Funding, News and Announcements

The 2024 Exploration stream competition of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) was launched on April 30, 2024. All competition information is available on the website, and the competition can now be accessed via the Convergence Portal.

In preparation for the NOI deadline, we encourage all applicants interested in submitting a NOI, as well as the research administrators, to participate in one of the two upcoming webinars. Below are the dates, times and links to the webinars.

Webinars
 

NFRFE-2024 - NOI Webinar (English)

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 1:00 PM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link
Webinar number: 2346 543 2566
Webinar password: xHQ5D3uX8mm
(94753389 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone: +1-438-797-4001 Canada Toll (Montreal), Access code: 234 654 32566

FNFRE-2024 - Webinaire Avis d'intention (French)

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 10:00 AM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link
Webinar number: 2340 187 8916
Webinar password:  WFwnC7gPr82
(93962747 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone: +1-438-797-4001 Canada Toll (Montreal), Access code: 234 018 78916.

The webinars will be recorded and made available, along with the presentation slides, to the research administrators after the session.   
 

Contact Details

Internal: sydney.dale-mcgrath@dal.ca
External: NFRF-FNFR@chairs-chaires.gc.ca

Deadlines

Internal:  

Notice of Intent: August 14, 2024 at 4:30pm AST
Full Application: October 22, 2024 at 4:30pm AST

External:

Notice of Intent: August 27, 2024 at 9:00pm AST
Full Application: November 5, 2024 at 9:00pm AST
 

Applications at each stage must be submitted by the institution’s research administrators.

The grants facilitator for your faculty can be found on the staff contact page. For additional resources, click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.