diff --git a/src/api/events/v0/events.ts b/src/api/events/v0/events.ts
index 8761246f..96c83418 100644
--- a/src/api/events/v0/events.ts
+++ b/src/api/events/v0/events.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const DEFAULT_PUBLISH_OPTS: PublishOptions = {
   delay: 0,
 };
 
-export class Topic {
+export class Topic<T extends NitricEvent = NitricEvent> {
   eventing: Eventing;
   name: string;
 
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ export class Topic {
    * ```
    */
   async publish(
-    event: NitricEvent,
+    event: T,
     opts: PublishOptions = DEFAULT_PUBLISH_OPTS
-  ): Promise<NitricEvent> {
+  ): Promise<T> {
     const { id, payloadType = 'none', payload } = event;
     const publishOpts = {
       ...DEFAULT_PUBLISH_OPTS,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class Topic {
     request.setEvent(evt);
     request.setDelay(publishOpts.delay);
 
-    return new Promise<NitricEvent>((resolve, reject) => {
+    return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
       this.eventing.EventServiceClient.publish(request, (error, response) => {
         if (error) {
           reject(fromGrpcError(error));
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class Eventing {
    * const topic = eventing.topic('notifications');
    * ```
    */
-  public topic(name: string): Topic {
+  public topic<T extends NitricEvent = NitricEvent>(name: string): Topic<T> {
     if (!name) {
       throw new InvalidArgumentError('A topic name is needed to use a Topic.');
     }
diff --git a/src/faas/v0/context.ts b/src/faas/v0/context.ts
index c7ef68f2..aa716e28 100644
--- a/src/faas/v0/context.ts
+++ b/src/faas/v0/context.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export abstract class TriggerContext<
    *
    * @returns undefined
    */
-  public get event(): EventContext | undefined {
+  public get event(): EventContext<unknown> | undefined {
     return undefined;
   }
 
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ export abstract class TriggerContext<
   }
 }
 
-export abstract class AbstractRequest {
+export type JSONTypes = Record<string, any> | Array<any> | string;
+
+export abstract class AbstractRequest<
+  JSONT extends JSONTypes = Record<string, any>
+> {
   readonly data: string | Uint8Array;
   readonly traceContext: api.Context;
 
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractRequest {
     return stringPayload;
   }
 
-  json(): Record<string, any> {
+  json(): JSONT {
     // attempt to deserialize as a JSON object
     return this.text() ? JSON.parse(this.text()) : {};
   }
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ export class HttpResponse {
   }
 }
 
-export class EventRequest extends AbstractRequest {
+export class EventRequest<T> extends AbstractRequest<T> {
   public readonly topic: string;
 
   constructor(
@@ -355,12 +359,17 @@ export class HttpContext extends TriggerContext<HttpRequest, HttpResponse> {
   }
 }
 
-export class EventContext extends TriggerContext<EventRequest, EventResponse> {
-  public get event(): EventContext {
+export class EventContext<T> extends TriggerContext<
+  EventRequest<T>,
+  EventResponse
+> {
+  public get event(): EventContext<T> {
     return this;
   }
 
-  static fromGrpcTriggerRequest(trigger: TriggerRequest): EventContext {
+  static fromGrpcTriggerRequest(
+    trigger: TriggerRequest
+  ): EventContext<unknown> {
     const topic = trigger.getTopic();
     const ctx = new EventContext();
 
diff --git a/src/faas/v0/handler.ts b/src/faas/v0/handler.ts
index 5e18330c..352953d7 100644
--- a/src/faas/v0/handler.ts
+++ b/src/faas/v0/handler.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
+import { NitricEvent } from '../../types';
 import { TriggerContext, HttpContext, EventContext } from '.';
 
 export type GenericHandler<Ctx> = (ctx: Ctx) => Promise<Ctx> | Ctx;
 
 export type TriggerHandler = GenericHandler<TriggerContext>;
 export type HttpHandler = GenericHandler<HttpContext>;
-export type EventHandler = GenericHandler<EventContext>;
+export type EventHandler<T extends NitricEvent = NitricEvent> = GenericHandler<
+  EventContext<T>
+>;
 
 export type GenericMiddleware<Ctx> = (
   ctx: Ctx,
@@ -26,7 +29,9 @@ export type GenericMiddleware<Ctx> = (
 
 export type TriggerMiddleware = GenericMiddleware<TriggerContext>;
 export type HttpMiddleware = GenericMiddleware<HttpContext>;
-export type EventMiddleware = GenericMiddleware<EventContext>;
+export type EventMiddleware<T extends NitricEvent = NitricEvent> =
+  GenericMiddleware<EventContext<T>>;
+export type ScheduleMiddleware = GenericMiddleware<EventContext<undefined>>;
 
 /**
  * createHandler
diff --git a/src/faas/v0/start.ts b/src/faas/v0/start.ts
index 310e3d9a..937aca9a 100644
--- a/src/faas/v0/start.ts
+++ b/src/faas/v0/start.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   EventMiddleware,
   GenericMiddleware,
   HttpMiddleware,
+  ScheduleMiddleware,
   TriggerContext,
   TriggerMiddleware,
 } from '.';
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ type FaasClientOptions =
  */
 export class Faas {
   private httpHandler?: HttpMiddleware;
-  private eventHandler?: EventMiddleware;
+  private eventHandler?: EventMiddleware | ScheduleMiddleware;
   private anyHandler?: TriggerMiddleware;
   private readonly options: FaasClientOptions;
 
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ export class Faas {
    * @param handlers the functions to call to respond to events
    * @returns self
    */
-  event(...handlers: EventMiddleware[]): Faas {
-    this.eventHandler = createHandler(...handlers);
+  event(...handlers: EventMiddleware[] | ScheduleMiddleware[]): Faas {
+    this.eventHandler = createHandler<any>(...handlers);
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/faas/v0/traceProvider.ts b/src/faas/v0/traceProvider.ts
index e44db5fe..9e7f1db6 100644
--- a/src/faas/v0/traceProvider.ts
+++ b/src/faas/v0/traceProvider.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { TraceIdRatioBasedSampler } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node';
 /**
  * Creates a new node tracer provider
  * If it is a local run, it will output to the console. If it is run on the cloud it will output to localhost:4317
+ *
  * @returns a tracer provider
  */
 const newTracerProvider = (): NodeTracerProvider => {
diff --git a/src/resources/schedule.ts b/src/resources/schedule.ts
index 4a257371..95c104e4 100644
--- a/src/resources/schedule.ts
+++ b/src/resources/schedule.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
-import { EventMiddleware, Faas } from '../faas';
+import { EventMiddleware, Faas, ScheduleMiddleware } from '../faas';
 
 type Frequency = 'days' | 'hours' | 'minutes';
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Rate {
   public readonly schedule: Schedule;
   private readonly faas: Faas;
 
-  constructor(schedule: Schedule, rate: string, ...mw: EventMiddleware[]) {
+  constructor(schedule: Schedule, rate: string, ...mw: ScheduleMiddleware[]) {
     const [, frequency] = rate.split(' ');
     const normalizedFrequency = frequency.toLocaleLowerCase() as Frequency;
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Cron {
   public readonly schedule: Schedule;
   private readonly faas: Faas;
 
-  constructor(schedule: Schedule, cron: string, ...mw: EventMiddleware[]) {
+  constructor(schedule: Schedule, cron: string, ...mw: ScheduleMiddleware[]) {
     this.schedule = schedule;
     this.faas = new Faas(new CronWorkerOptions(schedule['description'], cron));
     this.faas.event(...mw);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Schedule {
    * @param mw the handler/middleware to run on a schedule
    * @returns A promise that resolves when the schedule worker stops running.
    */
-  every = (rate: string, ...mw: EventMiddleware[]): Promise<void> => {
+  every = (rate: string, ...mw: ScheduleMiddleware[]): Promise<void> => {
     // handle singular frequencies. e.g. schedule('something').every('day')
     if (FREQUENCIES.indexOf(`${rate}s` as Frequency) !== -1) {
       rate = `1 ${rate}s`; // 'day' becomes '1 days'
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Schedule {
     return r['start']();
   };
 
-  cron = (expression: string, ...mw: EventMiddleware[]): Promise<void> => {
+  cron = (expression: string, ...mw: ScheduleMiddleware[]): Promise<void> => {
     const r = new Cron(this, expression, ...mw);
     // Start the new cron immediately
     return r['start']();
diff --git a/src/resources/topic.ts b/src/resources/topic.ts
index 81b441cc..581c4bcb 100644
--- a/src/resources/topic.ts
+++ b/src/resources/topic.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nitric/api/proto/resource/v1/resource_pb';
 import { ActionsList, make, SecureResource } from './common';
 import { fromGrpcError } from '../api/errors';
+import { NitricEvent } from '../types';
 
 type TopicPermission = 'publishing';
 
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ export class SubscriptionWorkerOptions {
 /**
  * Creates a subscription worker
  */
-class Subscription {
+class Subscription<T extends NitricEvent = NitricEvent> {
   private readonly faas: Faas;
 
-  constructor(name: string, ...mw: EventMiddleware[]) {
+  constructor(name: string, ...mw: EventMiddleware<T>[]) {
     this.faas = new Faas(new SubscriptionWorkerOptions(name));
     this.faas.event(...mw);
   }
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ class Subscription {
 /**
  * Topic resource for pub/sub async messaging.
  */
-export class TopicResource extends SecureResource<TopicPermission> {
+export class TopicResource<
+  T extends NitricEvent = NitricEvent
+> extends SecureResource<TopicPermission> {
   /**
    * Register this topic as a required resource for the calling function/container
    *
@@ -105,8 +108,8 @@ export class TopicResource extends SecureResource<TopicPermission> {
    * @param mw handler middleware which will be run for every incoming event
    * @returns Promise which resolves when the handler server terminates
    */
-  subscribe(...mw: EventMiddleware[]): Promise<void> {
-    const sub = new Subscription(this.name, ...mw);
+  subscribe(...mw: EventMiddleware<T>[]): Promise<void> {
+    const sub = new Subscription<T>(this.name, ...mw);
     return sub['start']();
   }
 
@@ -133,10 +136,14 @@ export class TopicResource extends SecureResource<TopicPermission> {
    * @param perms the required permission set
    * @returns a usable topic reference
    */
-  public for<T>(...perms: TopicPermission[]): Topic {
+  public for(...perms: TopicPermission[]): Topic<T> {
     this.registerPolicy(...perms);
     return events().topic(this.name);
   }
 }
 
-export const topic = make(TopicResource);
+export const topic = make(TopicResource) as <
+  T extends Record<string, any> = Record<string, any>
+>(
+  name: string
+) => TopicResource<NitricEvent<T>>;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 490e97ff..a381fa92 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
-export interface NitricEvent {
+export interface NitricEvent<
+  T extends Record<string, any> = Record<string, any>
+> {
   /**
    * Uniquely identifies the event.
    *
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ export interface NitricEvent {
   /**
    * The event's payload data, with details of the event.
    */
-  payload: Record<string, any>;
+  payload: T;
 }
 
-export interface Task {
+export interface Task<T extends Record<string, any> = Record<string, any>> {
   /**
    * Uniquely identifies the task.
    *