NFRF Transformation 2026 Competition – Launch and Upcoming Webinars

Program Link: https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/nfrf-fnfr/transformation/2026/competition-concours-eng.aspx

Sponsor: New Frontiers in Research Fund

Value: Minimum $2,000,000 per year (including indirect costs); Maximum $4,000,000 per year (including indirect costs) for six years

Description: The 2026 Transformation stream competition of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) was launched on February 18^th, 2025. All competition information is available on our website, and the competition can now be accessed via the Convergence Portal.

The Transformation competition has three stages:

1. Notice of Intent to Apply (NOI) stage with a deadline of April 15, 2025 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
2. Letter of Intent stage with a deadline of June 17, 2025 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
3. Full Application stage – by invitation only – with a deadline of March 3, 2026 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)

Applications at each stage must be submitted by the institution’s research administrators.

Research administrators are free to set their own internal deadlines.

In preparation for the NOI deadline, we encourage all applicants interested in submitting a NOI, as well as the research administrators, to participate in one of the two upcoming webinars. Below are the dates, times and links to the webinars.

Please note that webinar registration information and communications appear in your browser’s preferred language setting.

The webinars will be recorded and made available, along with the presentation slides, to the research administrators after the session.

Contact: If you have any questions, contact NFRF-FNFR@chairs-chaires.gc.ca.