Funder: University of Calgary
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (February intake) | June 2027 (June intake) | October 2027 (October intake)
Funding Amounts: Initiating: up to $10,000 for 6 months | Consolidating: up to $20,000 for 12 months
Summary: Supports UCalgary teams building or deepening transdisciplinary collaborations to address complex societal questions, challenges, and opportunities.
Key Information: Project holders must have an eligible UCalgary academic appointment and wait 24 months after their last successful application.
Description
The University of Calgary’s Transdisciplinary Connector Grants support targeted activities that connect scholars, trainees, and external partners around complex, socially relevant issues. Administered through the Office of the Vice-President (Research), the program emphasizes lasting connections, benefits to scholarship, and clear pathways toward longer-term transdisciplinary collaboration. Activities should have focused aims and clear timelines. Work may build on existing programs but must extend beyond their current scope.
The Initiating stream develops new connections through activities such as symposia, meetings, travel to external collaborators, and student support. The Consolidating stream deepens existing relationships through defined research and scholarship activities, meeting expenses, and staff or student support. Transdisciplinary scholarship brings together multiple disciplines and knowledge beyond the university, ideally involving societal actors implicated in the issue.
