Welcome to the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Undergraduate Trainee Funding Opportunity Index. Undergraduate researchers at LDFP should contact their supervisor about research funding applications and eligibilities.

Undergraduate Students

Award Explorer

Interested in awards at the University of Toronto? Whether you’re thinking of coming to U of T – or you are a current student pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies – this tool can help you explore the diverse funding opportunities that recognize your achievements and financially support your studies.

Undergraduate Awards database is available here.

Acceleration Consortium Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Accelerated Discovery (AC-SURP) – call for Applications

The Acceleration Consortium is pleased to announce its Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Accelerated Discovery (AC-SURP).  

Value: $7,500 stipend plus travel costs to present at the Accelerate Conference at the University of British Columbia.  

Duration: 14 weeks over the May 4th – August 28th, 2024 period.

Purpose: Funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Acceleration Consortium (AC)-SURP provides experiential training in topics related to accelerated materials and molecules discovery. Over the duration of this fellowship, students will undertake a project performing state-of-the-art research with an AC principal investigator.  

Eligibility Requirements: 

  1. . An undergraduate student registered in a full-time course load at a Canadian university or an individual who has recently graduated from a Canadian university but has not entered into a graduate program. 

  2. Self-identifies in an equity-deserving group that is typically underrepresented in the scientific disciplines of computer science, robotics, material science, or other areas relevant to accelerated discovery.

    - Equity deserving groups are defined as: Black and racialized persons; women; persons with disabilities; Indigenous Peoples; and members of 
      2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

  3. Student is interested in conducting scientific research aligned with the topics addressed by the Acceleration Consortium. 

  4. Students enrolled in professional programs or who are currently enrolled in graduate studies are not eligible.  

Application method: Application form  

Evaluation Criteria:

Strength of letter of reference GPA – candidates with a GPA of 3 or higher preferred, but those with lower GPAs will be considered Quality of their personal statement of interest and research statement  

 

Applicants will be matched with AC faculty and mentors who have extensive research backgrounds for the applicant’s area of interest.  

Deadline: March 15, 2024, at midnight. 

Mitacs Accelerate Undergraduate Student Internships

The Mitacs Accelerate program can help fund your research and trainee costs!   The Mitacs Accelerate program helps fund partnered research projects by supporting undergraduate students  through "units" consisting of 4-month paid graduate student internships.   Each Mitacs Accelerate grant is a $15,000 award, with at least $10,000 to support the student stipend and the balance available for project resources.  In addition to single awards, the program can support “clusters” of units that can span multiple years and dozens (or more) of pre-approved internship opportunities.  No deadlines - apply at any time.

Mitacs is a national funding agency and their programs can help you connect with industry, not-for-profit, community and other external partners.  

For information about the Mitacs Accelerate program, please see: Mitacs Accelerate
For general information on Mitacs, please see: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/about

Contact innovations.partnerships@utoronto.ca for more information on the internal process.

Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium – Vaccine Education Contest

The University of Toronto’s Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) and Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) are pleased to launch Explain It Like I’m 6, a vaccine education contest.\

Value: 

$500 for first place, $200 for runner up

Purpose: 

The impact of vaccines was pulled into sharp focus during the pandemic, as were the gaps in the public’s understanding of vaccine science. With this in mind, we invite students at any Canadian university to get creative and explain an aspect of vaccines or vaccine science in a way that a 6-year-old would comprehend. After all, as the saying goes, if you can’t explain it to a child, you don’t understand it yourself. 

The contest is open to students at any Canadian university. Submissions can be one of the following:

  • Essay: maximum 300 words  
  • Image: maximum three, 1080 px by 1080 px each, .jpg or .png 
  • Video: 3 minutes or less, shot vertical, .mp4 

Application Deadline: 

March 1, 2024, 6:00 PM ET

How to Apply: 

Access the complete application guidelines and online forms via EPIC’s website.

About the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium at the University of Toronto

The CVPD is housed at U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and brings together vaccine experts from across disciplines to maximize the benefits of immunization for everyone. EPIC is a partnership between the Hospital for Sick Children, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Unity Health Toronto, University Health Network and University of Toronto. It brings together researchers from different disciplines to facilitate an integrated and innovative response to high-risk, high-burden infectious diseases. The CVPD and EPIC share a goal of increasing science literacy and access to accurate information on emerging threats and the incredible scientific tools that help us protect ourselves, such as vaccines. For questions or more information, please visit our website or contact epic@utoronto.ca and cvpd.dlsph@utoronto.ca.

Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium – Inspire Summer Studentships

The University of Toronto Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) is pleased to announce a new call for Inspire Summer Studentships.

Overview

Value: $7,500

Duration: 12-16 weeks

Purpose: The EPIC Inspire Summer Studentships foster inclusive excellence by providing third-year Black and Indigenous undergraduate students with opportunities to engage in infectious disease research with, and receive mentorship from, EPIC’s faculty members. These awards aim to support Black and Indigenous students who are interested in infectious diseases and to create a more diverse talent pool for the next generation of infectious disease research leaders. Faculty members who supervise an EPIC Inspire Summer Student Fellow also commit to supporting the student in continuing their work as a fourth-year thesis project, should the student choose to do so. 

EPIC will help match successful students with an EPIC faculty member for the summer studentship. A list of available faculty members and projects is available on our website. 

To be considered for the award, applicants must:

  • Be registered in a bachelor’s degree program, excluding professional undergraduate degree programs (MD, DDS, BScN, PharmD, etc.), at a Canadian university 
  • Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada, or an international student with a valid student visa for the full summer term
  • Have completed their third year of an undergraduate program by April 2024
  • Self-identify as Black or Indigenous
  • Intend to re-register for full-time undergraduate studies in September 2024
  • Be available to work full-time for 12 to 16 weeks between May 1 to August 31, 2024

Application Deadline: March 1, 2024, 23:59 ET

How to Apply: Consult the list of available projects and application process on EPIC’s website.

About the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium at the University of Toronto

The Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) is a partnership between the University of Toronto and five hospital research partners — the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Unity Health Toronto and the University Health Network. EPIC brings together researchers from different disciplines to facilitate an integrated and innovative response to high-risk, high-burden infectious diseases. As Canada’s leading initiative for transformative infectious disease research, EPIC is linking academic researchers with industry and government partners, training the next generation of research leaders and advocating for science-based policies. For questions or more information, please visit our website or contact epic@utoronto.ca.

Mitacs Globalink Research Award – Call for Applications

Mitacs Globalink Research Award – Call for Applications. Up to 200 senior undergraduate and graduate student, as well as postdoctoral fellows from the university can participate in research exchanges through the Globalinks Research Award pathway. Faculty at U of T and an international university from a partner country will jointly supervise research projects. In addition, up to 80 students and postdoctoral fellows from international universities will come to Canada to conduct research at U of T. The funding for this international research mobility will allow students and researchers to build on their professional and academic networks, to refine their research skills in new environments and gain global fluency.
Award amount: $6,000 Canadian for 12-24 week long research projects*
Application deadline: 3 months prior to student arriving at host university
Eligible participants: undergraduate and graduate Students, and postdoctoral fellows in all disciplines
Application process: https://learningabroad.utoronto.ca/funding/gra/
Contact: mahvish.wesley@utoronto.ca

Mitacs - Business Strategy Internships (BSI)

In partnership with Canadian academic institutions, Mitacs is pleased to offer the Business Strategy Internship (BSI). The award provides either $10,000 or $15,000 per intern (undergraduate to postdoctoral fellow) to undertake a four-month internship project with a partner organization in Canada. Interns and their academic supervisor will co-design a project with the partner organization to work on the organization’s innovation activities, helping them improve their products, processes, or services. Throughout the internship, Mitacs provides online professional development courses to interns through our e-Campus, EDGE.

The BSI program aims to:

  • support innovation to generate knowledge and its transfer between academic and non-academic sectors
  • strengthen the innovation capabilities of partner organizations
  • support the creation and ownership of intellectual property in Canada
  • promote collaboration between sectors by reducing the risk for companies to engage in innovation
  • provide work-integrated learning and professional skills training to increase the employability of post-secondary students
  • ensure and promote equitable access by underrepresented groups to foster inclusive innovation 

Innovation projects are expected to lead to change and improvements for the partner and/or community, through exploration, design, and implementation of improvements/efficiencies in business models, products, processes, or service delivery.

For more details about the BSI funding stream, please consult: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/business-strategy-internship/program-details and contact a Mitacs Business Development representative.

RISE-Globalink Research Internship

Mitacs is pleased to launch a special initiative in partnership with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The RISE-Globalink Research Internship (RISE-GRI) offers undergraduate students at Canadian universities the opportunity to undertake summer research internships at eligible German institutions.

Successful candidates participate in three-month research projects supervised by PhD students in Germany. 

  • Open to full-time undergraduates in biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, earth sciences, or engineering (or a closely related field) who have completed at least two years of a four- or five-year program.
    • Students in Quebec enrolled in a three-year undergraduate degree must have completed at least one year of their university program.
  • Students must apply through the RISE application portal
  • Projects must start between May 15 and July 15, 2024
  • Successful candidates receive $6,000 toward travel and accommodation

Benefits

  • Mitacs provides $6,000 to support the student’s travel costs and living expenses.
  • The DAAD provides health, accident, and liability insurance.
  • The DAAD provides logistical support to selected students (including assistance finding accommodation in cooperation with mentors at the host institution, information on visas and work permits, and research arrangements).

Application deadline: November 30, 2023 (5:59 p.m. ET)

Please click the "How to Apply" link to learn more about the requirements to receive funding.

For questions about the application process and internship placements, please contact rise-germany@daad.de.

For information about funding, please contact Mitacs at helpdesk@mitacs.ca

SSHRC Storytellers Challenge!

SSHRC launched its annual Storytellers Challenge! We are once again challenging postsecondary students to show Canadians how social sciences and humanities research affects our lives, our world and our future for the better.

The Challenge has been a tremendous success in the last 10 years, thanks in large part to the engagement of institutions in promoting it. As always, we welcome your collaboration. We are providing you with this toolkit that has information on the Challenge, as well as some suggested social media posts that you are welcome to use. We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues in research offices, graduate offices, faculties and, of course, to promote the Challenge to your students.

The Challenge is open to all students, graduate and undergraduate, enrolled at Canadian postsecondary institutions. Their task is to tell the story of a SSHRC-funded research project—their own or a researcher’s—in up to three minutes or 300 words. A jury will select 20 finalists, who will each receive $3,000, specialized training in research communications, and be invited to present at a showcase event in spring 2024, for an opportunity to receive an additional $1,000 (top five winners) in recognition of their communication skills.

For more details on this year’s Storytellers Challenge, follow us on social media and visit our website. Should you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at Storytellers@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

TRANSFORM HF Undergraduate Summer Research Program For Engineering – Summer 2024

Value:

Students participating in the USRP will receive an award of up to $6,000, which must be supplemented by a $2,000 contribution from their research supervisors to ensure a minimum total stipend of $8,000 for a period of 16 weeks.

Duration:

16 weeks from May to August 2024. Exact start and end dates are determined when award results are announced in conjunction with arrangements with individual supervisors.

Purpose:

Students in the TRANSFORM HF Undergraduate Summer Research Program (USRP) will have the opportunity to train alongside our multidisciplinary community of researchers to help address the grand challenge of inequity in heart failure care. Students will gain firsthand experience in the development of innovative technologies and the co-creation of proactive, personalized, and decentralized models of heart failure care.

Eligibility:

These awards are available to full or part-time undergraduate students at any Canadian post-secondary institution.

Up to two USRP awards will be reserved for Indigenous students.

Students are required to initiate and confirm two faculty supervisors within TRANSFORM HF, one of which must be Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE)-affiliated, to apply for this program. To facilitate this process, it is suggested that students either:

  • Consult a list of faculty within the TRANSFORM HF network, and reach out to faculty members directly to inquire about potential projects.
  • Consult a list of established projects seeking an undergraduate summer student, and reach out to the associated supervisor for more information.

If students wish to work with a supervisor who is not already a TRANSFORM HF member, the supervisor must join the network in order for the student to apply for this opportunity.

Application Deadline:

March 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST

Submission:

Submit completed Application Form, citation list, and CV as a single PDF to info@transformhf.ca by 5:00 PM EST on March 8, 2024 to apply. Receipt of complete/on-time submissions will be acknowledged. Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted. 

More information and the Application Form can be found on the TRANSFORM HF website.

Contact Information

Augusta Lipscombe
Program Manager
a.lipscombe@utoronto.ca

About TRANSFORM HF

In response to the grand challenge of inequity in heart failure care, the TRANSFORM HF Institutional Strategic Initiative was formed in partnership between the University of Toronto and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research in May 2020. The initiative and its network are committed to empowering collaboration and patient-driven, technology-powered equitable care with the ultimate goal of changing the lived experience of HF care. 

To learn more about TRANSFORM HF, visit our website.