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The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is a non-profit corporation that invests in research infrastructure at Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions.

Enhancing Canada’s research capacity for pandemic readiness

The first competition of the Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund (BRIF) is currently in progress. Learn more:
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Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund: Call for proposals
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Two federal research funding opportunities set to mobilize biosciences research community
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Research at the ready during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic underlined the important role Canadian labs play in helping researchers tackle global crises as they arise.
Responding to COVID-19

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Morag Park and William Waterman appointed to the CFI Board of Directors
Two federal research funding opportunities set to mobilize biosciences research community
The CFI launches new Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund
The CFI soliciting feedback on draft call for proposal for the 2021 Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund
Government of Canada invests in more than 330 leading-edge research projects at universities across the country
Government of Canada invests in applied research funding essential to innovation in key sectors

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