CFI Northern Fund
Supports the CFI Northern Fund continuous grants for northern Canadian institutions creating research infrastructure led by local communities.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Northern Fund is a continuous-intake infrastructure grant designed exclusively for research institutions headquartered in Canada's North — defined as Yukon, the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut. The fund's mandate is to build research infrastructure that addresses Northern priorities and must be co…
Research infrastructure addressing Northern Canadian priorities, conceived and led by Northern institutions, researchers, and communities, and co-designed with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.
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