The University of Guelph Honours and Awards Calendar highlights selected major research honours and awards for which the Research Services Office provides institutional nomination and/or nomination support. The calendar is not a comprehensive list of all honours and awards available to U of G researchers.

Honours and awards included in the calendar generally meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • a limited number of nominations are permitted from an institution; and/or
  • an institutional nomination is required; and/or
  • the candidate wishes to have the U of G Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) serve as their nominator.

Honours and awards in the calendar are organized according to three internal deadlines: April 1, June 1, and December 1. Candidates seeking VPRI nomination for a listed award are required to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by the applicable internal deadline.

How to seek nomination/support

  1. Inform your College Research Manager of your interest in the award.
  2. Prepare an Expression of Interest (EOI) according to the Expression of Interest guidelines.
  3. Submit your completed EOI and CV to kkariyap@uoguelph.ca, copying your College Research Manager, by the applicable internal deadline.

All EOIs are reviewed by the Major Research Honours and Awards Advisory Committee. The Committee advises the VPRI on the competitiveness and alignment of potential nominations with the award criteria and provides constructive feedback to strengthen applications.

Looking for more details and other opportunities?

For detailed information on awards listed in the calendar, as well as other research honours and awards opportunities, please consult Research Alerts – Honours and Awards.

Honours and Awards Calendar

Internal Deadline to Submit EOI: April 1

 

Award Anticipated External Deadline Research Area
AXA Chairs October
  • Multidisciplinary
BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards June
  • Multidisciplinary
Canada Gairdner Global Health Award October
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Information and
    Communications
    Technology
  • Physical Sciences and
    Engineering
  • Social Sciences
Canada Gairdner International Award October
  • Health and Life Sciences
Canada Gairdner Momentum Award July
  • Health and Life Sciences
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame June
  • Health and Life Sciences
Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence October
  • Physical Sciences and
    Engineering
L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards July
  • Health and Life Sciences
Molson Prize October
  • Humanities
    Social Sciences
Prix Galien Canada – Product Innovation Award July
  • Health and Life Sciences
    Physical Sciences and
    Engineering
Sloan Research Fellowship September
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Information and
    Communications
    Technology
  • Physical Sciences and
    Engineering
  • Social Sciences

Internal Deadline to Submit EOI: April 1

Internal Deadline to Submit EOI: June 1

 

Award Anticipated External Deadline Research Area
Bank of Canada Fellowship Award November
  • Humanities
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Social Sciences
Bank of Canada Governor's Award November
  • Humanities
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Social Sciences
Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship December
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
NSERC Arthur B McDonald Fellowship December
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize November
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
NSERC Donna Strickland Prize  November
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal November
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
NSERC John C. Polanyi Award November
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation December
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
Robbins-Olivier Excellence in Equity Award November
  • Multidisciplinary
Royal Society of Canada - Medals December
  • Multidisciplinary
Royal Society of Canada – Frontiers Planet Prize November
  • Multidisciplinary
Royal Society of Canada - Fellows December
  • Multidisciplinary
Royal Society of Canada – New Scholars December
  • Multidisciplinary

Internal Deadline to Submit EOI: June 1

Internal Deadline to Submit EOI: December 1

 

Award Anticipated External Deadline Research Area
Albert Einstein World Award of Science March
  • Health and Life Sciences
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences March
  • Health and Life Sciences
Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 May
  • Multidisciplinary
Global Energy Prize April
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
Japan Prize January
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
Lasker Medical Research Award February
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Social Sciences
Leonardo Da Vinci World Award of Arts March
  • Social Sciences 
March of Dimes Canada – Jonas Salk Award TBD
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
  • Social Sciences
Millenium Technology Prize February
  • Information and Communications Technology
  • Physical Sciences and Engineering
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship May
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences
Royal Society of Canada – Eric Jackman Prize May 
  • Health and Life Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences
SSHRC Impact Awards April
  • Social Sciences
Stein Rokkan Prize May
  • Social Sciences
Volvo Environment Prize January
  • Multidisciplinary
World Food Prize May
  • Multidisciplinary

Internal Deadline to Submit EOI: December 1