New Frontiers in Research Fund — International Stream

• Registration form
• Application form
• Attachments in PDF format

Who is eligible?

• Research teams with partners from at least three Nordic countries
• Canadian research teams with an NFRF-eligible member
• Teams working on Arctic sustainability research with Indigenous communities

Who is not eligible

• For-profit organizations
• Federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal government departments as co-PIs or co-applicants
• Students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates as NPI, co-PI, or co-applicant

Eligible expenses

• Researcher, PhD, and postdoctoral salaries
• Research-related costs such as data collection and analysis
• Open access charges
• Collaboration, communication, dissemination, and knowledge-exchange activities
• Travel, accommodation, and mobility costs for project participants

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• For-profit organizations cannot participate in any role.
• Federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal government departments cannot be co-PIs or co-applicants.
• Students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates cannot apply as NPI, co-PI, or co-applicant.

Eligible geographic areas

• Nordic countries
• Canada

• EDI in research practice and support of early career researchers
• Potential benefits for Canada’s Arctic communities
• Feasibility of co-production with Indigenous communities and integrated EDI in research design

• Step 1: Review call requirements
  • Read the NordForsk call document and the SSHRC/NFRF guidance.
  • Confirm team eligibility and required partnerships.
• Step 2: Complete registration
  • Submit the registration form in the Convergence Portal.
  • Send it through your institution’s research administrator by the deadline.
• Step 3: Prepare the full application
  • Complete the application in the Convergence Portal.
  • Follow the submission guide and upload required attachments.
• Step 4: Submit through the research administrator
  • Have the research administrator submit the application in the portal.
  • Meet your institution’s internal deadline.

• Applications are first checked for registration and eligibility.
• Proposals are reviewed against NFRF requirements for Canada-based research.
• Approved applications continue through the NordForsk-led review process.
• The institution may need to sign an agency agreement before funds are released.

• Applications are reviewed through NordForsk and the Convergence Portal.
• Applicants are encouraged to attend the webinar to learn the NFRF process.
• The full proposal is assessed separately from the pre-proposal.