Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
ONCAT drives innovation to help postsecondary learners get where they want to go, no matter where they begin.
To accelerate the expansion and enhancement of opportunities for learner mobility, ONCAT supports Ontario’s publicly assisted postsecondary sector through two broad categories of funding opportunities:
- Institutional grants for projects that bolster administrative capacity and/or foster productive collaboration
- Research grants for projects that generate new insights about issues related to learner mobility
Funding opportunities for institutional projects
ONCAT has always focused on supporting students who wish to transfer within the postsecondary system in Ontario.
ONCAT’s 2023–26 Strategic Plan broadens and extends this focus to supporting learner mobility through the education-to-career journey, empowering learners to build on their previous education and work experience to achieve their personal, educational and professional goals.
Here are ONCAT’s 2024–25 funding opportunities for institutional projects:
- ONCAT Capacity Grants support the development and implementation of learner-centric policies, practices and pathways at a single postsecondary institution.
- Applications have closed. (Applications were due by 4:00 p.m. on January 30, 2025.)
- ONCAT Collaboration Grants support the development and implementation of learner-centric policies, practices and pathways across multiple postsecondary institutions or the entire postsecondary sector.
- Applications are due by 4:00 p.m. on February 6, 2025.
- Indigenous Institutes Transfer Grants support the development and implementation of learner-centric policies, practices and pathways at a single Indigenous Institute.
- Institutions can submit an application any time between October 24, 2024, and February 6, 2025.
Funding opportunities for research projects
ONCAT conducts original research programs that investigate learner mobility, student transfer experiences, academic achievement, equity, labour market outcomes and related topics.
In addition, ONCAT collaborates with external partners to pursue research activities that contribute to a greater understanding of Ontario’s postsecondary education sector.
As a guiding principle, ONCAT prioritizes funding for research projects that can inform and inspire learner-centric improvements to policies, practices and pathways at publicly assisted colleges, universities and Indigenous Institutes in Ontario.
The 2024–25 funding opportunities for research projects have closed. Information about the 2025–26 funding opportunities for research projects will be announced in June 2025.
- ONCAT Research Grants support the generation of new insights about issues related to learner mobility.
- ONCAT Resource Grants support the identification and collection of new information related to learner mobility that can enrich ONCAT’s ongoing research activities.
Contact ONCAT
If you have questions or comments, contact Inna Yeranosyan, Grants and Projects Specialist.
ONCAT is funded by the Government of Ontario. All programs and details are subject to change without notice.