(CFI Awards Management System)

The Canada Foundation for Innovation Awards Management System (CAMS) is the secure online portal that allows universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions to apply for CFI funding and assists them in managing the full life cycle of a CFI-funded project.

A revised set of self-identification questions in the user profile: Starting Tuesday, March 30, 2021, all CAMS users will be prompted to complete their user profile by answering revised self-identification questions. The CFI worked with CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC to revise the self-identification questions that support Equity, Diversity and Inclusion analyses. The revision is also to expand data collected to include all members of LGBT2Q+ groups.

Project progress report 2021 and the Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC): The 2021 operational status question and project progress reports (PPRs) will be accessible in CAMS on April 1st, 2021. The deadline for answering the operational status question and submitting a PPR is June 30. Respondents filling out a PPR for a project submitted before October 2020 will first be asked to reclassify their project using the CRDC.

Apply & manage awards

FAQ: Changes due to COVID-19
Information about applying to and managing CFI awards during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Our funding architecture is designed to deliver on our mandate. It does this by responding to the evolving needs of Canadian research institutions and their researchers. It covers the full spectrum of research from discovery to technology development. Our streamlined funding structure offers institutions ways to both acquire research infrastructure and to support its ongoing operating and maintenance costs.

Only eligible institutions — not individual researchers — may submit a proposal to the CFI. To learn more about our institutional eligibility requirements and processes, please email us at eligibility [at] innovation.ca

We encourage researchers to contact the research office at their institution to learn more about their internal application processes.

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Active Funds

Important Dates

2023 Major Science Initiatives Fund
Facilities funded in the 2017 competition: - Notice of intent - Proposal	September 20, 2021 November 4, 2021
Any other facility: - Expression of interest - Notice of intent - Proposal	August 10, 2021 September 20, 2021 February 8, 2022
2020 Innovation Fund
Notice of intent	September 16, 2019
Proposal	January 20, 2020
John R. Evans Leaders Fund
JELF - Unaffiliated	every February 15 every June 15 every October 15
JELF – Canada Research Chairs	April 19, 2021
JELF – NSERC, Industrial Research Chairs	No deadline
JELF – SSHRC, Insight Grants
JELF – Partnership Grants—Stage 1	February 10, 2021
College-Industry Innovation Fund
Stream 1: Research infrastructure annual competition
Notice of Intent	every March 15
Proposal	every May 15
Stream 2: Research infrastructure associated with a NSERC CCI- Build IE grant application
Letter of Intent	Revised – June 30, 2020*
Invitation to submit a proposal	August 2020*
Proposal	Revised – November 13, 2020*