Research builds communities

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.

How using sound to treat disease is music to one researcher’s ears

Simone Dalla Bella of Montréal’s International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research asks “How can music help us in our daily tasks? And how can it slow down the deleterious effects of diseases such as Parkinson’s?”

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Supporting research across the spectrum

Our Innovation Fund supports a broad range of research programs to help Canada remain at the forefront of exploration and knowledge generation; our College Fund helps colleges foster partnerships to address the needs of a Canadian industry or community. Learn more about these two funds.

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2023 Innovation Fund competition call for proposals

College Fund competition call for proposals

Recent updates

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Dec 6, 2022

Students as critical contributors to Canadian research

Nov 21, 2022

National research platform for accessing statistics awarded close to $35 million

Nov 16, 2022

Key investments to help research meet the needs of all Canadians

Nov 16, 2022

New funding announced to upgrade Canada’s biocontainment facilities

Nov 2, 2022

CFI welcomes new governance appointments

Oct 4, 2022

10,000 ways: a new podcast series about leading-edge science and the joy of discovery

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Jan 10, 2023 Ontario

Now is the time: Elevating Black people in STEMM

An interview with Maydianne Andrade, inaugural president of the Canadian Black Scientists Network, about the persistent obstacles Black people encounter in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine

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Jan 10, 2023 British Columbia

Changing human behaviour to avert the climate crisis

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are exploring how people of various political stripes respond to the climate crisis — and how to spur collective climate action despite their differences

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Nov 8, 2022 British Columbia

Life on the edge

An experiential research project at Simon Fraser University explores the psychology behind our perceptions of poverty

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Nov 9, 2022 Ontario

Can a bicycle be a tool for creating gender equality?

Researchers at York University use visual and digital mediums to explore the connection between physical activity and unequal power relations

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Nov 7, 2022

Responding to a growing appetite for solutions to food insecurity

From genomics to economics, researchers in Canada are finding ways to address a crisis that is made worse by climate change and political unrest

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Nov 7, 2022 Saskatchewan

Climate resilient crops that can do more with less

How researchers are tackling the roots of food insecurity — in a very literal way

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Nov 7, 2022 Ontario

Power, policies and sustainability in the global food system

Today’s industrial approach to agriculture leaves the world dangerously dependent on a few crops and a few companies. Jennifer Clapp wants to change that.