 2023-04-01 |
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based knowledge culture in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities. | 2023-04-01 |
| NSERC Synergy Awards | Recognize partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and development between universities and Canadian industry. | 2023-04-17* |
| Nokia Bell Labs Prize | Recognizes game-changing innovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. | 2023-04-21 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship | Recognizes an AAAS member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. | 2023-04-25 |
| MAY | ||
| Top 100 Awards | Canada's most recognized honour for the highest achieving female leaders in business, arts, sports, community, entrepreneurship, not-for-profit ventures, skilled trades, science, service, and philanthropy. | 2023-05-30 |