Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Recognizes substantial recent contributions in the biomedical sciences.

Identifies and supports eminent women in science throughout the world.

Recognizes outstanding contributions to medicine and the health sciences that have led to extraordinary improvements in human health.

Recognizes outstanding scholarly work in the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology.

Recognizes remarkable individuals whose research or contributions to public policies supportive of research and development in Canada have achieved international recognition.

Recognizes and encourages world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of lasting impact for their originality, theoretical significance and ability to push back the frontiers of the known world.

Recognizes Canada’s leaders in sustainability for their contributions over the prior two years.

Honours a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. 

Awards honouring contributions to the science of toxicology in Canada.

Recognizes an individual, team or organization that has advanced the mobilization of research in aging at a local or regional level.

Recognizes mid-career investigators who have produced exceptional scientific research contributions with continued potential for impact on human health

Recognizes excellence in Canadian innovation and entrepreneurship, while educating present and future generations of disruptors.

Recognizes distinguished Chinese Canadians who have made outstanding professional achievements.

The Excellence Awards recognize and encourage exemplary achievement in the field of digital preservation stewardship.

Matches early-career investigators with Gairdner laureates to network, and present their work at the Gairdner Science Week

Recognizes outstanding and Internationally recognized scientific achievements.

Empowers young researchers to lead International, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational dialogue with the goal to make global decision making evidence-based and inclusive.

Recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in all branches of microscopy.

The Millennium Technology Prize celebrates the world’s greatest technological innovations that are crucial in solving global challenges.

Rewards exceptional scientists whose work actively contributes to accelerating solutions to keep humanity remain within the 9 planetary boundaries

In addition to recognizing faculty members for their contributions, the award funds bold and potentially game-changing projects that will challenge the status quo, spark change and take action to address persistent systemic barriers in the research ecosystem and academia.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

Recognizes an important publication in the history of medicine.

Recognizes important contributions in multiple domains.

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