Discovery Development Grants

The Discovery Development Grants (DDG) is a complementary program element to the Discovery Grants (DG) program. Its goal is to promote and maintain a diversified base of high-quality research in small universities across Canada and provide a stimulating environment for research training in small universities across Canada. The DDG program provides resources to researchers from small universities whose DG applications were deemed to be of appropriate quality to merit research support, but were not funded in the DG competition. Each award has a two-year duration and provides recipients with resources to build their research program. These resources may be used to expand the recipient's research group (e.g., students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians), to purchase or access specialized equipment, or for other initiatives or resources that would accelerate the recipient's research program. It is expected that the DDG will facilitate recipients' access to additional funding from other sources.