Trent University: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Peterborough, ON · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Parry Sound—Muskoka

Trent University: federal grants and contributions: 117 agreements; $28.3M value; 19 departments; 34 programs.

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117agreements
$28.3Mvalue
19departments
34programs

Largest agreements

815002$4.8Mvalue2019start2025end

Develop Trent Enterprise Centre as the only clean technology accelerator in Canada with laboratories & pilot facilities that support cleantech start ups, business growth & commercialization.

Research Support Funds$1.7Mvalue2025start2026end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Research support fund$1.7Mvalue2020start2020end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Research Support Funds$1.7Mvalue2021start2022end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Research Support Funds$1.6Mvalue2022start2023end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Research Support Funds$1.5Mvalue2024start2025end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

Trent University’s Youth-Led Community Impact Projects$1.5Mvalue2025start2027end

The objectives for CSC are to create, promote and facilitate access to service opportunities that are meaningful to young Canadian, and support lasting civic engagement, as well as to provide youth with life and work skills.

Research Support Funds$1.5Mvalue2023start2024end

The Research Support Fund (RSF) helps universities, colleges and their affiliated research hospitals and institutes sustain and maintain a research environment which will enable them to make optimal use of the federal investment in academic research provided through the three federal granting agencies.

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1003663$871Kvalue2019start2025end

To develop Trent Enterprise Centre as a clean technology accelerator that supports cleantech start ups, business growth & commercialization.

North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN)$750Kvalue2022start2024end

The North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network will gather diverse stakeholders to conduct cutting-edge research on Arctic and continental defence issues. NAADSN’s research will test core assumptions, prompt policy innovation, and provide the Defence Team with relevant and timely expert advice on the opportunities and threats facing Canada.

North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN)$750Kvalue2025start2028end

NAADSN will analyze how climate change is reshaping national and North American security, particularly in the Arctic and Northern regions, and intends to address the evolving nature of the Canada-United States relationship.

Agreement$650Kvalue2012start–end
Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre$560Kvalue2021start2022end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

505235001$500Kvalue2009start2010end

Establish a Bio Materials Research Centre at Trent University.

505235$500Kvalue2009start2010end

Establish a Bio Materials Research Centre at Trent University.

Canada Research Chairs$500Kvalue2020start2025end

The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) aims to enable Canadian universities to foster research excellence and to enhance their role in the global, knowledge-based economy as world-class centres of research excellence; to provide targeted resources to help attract and retain a cadre of world class researchers to reinforce academic research excellence in Canadian universities; and to support internationally competitive research and research capacity that generates social, economic and cultural benefits for Canada.

Canada Research Chairs$500Kvalue2020start2025end

The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) aims to enable Canadian universities to foster research excellence and to enhance their role in the global, knowledge-based economy as world-class centres of research excellence; to provide targeted resources to help attract and retain a cadre of world class researchers to reinforce academic research excellence in Canadian universities; and to support internationally competitive research and research capacity that generates social, economic and cultural benefits for Canada.

The Way We Speak Together: Enwaaying Training Initiatives$491Kvalue2021start2024end

This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Trent University will achieve this by developing, implementing, and evaluating an Indigenous women-led interactive and experiential training model for leadership and front-line staff that will create awareness of the many ways in which unconscious bias, and the attendant policies and practices, make Indigenous women more vulnerable to gender-based violence. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advan

2223-HQ-000391$404Kvalue2023start2025end

P004631

Agreement$395Kvalue2018start–end
Agreement$381Kvalue2024start–end

Targeting non-point sources of nutrient delivery in the Lower Rainy River basin

Agreement$259Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$215Kvalue2022start–end

Clarifying the origin of population declines for rufa Red Knots

SSHRC Institutional Grants$195Kvalue2018start2021end

SSHRC Institutional Grants are intended to help Canadian postsecondary institutions strengthen research excellence in the social sciences and humanities.To help eligible Canadian postsecondary institutions fund, through their own merit review processes, small-scale research and research-related activities in the social science and humanities.

C-2023 R774.1 – NEA Mentorship Workshop$182Kvalue2023start2023end

Contribution agreement with Trent University to support the NEA Mentorship Workshop in May 2023.

2021-HQ-000201$175Kvalue2020start2022end

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Wage support for research-related personnel$166Kvalue2020start2021end

Wage support for eligible research-related personnel within eligible institutions

IAM-Program North American Mobility in Higher Educ$160Kvalue2007start–end

This project offers an opportunity for Canadian students to more fully appreciate the experiences of their Indigenous neighbours. Faculty will develop curriculum designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the Indigenous Peoples of the three participating countries within NAFTA.

Agreement$142Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$135Kvalue2019start–end

An examination of changes in lake acidity in the oil sands area

Building Cultural Competency to Improve Care Experiences for Veterans with PTSD and Dementia$127Kvalue2026start2028end

Cultural competence is critical for healthcare providers to improve care experiences for an increasingly diverse population of Veterans with PTSD and dementia. This project aims to: 1) Expand on a preliminary cultural competence framework, 2) To develop a trauma-informed educational program for healthcare providers in long-term care homes.

Enabling Accessibility to Indigenous Spaces on Campus$125Kvalue2025start2027end

The objective of the EAF is to support community based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their community.

Agreement$109Kvalue2011start–end
ACAP ArcRisk$108Kvalue2024start2025end

The proposed project is a continuation of ArcRisk work, including the expansion of the model to integrate stressors derived from various climate change scenarios and to compare potential riskreduction management strategies in 2023-24 and 2024-25. The project will also undertake stakeholder consultations to validate the model structures and to communicate the model functions, results, and feasibility of management scenarios.

Agreement$105Kvalue2011start–end
Agreement$100Kvalue2018start–end

Reducing Releases of Harmful Chemicals into the Great Lakes by Ozonation of Municipal Wastewater

Agreement$95.0Kvalue2022start–end

Implementing genomics-based monitoring to assess the impact of proposed mining activities in the Far North region of Ontario

Agreement$90.0Kvalue2024start–end

Empirical critical loads of nitrogen for Canada

Agreement$83.3Kvalue2014start–end
Agreement$80.0Kvalue2024start–end

Development and optimization of methods to assess oxidative potential of air mixtures from source sectors in Canada

Departments

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada17agreements$11.4Mvalue4programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Insight research
  • Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF)
  • Research Partnerships

All grants from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario2agreements$5.7Mvalue2programs
  • CED & Diversification
  • Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD)

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Environment and Climate Change Canada18agreements$2.8Mvalue0programs
Employment and Social Development Canada21agreements$2.0Mvalue4programs
  • CSC - Micro-Grants
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants
  • IAM-Program North American Mobility in Higher Educ

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

National Defence9agreements$1.8Mvalue2programs
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
  • Defence Engagement Program

All grants from National Defence

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2agreements$1.0Mvalue2programs
  • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario
  • Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Canadian Heritage5agreements$676Kvalue3programs
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Canada Arts Presentation Fund
  • Canada Arts Presentation Fund - Development Support

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Fisheries and Oceans Canada6agreements$500Kvalue0programs
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Women and Gender Equality Canada1agreements$491Kvalue1programs
Public Health Agency of Canada1agreements$404Kvalue1programs
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

All grants from Public Health Agency of Canada

Global Affairs Canada10agreements$362Kvalue4programs
  • Canadian International Arctic Fund
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Grants in Aid of Academic Relations

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Parks Canada10agreements$341Kvalue2programs
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • General Class Contribution Program

All grants from Parks Canada

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada4agreements$285Kvalue2programs
  • Governance and Institutions of Government
  • Northern Affairs

All grants from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission1agreements$182Kvalue1programs
  • Regulatory Research and Evaluation Program

All grants from Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Veterans Affairs Canada1agreements$127Kvalue1programs
  • Veteran and Family Well-being Fund

All grants from Veterans Affairs Canada

Polar Knowledge Canada5agreements$106Kvalue1programs
  • Northern Scientific Training Program

All grants from Polar Knowledge Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada2agreements$64.0Kvalue2programs
  • AgriRisk - Microgrants
  • Youth Employment and Skills Program

All grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities1agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
Natural Resources Canada1agreements$25.0Kvalue1programs

Years

20265agreements$246Kvalue4programs
  • Veteran and Family Well-being Fund
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
  • Northern Scientific Training Program
  • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
202512agreements$4.3Mvalue7programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • CSC - Micro-Grants
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
  • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
202415agreements$2.4Mvalue8programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Canadian International Arctic Fund
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
  • Research Partnerships
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
202313agreements$2.4Mvalue10programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Regulatory Research and Evaluation Program
  • Active Transportation Fund
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
  • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
202210agreements$2.9Mvalue7programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
  • General Class Grants and Contributions Program
  • Insight research
  • Northern Scientific Training Program
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
202112agreements$3.0Mvalue9programs
  • Insight research
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Women's Program
  • General Class Contribution Program
  • AgriRisk - Microgrants
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS)
202012agreements$3.3Mvalue8programs
  • Research Support Fund
  • Insight research
  • Governance and Institutions of Government
  • Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF)
  • General Class Contribution Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
201912agreements$6.0Mvalue7programs
  • CED & Diversification
  • Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD)
  • Northern Affairs
  • Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • Canada Arts Presentation Fund
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
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20188agreements$816Kvalue4programs
  • Insight research
  • Governance and Institutions of Government
  • Defence Engagement Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20171agreements$74.5Kvalue0programs
    20162agreements$97.5Kvalue0programs
      20154agreements$402Kvalue1programs
      • Enabling Accessibility Fund - Grants
      20141agreements$83.3Kvalue0programs
        20131agreements$142Kvalue0programs
          20123agreements$730Kvalue0programs
            20113agreements$252Kvalue0programs
              20092agreements$1.0Mvalue2programs
              • Federal Economic Development Department for Ontario
              • Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
              20071agreements$160Kvalue1programs
              • IAM-Program North American Mobility in Higher Educ

              Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.