Important Updates - April 7th 2026
Regular updates outlining research opportunities and special activities emailed to faculty on behalf of the Office of Research & Innovation.
For any questions or concerns, please kindly direct your response to research@trentu.ca, as this will ensure it reaches the appropriate contact.
News and Events
Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Research 2026
Register today!
The Trent Teaching Commons, the Office of Research and Innovation, and the Trent Community Research Centre are pleased to invite you to the Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Research, which takes place on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. in the Student Centre at the Symons Campus. The event will also be live streamed for those unable to attend in person. The celebration will include an awards ceremony followed by a reception with light refreshments.
Euraxess Flashnotes and News
Email address change upcoming
Euraxess will eventually transition the email address used to send the bimonthly flashnotes to reduce accidental spam triggers. To ensure delivery, it is suggested to whitelist and add to your contacts both NorthAmerica@euraxess.net and NorthAmerica@news-euraxess.net.
Funding Opportunities
De Chastelain Scholarship Programme
Scholarships supporting research visits
The scholarships support short research exchanges, allowing researchers from Ireland and Canada to spend 3–6 weeks at a host university in the other country. Open to all disciplines, the program welcomes projects connected to two broad themes:
Pathways to Peace - processes such as negotiation, mediation, reconciliation, and conflict resolution;
Grounds for Hope - the wider conditions that help peace take root, including governance, law, economics, health, environment, culture, and identity.
Applicants are encouraged to creatively link their field to these themes, with possible topics ranging from democratic resilience and environmental sustainability to health systems, cultural identity, or Indigenous perspectives. The program also recognizes the central role of Indigenous knowledge in building peaceful and sustainable societies and seeks to include these voices in the Ireland–Canada exchange.
Applications are due by May 11th at 6:00 pm EST.
Reminders
Reminder: UArctic Funding Opportunities are now open
Deadline is April 24, 2026 at 23:59 PM CEST (5:59 PM EST). Internal deadlines are April 10, 2026. The information session recording is available here.
Funding availability is pending approval from Global Affairs. For streams and values, refer to the website.
- Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement Fund
Stream A, $40,000, 2 years
Stream B, $100,000, 5 years (will only be offered in 2026)
- Indigenous and Northern Relationship Development Fund, $15,000
- Travel Fund, $5,000. Unfortunately, the next round of Travel Support Funds for faculty/staff will likely not be available until September 2026. There may be support for students to 2026 UArctic Congress in the Faroe Islands in May.
Reminder: UArctic Call For Submissions to Strengthen Indigenous and Northern Research Collaboration
2026 Canadian project funding calls are now open, and include a new 5-year stream of up to $100,000 for Northern- and Indigenous-led research and education collaborations (Stream B). Stream A funds are for 1-2 years, and $15,000-$40,000. Applications are due April 24, 2026 (internal deadline April 10, 2026).
Reminder of Falling Walls Call for Science Breakthroughs
Applications and nominations are open until April 15, 2026.
More information here.
Reminder: Trent University Library and Archives Spring Workshops
The Trent University Library and Archives are offering workshops throughout the spring covering topics from Open Access publishing to ORCID and Scholarly Metrics.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Open Access Publishing: Practical Insights
Register for this event.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Getting Started with ORCID: Streamlining Attribution and Your Academic Record
Register for this event.
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Understanding and Using Scholarly Metrics Responsibly
Register for this event
Reminder: NSERC CREATE Applications
Application processes remain the same as last year. The ORI must be notified if you intend to submit a LOI due to institutional allotments.
NEW - For the 2027 competition, NSERC will fund one additional CREATE initiative through quantum funding announced in Budget 2025 as part of the upcoming Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS)
Deadline to apply is May 2, 2026 (LOI) and September 22, 2026 (full application). Internal deadlines are 10 business days in advance of the external funder’s deadline.
Reminder: 2026/27 Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders Grant Program
Research should support first responders and emergency workers who are living with, or at risk of, post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI), deadline is May 25.
Animal Care Committee (ACC) Notice of Summer Hiatus
Submit your AUP for review by May 29th
Please be advised that the Animal Care Committee (ACC) will not meet over July and August. Anyone with teaching or research projects occurring over those months and the beginning of the fall academic year are encouraged to submit protocol applications for the April, May or June meetings.
Only emergency submissions will be reviewed over the hiatus. An emergency is defined as an unforeseen teaching or research opportunity. Trent is limited in how many of these types of reviews are permitted and reviewers handle material remotely over these months. As such, a review timeline over the hiatus is not guaranteed.
Please visit the Research Committees website for submission due dates.
Research Ethics Board (REB) Notice of Summer Hiatus
Submit your file for review by June 3rd
Please note the REB will not meet over July and August. Researchers are encouraged to make submissions for Summer and early Fall research projects in time for the April, May and June review cycles. Fall courses using human participant research strategies for pedagogical purposes are also encouraged to have protocols submitted before the end of the 2025/26 academic year.
Graduate student research will be reviewed as needed by the Chair of the REB over the summer months. Faculty research requiring review over the summer is considered an emergency review. Response time to emergency reviews will depend on the availability of the REB Chair and the assessment of risk for the given research project (only minimum risk research can be approved over the summer).
Reminder: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships.
This opportunity for international research mobility closes on September 9, 2026.
More information here.
Reminder: Fulbright Canada Research Chair Program Now Open for 2027-2028
Research Chair in Comparative Canada-US Studies at Trent University
A fantastic opportunity to share with your research networks! Fulbright Canada offers American scholars unique professional opportunities to further ground-breaking research as a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Comparative Canada-US Studies at Trent University.
Applications for the 2027-2028 Research Chair are now open, more information can be found in the attached flyer.
Applications are open until September 15, 2026
Reminder: Horizon Europe 2026-2027 Funding Opportunities and Useful Links
The European Commission has published the Horizon Europe work program (i.e. funding opportunities) for 2026-2027. More information is available here: Horizon Europe work programs for 2026-2027 published | EURAXESS.
Information on Canadian participation in Horizon Europe (eligibility, consortium building and process to apply) is available here: How to apply to Horizon Europe.
Currently open funding is listed, and applications are submitted, through the Calls for proposals | EU Funding & Tenders Portal. This search tool is helpful for finding potential consortium partners: EU Funding & Tenders Portal
Reminder: Transition to Tri-Agency CV for 2027 Discovery Horizons and Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships
The Tri-Agency CV will no longer limit applicants to a six-year window, allowing contributions and experiences from the entire career to be showcased in the Tri-Agency CV. Discovery Horizons has been utilizing a narrative CV for the past 4 competitions, facilitating the transition. For the McDonald fellowship, this transition will be accompanied by other changes to the nomination package to reduce overlap. More information is available here, or by emailing TCV-CVTO@NSERC-CRSNG.GC.CA.
Reminder: CIHR updated learning modules to recognize and reduce peer review bias
Required for CIHR reviewers
Reminder: Frontiers Planet Prize for environmental articles published November 1/24- October 31/26.
For more information, refer to the website.
Brianne Lisinski
Research Operations Coordinator
Office of Research & Innovation
(705)-748-1011 ext. 7050