Future Skills Centre is currently accepting applications for its Open Call For Proposals: Strengthening Canada’s Skills with PIAAC Research 2025. Interested candidates are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Opportunity Details
The initiative seeks projects that use the OECD’s PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) data to better understand adult skills in Canada and how they affect employment, productivity, social participation, and overall well-being.
Grants between $50,000 and $90,000 per project.
Eligible expenses include researcher salaries, assistants, and direct research costs.
Open to post-secondary institutions, not-for-profit research centers, and for-profit organizations (at cost, no profit).
Government ministries/agencies are not eligible.
STEP 1: Download and read the following application materials
A) Call for proposal Guidelines
Includes eligibility criteria, funding details, selection criteria, application timelines and process, and more.
B) Skills for Productivity, Prosperity and Well-being in Canada
All interested applicants are strongly encouraged to review this report prior to developing their submission to this funding call.
STEP 2: Complete the Application Form
Submissions may be made in English or French.
Apply for Future Skills Centre Open Call For Proposals: Strengthening Canada’s Skills with PIAAC Research