Grants and Contributions

The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program is a federal research talent investment program in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The CRTAS includes the following programs: the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master's (CGRS M), the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) and the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA). 

This project aims to strengthen the resilience of satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing services by advancing low-Earth orbit positioning, navigation and timing (LEO-PNT) technology as a complement to existing global navigation satellite systems (GPS and more generally GNSS), which remain vulnerable to interference and disruption. The expected results include characterizing navigation signals and ranging performance from new LEO-PNT satellites, new timing solutions, pioneering research in satellite-based indoor positioning, and enhanced ground-based GNSS + LEO-PNT solutions. The project will also train students in specialized space technology skills and contribute to increased dual-use PNT technology resilience for Canadians, supporting applications such as autonomous vehicles, smartphone positioning, urban and indoor navigation, and critical infrastructure timing for utilities and financial systems.

This project will advance the digital transformation of the construction industry by developing an integrated, data-driven decision support system for sustainable supply chain management. It combines Building Information Modeling (BIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), real-time sensor data, and logistics information into a graph-based integration framework, visualized through interactive Power BI dashboards. The system will provide real-time information on material flows, logistics, and project performance. Multi-criteria optimization and decision-making methods will be applied to design strategies for the decarbonization of procurement, transport and waste management, in a way that minimizes costs, emissions and material waste, while supporting the principles of the circular economy. A user-centric design approach will ensure stakeholders have intuitive, out-of-the-box dashboards that enable interactive analysis, route visualization, and sustainability assessment. Overall, the project will support informed and timely decision-making, reduce delays and waste, and contribute to a more resilient, low-carbon construction sector.

The Partnership Grants provide support to new or existing formal partnerships for initiatives that advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities.

Artificial intelligence is generating urgent and serious privacy harms for Canadians. Generative AI platforms enable the mass production of non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Online gaming platforms — used by more than half of Canadians, including millions of children — collect vast quantities of personal and behavioural data with limited transparency or meaningful consent. And AI-powered chatbots and agentic AI systems are rapidly accumulating persistent “memory” profiles of users, retaining sensitive personal information across interactions in ways that most Canadians neither understand nor control. This project proposes a harm reduction approach as a practical and principled alternative.

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led by strong, complementary, collaborative teams that will generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada.

Pursue short-term research and/or teaching activities in Latin America and the Caribbean as a means of exploring, creating and advancing institutional partnerships in the areas of research, student mobility, joint programming, capacity building, and others

The Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program is a federal research talent investment program in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The CRTAS includes the following programs: the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master's (CGRS M), the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) and the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA). 

The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) is a scholarship in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The CRTAS includes the following programs: the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s (CGRS M), the CGRS D and the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA).

The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) is a scholarship in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The CRTAS includes the following programs: the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s (CGRS M), the CGRS D and the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA).