The Canada Research Coordinating Committee designed the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) following a comprehensive national consultation, which involved Canadian researchers, research administrators, stakeholders and the public. NFRF is administered by the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat, which is housed within the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), on behalf of Canada’s three research granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and SSHRC.
The fund will invest $275 million over the next 5 years beginning in fiscal 2018-19, and $65 million ongoing, to fund international, interdisciplinary, fast-breaking and high-risk research.
- Exploration generates opportunities for Canada to build strength in high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research;
- Transformation provides large-scale support for Canada to build strength and leadership in interdisciplinary and transformative research; and
- International enhances opportunities for Canadian researchers to participate in research with international partners.
