DSI funding seeds multidisciplinary research and training focused on the development of novel methodologies or the innovative application of existing methodologies to drive positive social change. DSI supports enable research teams to advance cutting-edge data science projects to a point where they can apply for and secure external funding.
Catalyst Grant: Supporting multidisciplinary Collaborative Research Teams to develop novel methodologies or make innovative use of existing methodologies to drive positive social change.
Tier 1: Up to $100,000 | Tier 2: Up to $50,000 | 1-2 years
Emergent Data Sciences Program: Supporting targeted engagement and community programming within emergent data sciences areas.
Up to $100,000 | 1-2 years
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Supporting multi/interdisciplinary training and collaborative postgraduate research in data sciences.
$63,000 + up to $7,000 benefits | 1 year
Doctoral Student Fellowship: Supporting multi/interdisciplinary training and collaborative graduate research in data sciences.
$25,000/year | Up to 3 years
Summer Undergraduate Data Science (SUDS) Research Opportunity: Supporting undergraduate students in research led by DSI faculty and scientists.
$7,200 towards stipend | 15 weeks May-August
Banting-DSI Discovery Award in Data Science: Supporting early career research into novel data sciences methodologies in health and biomedical sciences.
$30,000 | 1 year
Research Software Development Support Program: Helping researchers refine existing software tools, to build new tools, to disseminate research software beyond the research space in which it is created, and to enhance existing functionality.
Development support up to 6 months
Data Access Grant: Defraying costs associated with accessing and working with large data sources that are necessary to carry out data-intensive research projects.
Up to $10,000 | 1 year
Critical Investigation of Data Science Grant: Supporting analysis of specific data science projects and approaches to the articulation of potential harms in data science writ large.
$10,000 | 1 year
Computational and Quantitative Social Sciences Grant: Seed funding to support cutting-edge high-impact social sciences research.
$10,000 | Duration: 1 year
Seed Funding for Methodologists Grant: Encouraging new collaborations of data science methodologists and theorists with applied researchers by presenting and bringing to the fore innovative methodological and theoretical work.
$10,000 | 1 year
