Canadian awards and prizes
Recognition programs that carry money, for organizations, founders and researchers. 42 programs in the catalogue, sorted by deadline. Updated weekly.
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2026 Baylis Ontario Life Sciences Innovator Award
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) & Baylis Medical Technologies
Sep 14, 2026Premier's Awards for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport
Province of British Columbia & Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (I·SPARC)
$500 to $500 Oct 1, 2026TIES Founder's Scholarship
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
$1,000 to $1,000 May 18, 2027TIES Founder's Scholarship 2026–2027
The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
$1,000 to $1,000 May 18, 2027AI for Good Film Festival 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
AI for Good Impact Awards 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Annual Volunteer Awards
Breakthrough T1D Canada
BC Indigenous Business Awards
BC Achievement
Bourse pour l'élaboration de politiques scientifiques canadiennes
Mitacs
RollingBrenda Strathern Writing Prize
Calgary Foundation
CanadianSME National Business Awards 2025
CanadianSME
CanadianSME National Business Awards 2025
CanadianSME Business Magazine
Canvas of the Future - AI-Powered Art Competition
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Cartier Women's Initiative Awards
Cartier Women's Initiative
Climate Startup Equity Prize
Climate Solutions Prize
CN EcoConnexions Partnership Program
CN (Canadian National Railway Company)
RollingCommunity Champion Award
Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities
EcoConnexions Partnership Program
CN
Globalink Research Award
Mitacs
RollingGoogle PhD Fellowship Program
Google Research
Guthrie Award
Law Foundation of Ontario
I·SPARC Athlete of the Year
I·SPARC
ITU Kaleidoscope 2026 – Academic Conference Awards
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference 2026
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Maytree Scholarship Program
Maytree Foundation
OCI Artificial Intelligence Awards powered by AWS
Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) / AWS Canada
PEI Arts Awards
Prince Edward Island Government
PEI Arts Awards – Artist of the Year Award
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
PEI Arts Awards – Gertie & Henry Purdy Emerging Visual Arts Bursary
Community Foundation of PEI / Innovation PEI
PEI Arts Awards – Leo Cheverie Cultural Connector of the Year Award
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
PEI Arts Awards – Organization of the Year Award
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
Premier of Prince Edward Island's Award for Stand-Out Project of the Year
Province of Prince Edward Island / Innovation PEI
Prizes and Fellowships
Canada Council for the Arts
RBC Women Entrepreneur Awards
RBC Royal Bank
$5,000 to $10,000RISE-Globalink Research Internship
Mitacs
RollingRoy & Ria McMurtry Endowment
Law Foundation of Ontario
Scholarship in Food Insecurity
Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security (Feed Opportunity)
$15,000 to $15,000Scholarship in Food Insecurity
Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security
RollingScotia Leadership Award
Women Empowerment Awards
$2,500 to $2,500Student Awards (Scholarships & Bursaries)
Edmonton Community Foundation
Trainee Awards (Career Development Awards and Postdoctoral Fellowships)
Breakthrough T1D International
Rolling
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