The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) supports world-leading interdisciplinary, international, high-risk / high-reward, transformative and rapid-response Canadian-led research.
Streams
2024 NFRF Exploration Competition
Overview: Exploration stream grants support projects that:
- bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches;
- propose to explore something new, which might fail; and
- have the potential for significant impact.
Value: Up to $125,000 per year (includes $25k/year indirect costs)
Duration: 1-2 years
Deadlines:
- MRA deadline: August 20, 2024 (noon)
- Notice of intent deadline: August 26, 2024 (noon)
- Optional editorial review by RSO: October 5, 2024 (noon)
- Full application: October 29, 2024 (noon)
Links:
- NFRF Exploration program description
- Research Services Office page (U of T-specific application instructions)
- Convergence application portal
2024 NFRF Transformation Competition
Overview: Transformation stream grants support projects that:
- tackle a well-defined problem or challenge;
- propose a novel world-leading approach that’s different from current state-of-the-art approaches to the problem or challenge;
- are interdisciplinary, bringing different perspectives to the defined problem; and
- have the potential to be transformative, defined as the potential to create a significant and real change or impact—a noticeable leap or tangible breakthrough rather than an incremental advance.
Value: $2 million to $4 million, including indirect costs
Duration: 6 years
Deadlines:
- Notice of intent deadline: October 24, 2023 by 8PM EST
- Editorial and EDI review of draft LOI by RSO: December 1, 2023
- Letter of intent and MRA deadline: January 5, 2024 by 8PM EST
- Editorial and EDI review of draft application by RSO: July 2024 (TBA)
- Full application MRA deadline: late August 2024 (TBA)
- Full application deadline (by invitation only): September 5, 2024 (by invitation only)
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