Current Competitions

Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) (ONGOING)

Category: Research / Commercialization
Application Deadline: See program page
Total Project Value: Up to $6M*

Genomic Monitoring of Pathogens in Water (GeMPaW)

– Community Coordination and Collaboration Hub (C3 Hub) Funding Opportunity (OPEN)

Category: Water, One Health
Application Deadline: May 30, 2023 (registration)
Total Project Value: Up to $3M

BioCreate Program

– Cohort 1 (Closed for applications)

Category: Commercialize genomics and engineering biology
Application Deadline: December 15, 2022
Total Project Value: $250,000 CAD or more

– Cohort 2 (OPEN)

Category: Commercialize genomics and engineering biology
Application Deadline: Rolling intake – Deadline to submit intake form to be considered for Cohort 2 is June 30, 2023
Total Project Value: $250,000 CAD or more

Climate Action Genomics Initiative

– Data Coordination and Collaboration Hub (Data Hub) (Closed for applications)

Category: Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food
Application Deadline: March 29, 2023
Total Project Value: $4M

– Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Coordination Hub (KMIC Hub) (Closed for applications)

Category: Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food
Application Deadline: March 29, 2023
Total Project Value: $2.1M

– Interdisciplinary Challenge Teams (ICT) (Closed for applications)

Category: Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food
Application Deadline: March 29, 2023
Total Project Value: $24M


Ontario Genomics seeks to connect members of the scientific community with funding and award opportunities for research, commercialization, training and education.

Ontario Genomics-CANSSI Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genome Data Science (CLOSED)

Category: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Application Deadline: November 1, 2022
Total Project Value: $50,000 CAD

AcCELLerate-ON (CLOSED)

Category: Research / Commercialization
Application Deadline: February 28, 2022
Total Project Value: From $150K to $200K

Landing Pad Investment Program (LPIP) (CLOSED)

Category: Research / Commercialization
Application Deadline: December 1, 2021
Total Project Value: $100,000 CAD

Industry Challenge 2020 Program (CLOSED)

Category: Industry Challenge
Deadline: March 9, 2020 – Applications due to OG
Total Project Value: Up to twelve (12) individual awards of $25,000 each

2020 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics Solutions for Natural Resources and the Environment (CLOSED)

Category: Research
Deadline: March 11, 2020 – Applications due to OG
Total Project Value: Approximately $25 million through Genome Canada and $1.5 million from NRCan

Genomics in Society Interdisciplinary Research Teams Program (GiSIRT) (CLOSED)

Category: GE3LS Research
Registrations Deadline: CLOSED
Total project Value: $500,000 – $1 million

Ontario Regional Priorities Partnership Program (ON-RP3) (CLOSED)

Category: Research / Implementation
Registrations Deadline: CLOSED
Maximum project size: $375,000 – $500,000 total project budget.

Genome Canada’s Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition (B/CB)( CLOSED)

Category: Research
Registrations Deadline: CLOSED
Total Project Value: $500k-$1M per project (total)

Disruptive Innovations in Genomics (DIG) Phase 2 Funding Competition (CLOSED)

Category: Research
Registrations Deadline: CLOSED
Total Project Value: Approx. $5.5M

Genomics Technology Platforms Competition: Operations Support and Technology Development Funds (CLOSED)

Category: Research / Commercialization
Application Deadline: CLOSED
Total Project Value: Up to $15M*

Ontario Genomics’ Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) (CLOSED)

Category: Commercialization
Application Deadline: CLOSED
Total Project Value: Up to $100k/project *Projects above this maximum will be considered – Please see specific competition information.