Details
| Opportunity Name | 2024 Transformation Competition |
| Agency | New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) |
| Value | $2,000,000 to $4,000,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Eligible at 25% |
| Duration | 6 years |
Deadlines
Applicants should contact sciapps@yorku.ca ASAP to inform us of interest in applying.
Notice of Intent (NOI)
| NOI due to SIRI for full review | 10-10-2023 |
| NOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 10-17-2023 |
| NOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI for mandatory review | 10-20-2023, by 9:00AM |
| NOI due at agency | 10-24-2023, by 8:00PM |
Letter of Intent (LOI)
| LOI due to SIRI for full review | 12-22-2023 |
| LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 01-03-2024 |
| LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI for mandatory review | 01-08-2024, by 9:00AM |
| LOI due at agency | 01-10-2024, by 8:00PM |
Full application (by invitation only)
| Application due to SIRI for full review | 08-21-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 08-28-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due to SIRI for mandatory review | 09-03-2024, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 09-05-2024, by 8:00PM |
Objective
The objective of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Transformation stream is to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise, when relevant.
Transformation stream grants will support projects that:
- tackle a well-defined problem or challenge;
- propose a novel world-leading approach that is different from the current state-of-the-art approaches to the issue;
- are interdisciplinary, bringing different perspectives to the defined problem; and
- have the potential to be transformative, defined as the potential to create a significant and real change or impact—a noticeable leap or tangible breakthrough rather than an incremental advance.
Eligibility
Full eligibility requirements here.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.
Webinars
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.
- NFRFT-2024 – NOI Webinar (English)
- August 31, 2023
- 1:00 – 3:00 PM EST
- Link (Webinar password: Transformation24)
- FNFRT-2024 – Webinaire Avis d’intention (French)
- August 31, 2023
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
- Link (Webinar password: Transformation24)
The webinars will be recorded and made available, along with the presentation slides, to the research administrators after the session.