Funding Opportunities

Research Funding Opportunities - Applied Research Grants for NAIT Faculty, Instructors, Staff, and Students

The broad purpose of novaNAIT’s Applied Research Grants program is to support applied research and develop excellence in applied research activities at NAIT. The specific objectives of the program are to:

• Support high-quality programs of research, as proposed by NAIT scholars
• Provide opportunities for the training of new scholars, future researchers, and/or NAIT students
• Contribute to the development of new programs, models, and/or methodologies for applied research
• Foster and develop collaborative, multidisciplinary applied research projects amongst NAIT researchers and community/industry stakeholders

Research Funding Opportunities Description & Eligibility (47K pdf)

Research Funding Opportunities Application Form (109K pdf)  

For all enquiries regarding these grants, please contact Dr. Klay Dyer, Director of Applied Research and Scholarship, novaNAIT; phone 780-378-6176; Email mailto:mcnamara@nait.ca

National programs

• National Research Council – Industrial Research Assistance Program
• Sustainable Technology Development Canada – SD Tech Fund
• Industry Canada research programs and assistance
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada prizes
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Canadian Heritage
• Precarn
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Provincial programs

• Alberta Innovation Voucher Program
• Prototype Development Program
• Alberta Energy Research Institute funding opportunities
• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research grants and awards
• Alberta Ingenuity Fund

Tax credits

• Federal Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credit
• Provincial Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credit