Details
| Opportunity Name | Exploration Competition |
| Agency | New Frontiers in Research Fund |
| Value | Up to $125,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Eligible at 25% |
| Duration | Up to 2 years |
Deadlines
Notice of Intent (NOI)
| NOI due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 08-13-2024 |
| NOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 08-20-2024 |
| NOI and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 08-23-2024, by 10:00AM |
| NOI due at agency | 08-27-2024, by 8:00PM |
Final application
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 10-22-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 10-29-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 11-01-2024, by 10:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 11-05-2024, by 8:00PM |
Objective
The objective of the Exploration stream is to support high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research. Researchers are encouraged to think “outside the box,” undertake research that would defy current paradigms, and bring disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and has the potential to be disruptive or deliver game changing impacts.
Exploration stream grants support projects that:
- bring disciplines together beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches;
- propose to explore something new, which might fail; and
- have the potential for significant impact.
Diversity of perspectives is important, and the fund encourages research proposals led from any discipline, from those in the social sciences and humanities, to health, and the natural sciences and engineering.Projects must be interdisciplinary. The nominated principal investigator and team members (if applicable) can be from any discipline, but the proposed research project must include elements from at least two different disciplines (as defined by a group-level classification based on the Canadian Research and Development Classification).
Eligibility
Individuals can participate in only one application of the NFRF Exploration grant stream at a time as either a nominated principal investigator (NPI), a co-principal investigator (co-PI) or a co-applicant. These restrictions do not apply to collaborators.
Webinars
NFRFE-2024 NOI Webinar (English)
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 1:00 PM EST – Join
FNFRE-2023 Webinaire Avis d’intention (French)
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 10:00 AM EST – Join
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.