Funding, News and Announcements

Research Nova Scotia  (RNS) is announcing the launch of their Focused Research Investments (FRI) program, which will tackle the salient issues of our time using a mission-oriented approach while providing the funding and resources required to meet specific societal outcomes.

Through FRI, Research Nova Scotia will select 2 or 3 teams to receive $5 to $20 million over 5 to 7 years to support:

• Highly focused, collaborative, and determined research across disciplines, to work on the salient Nova Scotia issues of our time, producing discoveries that will solve some of society’s most pressing problems.
• Researchers who are driven to be civic actors and participants, devoting their expertise in service of their communities, improving public policy, and/or creating economic opportunity.

As part of this initiative, RNS is hosting an online information session on March 7 at 10:00 AM AST.

Stefan Leslie, CEO of RNS, will provide an overview of the initiative and answer questions from the research community. This will include the Expression of Interest process.

Register for the Information Session here.

The FRI Consultation Paper can be found here. 

For questions, contact Veronica.bacher@dal.ca.