{"id":549,"date":"2016-05-30T09:45:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T13:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/curo\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:30:54","slug":"the-canadian-foundation-for-innovation-cfi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/funding-sources\/federal-funding\/the-canadian-foundation-for-innovation-cfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"canada-foundation-for-innovation\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canada Foundation for Innovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada&nbsp;Foundation for Innovation<\/a> strives to build our nation\u2019s capacity to undertake world-class research and technology development to benefit Canadians. Thanks to CFI investment in state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions are attracting and retaining the world\u2019s top talent, training the next generation of researchers, supporting private-sector innovation and creating high-quality jobs that strengthen Canada\u2019s position in today\u2019s knowledge economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"what-is-research-infrastructure\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Research Infrastructure?<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is research infrastructure?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MYbo_OMIn70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"preliminary-call-for-research-projects-with-large-scale-infrastructure-requirements\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2025\/canada-foundation-for-innovation-preliminary-call-for-research-projects-with-large-scale-infrastructure-requirements\/\">Preliminary Call for Research Projects with Large-Scale Infrastructure Requirements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"canada-foundation-for-innovation-cfi-innovation-fund-if-2027-internal-carleton-process-launch\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2025\/canada-foundation-for-innovation-cfi-innovation-fund-if-2027-internal-carleton-process-launch\/\">Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) \u2013 2027 Internal Carleton Process Launch <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"examples-of-funding-offered-by-cfi-include\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of funding offered by CFI include:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Innovation Fund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Major Science Initiatives Fund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cyberinfrastructure Initiative<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exceptional Opportunities Fund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infrastructure Operating Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"archived-funding-opportunities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Archived Funding Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Innovation Fund\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2023\/canadian-foundation-for-innovation-cfi-innovation-fund-if-2025-internal-carleton-process-launch\/\">Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) 2025 Internal Carleton Process Launch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/canada-foundation-for-innovation-cfi-innovation-fund-if-2025-internal-carleton-process-launch-ssha-stream\/\">Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) 2025 Internal Carleton Process Launch \u2013 SSHA STREAM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Foundation for Innovation Canada&nbsp;Foundation for Innovation strives to build our nation\u2019s capacity to undertake world-class research and technology development to benefit Canadians. 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