Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Rewards the most advanced scientific breakthroughs in the field of energy made by the best researchers around the world.

Recognizes teams of researchers from different disciplines who have combined their expertise to produce achievements of outstanding international significance in the natural sciences and engineering.

Recognizes individuals who has demonstrated sustained excellence and influence in research for a body of work conducted in Canada that has substantially advanced the fields of natural sciences or engineering.

Recognizes a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering.

Honours an individual or team whose research in Canada has led to exceptional benefits for Canadians.

Promotes collaboration and partnerships between Bank researchers and leading academics at Canadian post-secondary institutions. The award (for a term of up to five years) consists of a research grant of $50,000 per year, a research expense allowance of $40,000 per year, and $5,000 for university administration of award funds.

Honours individuals who have recently achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or applications.

Provides financial support to academics who are recognized for their expertise and research in areas important to the Bank's core functions: monetary policy, financial systems, currency, and funds management. The award (for a term of up to two years) consists of a research grant of $30,000 per year.

Recognizes remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life.

Recognizes scientists for pioneering advances in our understanding of existence at its biggest, smallest, and most complex scales. 

Recognizes the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership.

Recognizes early-stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and supports them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others.

Recognizes partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and development between universities and Canadian industries.

Recognizes an outstanding contribution to the practice of medicinal chemistry or to an outstanding example of new drug discovery.

Recognizes major contributions of lasting importance to computing.

Recognizes a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship and to the development of Canadian Studies internationally.

Honours individuals in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience, whose groundbreaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture.

Recognizes individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped both public affairs and civil society.

Recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.

Recognizes and promotes excellence in science, technology, and industry.

A self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth.

The CFI Innovation Fund supports transformative infrastructure projects that underpin cutting-edge, globally competitive research. The Vice-President, Research & International invites interested teams from all disciplines and Faculties to submit an internal Expression of Interest (iEOI) as part of our supportive internal selection process to decide which proposals will advance to submission to CFI within SFU's funding envelope.

Creates incentive competitions to entice the crowd to provide solutions to the world's problems.

Celebrates the contributions of individuals who have had a remarkable impact on cancer research and the cancer research community.

Awards outstanding scientific contributions of individuals from all scholarly disciplines aiming at improving the development and living conditions of children and youth.

Rewards outstanding research in any branch of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or an allied science.

Recognizes an important publication in the history of medicine.

Rewards a distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities.

Recognizes important contributions in multiple domains.

Recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.

Recognizes scientific achievement that has resulted in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relation to the universe.

Establishes Canada’s biotech industry as a leader in developing the solutions that will help address the global social and economic challenges emerging from population growth and a changing climate.

Recognizes excellence in mathematical research and education, as well as outstanding contributions to the Canadian mathematical community.

Honours those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind.

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) appoints a number of Distinguished Fellows to the roster of experts who are associated with the Foundation’s work. APF Canada is currently accepting nominations for individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada-Asia relations in one of the following areas: scholarship, public policy, business, diplomacy, arts and culture, and civil society.

Science magazine recognizes the achievements of researchers at all stages of their careers through a variety of prizes and awards.

The Nature Journals offers a suite of awards, including for early-in-career researchers, that are open to Canadians