Meet with a Grants Facilitation Officer

HSS Research Support Services offers various levels of assistance in planning your research and funding trajectory and on individual funding proposals. The HSS Grants Facilitation Officers (GFOs) are available to meet with you at any stage of planning and execution of your research program, project, and funding goals. You may schedule a meeting with a GFO to:

• discuss your research career goals;
• ask questions about submission procedures;
• map out a schedule of proposal submissions;
• discuss strategies for how to build a solid research CV;
• discuss the scope of a research project and match it to funding programs;
• discuss feedback from an unsuccessful grant proposal and strategize for resubmission;
• learn about the various types of research funding available for your research project or programme;
• etc.

Browse Research Funding Opportunity Databases

HSS Research Funding Tracker

Funding opportunities, submission procedures, and internal and external deadlines for many HSS-related internal and external competitions can be found in HSS's Research Funding Tracker (RFT). If an opportunity is not found in the RFT, please inquire with a GFO who can add it.

RIS Funding Opportunities

Memorial's institution-level research administration office, Research Initiatives and Services (RIS), maintains its own database of funding opportunities here. Note that this database only lists the RIS, institutional deadline and the external funding agencies’ deadlines. You’ll have to cross-check this information with HSS’s Research Funding Tracker (RFT) to find HSS’s internal deadlines.

Award Opportunities

There are many ways to build your research CV; one is through nominations for awards or fellowships. These also often come with funding and/or course releases, etc. If you would like to nominate someone or would like to be nominated for a prestigious award, the VPR’s Awards Advisory Committee assists with these types of nominations; internal reviews may be required, and internal deadlines may be months before the external deadline. A list of awards can be found here.