{"id":21546,"date":"2023-11-06T12:34:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/coris\/?p=21546"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:31:02","slug":"new-frontiers-in-research-fund-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2023\/new-frontiers-in-research-fund-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"New Frontiers in Research Fund &#8211; Exploration 2025"},"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                        New Frontiers in Research Fund &#8211; Exploration 2025\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>* Important! All phases of this competition are DUAL SUBMISSION!!!<\/h2>\n<h2>Internal Contacts<\/h2>\n<p>Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadlines<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 654px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px; width: 354px;\"><strong>Faculty Deadlines<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 10px; width: 300px;\">Consult your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 354px;\">OVPRII Deadlines<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 354px;\">Notice of Intent<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">August 19, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 354px;\">OVPRII Deadline (Approval Form and Application)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><time datetime=\"2024-11-05T20:00:00.000Z\">October 14, 2025<\/time><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 354px;\">Submission to Sponsor<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 300px;\"><time datetime=\"2024-11-05T20:00:00.000Z\">October 21, 2025<\/time><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Funder&#8217;s Website<\/h2>\n<p>The funder&#8217;s website can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\/funding-financement\/nfrf-fnfr\/exploration\/exploration-eng.aspx\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Funding Value and Duration<\/h2>\n<p>Up to $125,000 per year (including indirect costs) for up to 2 years.<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The goal of the Exploration stream is to inspire <strong>high-risk<\/strong>, <strong>high-reward<\/strong> and <strong>interdisciplinary<\/strong> research.<\/p>\n<p>Exploration grants support research that pushes boundaries into exciting new areas. Researchers are encouraged to think \u201coutside of the box\u201d and undertake research that would defy current paradigms; brings disciplines together in unexpected ways and from bold, innovative perspectives; and has the potential to be disruptive or deliver game-changing impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Exploration stream grants support projects that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>bring disciplines together<\/strong> beyond traditional disciplinary or common interdisciplinary approaches;<\/li>\n<li>propose to <strong>explore something new<\/strong>, which <strong>might fail<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n<li>have the <strong>potential for significant impact<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exploration grants support research with a range of impacts\u2014economic, scientific, artistic, cultural, social, technological, environmental or health-related. This list is not exhaustive; other types of impacts are also recognized. 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, the natural sciences and engineering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"eligibility-criteria\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\/funding-financement\/nfrf-fnfr\/exploration\/2023\/competition-concours-eng.aspx#4\">here<\/a> for a list of eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"application\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form<\/strong><br><br>Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx\">https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx<\/a><br><br>For a user\u2019s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/cuResearch-Users-Manual_June-2019-2.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency<\/strong><br><br>Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder&#8217;s website, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\/funding-financement\/nfrf-fnfr\/exploration\/exploration-eng.aspx\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Important! All phases of this competition are DUAL SUBMISSION!!! Internal Contacts Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator. Deadlines Faculty Deadlines Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. OVPRII Deadlines Notice of Intent August 19, 2025 OVPRII Deadline (Approval Form and Application) October 14, 2025 Submission to Sponsor October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding-opportunities","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration 2025 - Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2023\/new-frontiers-in-research-fund-exploration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration 2025 - Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"* Important! 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