Full Application Stage Webinars
French session:
July 19, 2022 – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Atlantic Time)
English session:
July 19, 2022 – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Atlantic Time)
Links to join the webinars will be available here.
Please note
At the notice of intent and full application stages of the NFRF Exploration Competition, the Office of Research Services is required to confirm that all participants meet the NFRF Eligibility Criteria. Therefore, approval must be obtained from all other institutions with a co-principal investigator and/or co-applicants participating on the application. The attached Approval of Participants from Other Institutions must be completed and submitted to ORS with your submission in the Romeo Researcher Portal.
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The 2022 Exploration stream competition of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) has been launched. All competition documents are available on the NFRF website, and the Convergence Portal is open.
The goal of the Exploration stream is to inspire high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research.
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.
Please note the following key points:
- Proposals must be submitted by research teams composed of at least two individuals. In addition to a nominated principal investigator (NPI), the team must include either a co-principal investigator (co-PI) or a co-applicant. Teams may include one co-PI and any number of co-applicants and/or collaborators.
- Individuals can participate in only one application of the NFRF Exploration grants stream at a time, as either an NPI, co-PI or co-applicant. These restrictions do not apply to collaborators.
- A proportion of awards equal to the proportion of applications submitted that are led by early career researchers will be reserved for these researchers.
The maximum budget for the direct costs of the research project is $100,000 per year, for up to two years. Indirect costs must be included in the requested budget at the maximum allowable rate, which is 25% of the direct costs for a given year (e.g., if the direct cost in a year is $100,000, then the indirect cost is $25,000 for that year).
The competition has 2 stages:
1) Notification of Intent to Apply (NOI) stage with a deadline of June 28, 2022
2) Full Application stage with a deadline of September 13, 2022
Each stage must be submitted by Research Services; therefore, applicants must follow the UPEI process below.
UPEI Application Process
Stage 1 (NOI)
Applicants must submit their NOI using the Researcher Portal for internal review and approval by June 21, 2022 and ensure that it reaches Research Services for review by June 23, 2022.
Deadline for applicants to submit the NOI in the Convergence Portal: June 27, 2022.
Stage 2 (Full Application)
Applicants must submit their application using the Researcher Portal for internal review and approval by September 6, 2022 and ensure that it reaches Research Services for review by September 8, 2022.
Deadline for applicants to submit the application in the Convergence Portal: September 12, 2022.
Instructions for using the Researcher Portal can be found here.
NOI Stage Webinars
French session:
May 27th – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Atlantic Time)
Meeting link – Event password: gF3dQ3q3RCS
English session:
May 27th – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Atlantic Time)
Meeting link – Event password: u5pU3FvkBV4
Webinars will be recorded and distributed to research administrators after the session. If you would like a copy of the recording and presentation slides, please email lcudmore@upei.ca.
