Funding
CERIC accepts proposals to develop innovative resources in career counselling and development during two open calls each year. We invite both individuals and organizations (e.g., education, community-based, private, etc.) to submit project proposals for career development-related research or learning.
Winter/Spring 2026 Call for Project Proposals
Call for Project Proposals opens:
March 2, 2026
Call for Project Proposals deadline: March 27, 2026
Results expected to be announced:
June/July 2026
Learn about the results of the Winter/Spring 2025 and the Summer/Fall 2025 calls.
Priority given to proposals will vary with time, in accordance with gaps identified and the available resources. Each proposal will be dealt with individually with respect to rights and responsibilities. The CERIC Board makes decisions around proposal acceptance. Board decisions are final.
The following priority areas have been identified:
- Research that builds evidence for the social and economic value and public benefit of career development
- Intersection of diversity and inclusion at work for all groups with particular attention to:
- Indigenous peoples
- people of colour
- newcomers and refugees
- persons with visible or invisible disabilities
- LGBTQS2+
- gender
- older workers
- Intersection of diversity and inclusion at work through the lens of:
- socio-economic equality
- rural/remote versus urban realities
- Impact of disability and/or mental health issues on career development
- tools related to stigma and workplace cultures
- recovery practices that can be embedded in a career practitioner’s toolkit
- developing a psychologically healthy workplace
- awareness of, and sensitivity to, mental health issues
- enhancing labour force preparation, entry and re-entry
- Changing workforce and impact on practitioners
- labour market trends
- trends relative to social impact
- development of useful tools
- use within a career planning context
- support for trades as a career choice
- use of experiential learning as a bridge between education and workforce transitions
- Early intervention to assist children’s career decision making
- Research about support of parents in child’s career decision making
- Career infusion into curricula, including early on, i.e. K-12
- Demonstrating and championing accomplishments
- Research impact of policy and programs on career services
- Research about best practices and impact
- Assessment
- Evaluation as quality measure and support
- What they are and how they can be incorporated in practical ways into the work we do compared to conventional models
- Frameworks/models on blended/differentiated services for effective career development; analysis of the barriers for career professionals in excelling in utilizing these approaches and resultant tools/toolkit and processes for successful application
- Infrastructure capacity building and how we can create just models for career development that are better and more sustainable; how can career professionals create pathways of sustainability for themselves and for their clients?
- Action oriented, discovery-based career learning
- What are career mindsets we would like to instill and how might this be done?
- The evolving nature of career: How is the concept of career changing and responding to the current and future realities? What is career literacy?
- How do you do career development during times of unexpected events (and how do some of the changes in practice done now endure)?
- Evolving career mindsets and the impact on vocational and educational training (VET)
- Impact of microcredentials and badging on career and labour market opportunities
- Participatory (action) research on career development practices during times of disruption and seismic change
What do our Project Partners say about working with CERIC?
If you want to find out more about the type of successful projects and partnerships established by CERIC, learn more from the experiences of some of our project partners.
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Applicant Guide
Consult our guide for what to know before submitting an application and how to prepare your application.
Project Partner Marketing and Knowledge Dissemination Guidelines
Support for CERIC project partners to publicize outcomes and promote resources produced through the project.
Guidelines for For-profit Organizations
Expectations when working with a for-profit company (or individual) for the purposes of a CERIC Project Partnership.
You can learn more about our current and past projects by exploring CERIC’s projects page.
You can consult our list of frequently asked questions, where you can find ample information to answer all your questions related to types of projects, budget considerations, submission and review process and more!
You can reference the Research application and Learning application in PDF format to familiarize yourself with the information that will be requested and to prepare for a future submission. Please note that only applications submitted using a designated online form during an open call for proposals will be considered. Questions may also be revised prior to a new call opening.
CERIC Partnership Projects may also be eligible for matching MITACS funding. Please check with mitacs.ca.