Through engagement in meaningful research collaborations with international partners, U of T faculty and students contribute to solving complex global problems. The Office of the Vice President, International helps support this work through various joint calls for research proposals with select international institutions. The collaborations supported through this seed funding leverage each institution’s unique research strengths, foster the mobility of researchers, and accelerate discovery.
Each call varies with respect to project length, allocated funding, and prioritized field depending on the nature of the partnership. The calls are advertised to U of T faculty and staff via U of T Research Alerts. Proposals are evaluated based on the expected academic gains of the project, the impact of the collaboration, trainee & early career researcher involvement, and the capacity for future collaboration.
Open Calls:
Previous Calls:
2024 CNRS-U of T Joint Call for PhD Mobility Funding Proposals
2023 CNRS-U of T Joint Call for PhD Mobility Funding Proposals
2023 U of T – CNRS Twin Research Scholars Call for Proposals
2021 CNRS – U of T Joint Call for PhD Mobility Funding Proposals
2020 CNRS – U of T Joint Call for PhD Mobility Funding Proposals
2019 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – U of T Joint Call for Proposals
2018 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – U of T Joint Call for Proposals
2017 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – U of T Joint Call for Proposals
2019 Hong Kong University – U of T Joint Call for Global Strategic Partnership Fund
2018 Hong Kong University – U of T Joint Call for Global Strategic Partnership Fund
2019 Shanghai Jiao Tong University–University of Toronto Call for Joint Research Proposals
2017 U of T – Tel Aviv University Call for Proposals for Joint Research Projects Big Data in Health and Biomedical Research
2020 U of T – Tsinghua University Call for Proposals
2019 Tsinghua University – U of T Call for Collaborative Research Proposals
2018 Sanofi-Pasteur – University of Toronto – Université Paris-Descartes International Collaborative Research Pilot and Feasibility Program
2023 UCL – U of T Joint Call for Collaborative Projects
2022 UCL – U of T Joint Call for Collaborative Projects
2022 UCL-U of T Strategic Partner Fund
2021 UCL-U of T Joint Call for Collaborative Projects: Responding to COVID-19 Challenges
2020 UCL – U of T Joint Call for Workshops for Collaborative Projects in AI
2019 University College London – U of T Call for Joint Research Proposals
2023 Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund
2022 Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund
2021 University of Manchester-University of Toronto Call for Joint Research Proposals
2020 University of Manchester – U of T Call for Joint Research Proposals
2018 University of Manchester – U of T Call for Joint Research Proposals
2023 U of T – Melbourne International Research Training Group Call for Proposals
2023 Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund
2022 Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) Research Fund
2021 U of T – Melbourne International Research Training Group Call for Proposals
2020 U of T – Melbourne International Research Training Group Call for Proposals
2020 University of Melbourne-U of T Call for Joint Research Proposals
2023 University of Sydney – U of T Ignition Grants: Guidelines, Questions, Ignition Site FAQs
2022 University of Sydney-U of T Partnership Collaboration Award
2019 University of Sydney – U of T Partnership Collaboration Awards
2024 U of T-ZJU Call for Proposals. Guidelines. Application Form.