New Frontiers in Research Fund — Exploration Stream Canada

New Frontiers in Research Fund — Exploration Stream

Canada
"New Frontiers in Research Fund 2024 Exploration competition aims to support high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research projects."

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  • grant_single|openingDateNovember 06, 2024
  • grant_single|closingDateNovember 26, 2024
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Grant and Funding
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  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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The NFRF 2024 Exploration competition seeks to support high-risk, high-reward, interdisciplinary research that challenges current paradigms and explores new areas. Eligible activities include innovative projects that bring together diverse disciplines in novel ways to achieve groundbreaking impacts. Researchers from any discipline within social sciences, humanities, health, natural sciences, and engineering are encouraged to apply.

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Projects and activities eligible for the NFRF 2024 Exploration competition are designed to push boundaries through high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. These activities should inspire innovative and bold approaches, often involving risk and unprecedented combinations of disciplines.
  • Challenging current research perspectives or paradigms
  • Using equipment, techniques or approaches proven or assumed to be extraordinarily difficult
  • Bringing together an unprecedented combination of disciplines with different perspectives
  • Viewing the project from an unfamiliar interdisciplinary perspective to use novel approaches to solve existing problems
  • Other innovative high-reward research activities
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$500,000

Montreal
Explore innovative treatments for Alzheimer's using bioengineering and cognitive psychology

$500,000

Calgary
Integrate urban planning and environmental science to create sustainable urban ecosystems

$500,000

Toronto
Develop a new AI model to predict mental health crises using interdisciplinary data analysis

$500,000

Ottawa
Examine the impact of digital currencies on local economies by combining financial and social sciences

$500,000

Vancouver
Investigate the effects of climate change on Arctic ecosystems through an interdisciplinary study

$500,000

Waterloo
Design a community-based renewable energy project combining engineering and social sciences

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Eligibility decisions are the responsibility of the NFRF program staff and the criteria can be found in the eligibility section of the competition overview.
  • Eligibility decisions are the responsibility of NFRF program staff.
  • Review panel members who have doubts about a researcher's eligibility should review the application and alert the NFRF staff to potential eligibility problems.
  • The eligibility criteria for applicants can be found in the eligibility section of the competition overview.

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The grant is eligible for projects from researchers based in Canada.
  • Researchers must be affiliated with a Canadian institution.
  • All provinces and territories in Canada are included.

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The evaluation and selection criteria for the NFRF 2024 Exploration competition aim to identify high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research that incorporates equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in research practice. The criteria include assessments of high risk, high reward, feasibility, interdisciplinarity, and EDI in research practice, along with certain pass/fail indicators.
  • High risk: 40% of overall score
  • High reward: 40% of overall score
  • Feasibility: 20% of overall score
  • Interdisciplinarity/fit to program (pass/fail)
  • EDI in research practice (pass/fail)

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  • Step 1: Complete the Notice of Intent to Apply (NOI)
  • Submit the NOI through the Convergence Portal by the specified deadline.
  • Step 2: Prepare Full Application
  • Follow the instructions for completing the full application, providing all required information and adhering to guidelines.
  • Step 3: Submit Full Application
  • Submit the full application through the Convergence Portal by the specified deadline.
  • Step 4: Review Assignments
  • Review panel members receive assignments and assess applications based on the merit indicators provided.
  • Step 5: Indicate Conflicts of Interest
  • Review panel members check assignments for any conflicts of interest and indicate them in the Convergence Portal.
  • Step 6: Record Scores
  • Review panel members record their scores for applications by the specified deadline.
  • Step 7: Application Discussion
  • Top-rated applications are discussed in virtual meetings by the multidisciplinary review panel.
  • Step 8: Finalize Comments
  • Review panel members finalize comments for discussed applications.
  • Step 9: Release Results
  • Application results are released to applicants by the specified deadline.

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The New Frontiers in Research Fund 2024 Exploration competition aims to support high-risk, high-reward, interdisciplinary research. This fund encourages proposals that push boundaries and may not conform to current paradigms.
  • Diversity of perspectives is encouraged, with no restrictions on research led from any discipline.
  • The competition includes specific guidelines for Indigenous research and emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in research practice.
  • Applications are reviewed by a multidisciplinary panel, which considers a mix of criteria including high risk, high reward, and feasibility.
  • Confidentiality and conflict of interest policies are strictly enforced throughout the review process.
  • Applications that do not meet guidelines or are incomplete may be rejected by NFRF staff.
  • Review panel co-chairs are responsible for ensuring objective and fair assessments and moderating discussions.
  • Funding recommendations are made by the review panel, but final decisions are subject to approval by the NFRF steering committee.
  • Early career researchers (ECR) are given particular consideration, with the program committing to fund a proportion of ECR-led projects.
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