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Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions

Federal grant program data for Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions. Explore top recipients, geographic distribution, and funding amounts.

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Grants to Support Research and Activities Relating to The Polar Regions

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Total Grants

99

Total Amount

$1.7M

Provinces Served

10

Top Recipients by Funding Amount

#RecipientGrantsTotal Amount
1Wilfrid Laurier University3$90.0K
2Nunatsiavut Government2$55.0K
3Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board2$55.0K
4Gifty Attiah (Wilfrid Laurier University)1$50.0K
5Government of Northwest Territories2$50.0K
6NWT Geological Survey, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, GNWT & Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College1$50.0K
7Olivia Hee (University of Calgary)1$50.0K
8Aqqiumavvik Society2$45.0K
9Kitikmeot Heritage Society2$45.0K
10Inuvialuit Land Administration, Northwest Territories Geological Survey1$40.0K
11Kivalliq Inuit Association1$40.0K
12Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Climate Change - Climate Change, Cumulative Impacts and Knowledge Division1$40.0K
13McGill University1$40.0K
14Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut1$35.0K
15Pelly Banks Aboriginal Society1$35.0K
16Polar Bears International1$35.0K
17Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit - Guardians of the Sea1$35.0K
18SmartICE Monitoring & Information Inc1$35.0K
19University of Waterloo1$35.0K
20Université de Montréal2$35.0K

Geographic Distribution by Province

Province / TerritoryGrantsTotal AmountShare
NT28$539.6K31%
ON18$325.0K19%
QC15$219.9K13%
NU8$175.0K10%
YT11$161.7K9%
AB5$100.0K6%
NL3$90.0K5%
BC8$71.6K4%
MB2$40.0K2%
NS1$10.0K1%

Recent Grants

NWT Geological Survey, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, GNWT & Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College
$50.0K--
Ce projet vise à développer et à mettre en œuvre une série de recherches interactives sur la cartographie du thermokarst...
Olivia Hee (University of Calgary)
$50.0K--
This project will strengthen community-based wildlife health surveillance for caribou and muskoxen in the Northwest Terr...
Gifty Attiah (Wilfrid Laurier University)
$50.0K--
This project will develop a community-informed monitoring framework for small northern lakes near Yellowknife by combini...
Kitikmeot Heritage Society
$40.0K--
This project will make the findings from the Kuugalaaq Cultural Campus research in Cambridge Bay more accessible to the ...
Kivalliq Inuit Association
$40.0K--
This project will update and expand Traditional Ecological Knowledge on Inuit Owned Lands near Rankin Inlet by documenti...
Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Environment and Climate Change - Climate Change, Cumulative Impacts and Knowledge Division
$40.0K--
In response to the need for understanding and aligning research and monitoring of landscape carbon in the North, the Dep...
McGill University
$40.0K--
This project will combine Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit with groundwater and permafrost science to better understand how clima...
Inuvialuit Land Administration, Northwest Territories Geological Survey
$40.0K--
In collaboration with the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, and the Aurora Research Institute, the Inuvialuit Lan...
Aqqiumavvik Society
$40.0K--
maps and educational materials, to support bear safety, improve human-bear coexistence, and help the community adapt to ...
University of Waterloo
$35.0K--
The Waterloo University researchers aim to continue their collaboration with the Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organiza...
Wilfrid Laurier University
$35.0K--
The Wilfrid Laurier University research team along with staff and students from the Environment and Natural Resources Te...
Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut
$35.0K--
The Department of Environment and the Government of Nunavut will conduct a telemetry study on wolves with tracking colla...
Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit - Guardians of the Sea
$35.0K--
The Sivuniksattinnik ilinniaqtitsiniq (Teaching the Next Generation) Sapujiyiit Junior Guardians Program is an Inuit-led...
Polar Bears International
$35.0K--
The Elder-Youth IQ Camp in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, brings together Inuit Elders and at-risk youth for a land-based, inte...
Pelly Banks Aboriginal Society
$35.0K--
This project aims to build capacity among Kaska Dena community members through training and mentorship, while documentin...
Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board
$35.0K--
The Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board is hosting the Western Arctic Char Summit in February 2026 in Inuvik, Northwest T...
SmartICE Monitoring & Information Inc
$35.0K--
This project supports the co-creation and finalization of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ)-based ice travel safety tools—suc...
Université de Montréal
$30.0K--
Université de Montréal experts on nature-based climate solutions will conduct a training and community engagement worksh...
Makivvik Corporation
$30.0K--
This project seeks to develop a sustainable, community-led scallop and sea cucumber fishery in Ungava Bay in partnership...
Sophie Roher
$30.0K--
This project partners with four northern communities (Old Crow (Yukon), Kugaaruk and Taloyoak (Nunavut), and Sachs Harbo...
North Slave Research Centre, Aurora Research Institute
$30.0K--
This project addresses a fundamental knowledge gap about the effects of permafrost thaw on northern aquatic systems by a...
Sambaa K'e First Nation
$30.0K--
This project will study the impacts of a newly constructed firebreak on permafrost, soil, and vegetation in Sambaa K’e’s...
Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS) and Aurora Research Institute, Aurora College (ARI)
$30.0K--
The Thermokarst Mapping Collective project is led by Northwest Territories Geological Survey in partnership with Aurora ...
Wilfrid Laurier University
$30.0K--
The Wilfrid Laurier University research team in partnership with the Délı̨nę Got'įnę Government will co-create the knowl...
Nunatsiavut Government
$30.0K--
This project will support the Nunatsiavut Government’s seasonal Science Camps by providing Inuit youth with hands-on opp...