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Manitoba Solutions Grant — Climate Adaptation & Community Protection
Research Manitoba
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$100K/yr for 2 years
The 2026 expression-of-interest stage closed September 8, 2026 (full proposal...
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Manitoba Solutions Grant — Climate Adaptation & Community Protection provides up to $100,000 per year for 2 years ($200,000 in total). Provides up to $100,000 per year for two years to interdisciplinary research teams LED by a researcher affiliated with an eligible Manitoba research institution, partnered with at least one knowledge user (industry, nonprofit, or community organization) as co-applicant, on projects in the 2026/27 Climate Adaptation & Community Protection priority area. The 2026 expression-of-interest stage closed September 8, 2026 (full proposals are by invitation). The next competition has not been announced.
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Program Description
Provides up to $100,000 per year for two years to interdisciplinary research teams LED by a researcher affiliated with an eligible Manitoba research institution, partnered with at least one knowledge user (industry, nonprofit, or community organization) as co-applicant, on projects in the 2026/27 Climate Adaptation & Community Protection priority area. Businesses participate as knowledge-user co-applicants, not as lead applicant.
Eligibility Requirements
- Lead applicant must be affiliated with an eligible Manitoba research institution
- Applicants affiliated with both an academic institution and a research institution must use the academic institution as the primary organization and the administrator of funds
- Project must include at least one knowledge-user co-applicant, and every listed knowledge-user co-applicant must complete a Knowledge User Organization Form
- A knowledge user who does not want to be a co-applicant may be listed as a collaborator with a letter of support, but only in addition to — never in place of — the knowledge-user co-applicant
- Research must be conducted primarily in Manitoba
- Teams must be interdisciplinary and demonstrate meaningful collaboration across sectors
- Matching funds and in-kind contributions are not required, but strengthen an application and must be identified at full-application submission
- Eligible knowledge users include private sector companies, public utilities, non-profits, Indigenous organizations, community organizations, municipalities and local governments, start-ups, and multinationals with R&D, manufacturing or other commercial activities in Manitoba
- Foreign companies may participate only in partnership with a Manitoba-based organization and with tangible economic benefits to Manitoba
- Where applicable, collaborating parties must have IP agreements in place before applying
- Applicants concurrently applying for or holding funding for the same project from a national or other external research funder must disclose that budget and justify that there is no overlap in the use of funds
- Projects must be in the 2026/27 priority area: Climate Adaptation & Community Protection
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- Amount
- $100,000 per year for 2 years ($200,000 in total)
- Type
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- Level
- Provincial
- Deadline
- The 2026 expression-of-interest stage closed September 8, 2026 (full proposals are by invitation). The next competition has not been announced.
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Insider TipThe 2026 EOI stage closed September 8, 2026 and full proposals are by invitation, so watch for the next competition announcement.
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Confirm the lead applicant and assemble the team The lead/principal applicant must be affiliated with an eligible Manitoba research institution — a business cannot lead. Recruit at least one knowledge user (industry, non-profit, community organization, municipality, utility or Indigenous organization) as co-applicant, and put any required IP agreements in place before applying.
Required Documents 12
✓ Expression of Interest application form (Stage 1), submitted with all materials to [email protected]
✓ Applicant information for the primary applicant and all co-applicants, including at least one knowledge user
Eligible Expenses 12
Ineligible Expenses 9
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Can my company apply for this grant directly?
No. The lead/principal applicant must be affiliated with an eligible Manitoba research institution. A business participates as a knowledge-user co-applicant, and every knowledge-user co-applicant must complete a Knowledge User Organization Form.
When is the deadline?
The Expression of Interest stage closed September 8, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. CST. Full proposals are by invitation only, opening September 2026 with a November 2026 deadline, and decisions are announced March 2027.
Do we have to put up matching funds?
No. Matching funds and in-kind contributions from collaborating knowledge users are not required, but confirmed contributions are a scored assessment criterion and strengthen the application. Any match must be disclosed in the budget justification and the Knowledge User Organization Form.
How much is actually available, and for how long?
A maximum of $100,000 per year for two years — $200,000 in total. Proposals do not have to request the maximum, and every proposal needs a thorough budget justification. Research Manitoba funds a minimum of seven awards per competition.
Is the second year of funding guaranteed?
No. Year 2 funding depends on satisfactory progress and financial accountability in Year 1, demonstrated through the Interim Report and Financial Review, and continuation is subject to Research Manitoba approval. A one-year no-cost extension on the use of funds is available on request.
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