Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

The France-Canada Research Fund (FCRF) "New Research Collaborations" Support Program" provides financing for new projects jointly developed by French and Canadian teams that have never worked together before. The financing is awarded to two-year projects in amounts ranging from $8,000 to $15,000, according to the needs expressed by the principal investigators. This financing is primarily intended to support the mobility of young researchers and their students.

This application has an internal deadline (November 9, 2021) and external deadline (November 12, 2021 (23:59 Pacific Time). 

• Internal application to include a Research Funding Application Signature Sheet and be submitted to Research Services (ors@sfu.ca).
• Upon confirmation of Internal Signoff, applicants must email their complete application to Embassy of France's Office for Science and Technology (assistant.science@ambafrance-ca.org) by November 12, 2021.

Please note that the FCRF only accepts a maximum of five proposals per institution. Should more than five applications be submitted,SFU’s Institutional Strategic Awards will oversee the selection of applications that will move forward as part of a final application process, occuring after the submission stage.

Please find information session slides and recording HERE. For more information please see: France Embassy website and Internal SFU Opportunities

For questions about the program, please contact Zhaoying Hu at research_mobility@sfu.ca.