Over the next two months, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) staff will be meeting with stakeholders across the country on potential adjustments to the CFI’s core funding mechanisms:

• Innovation Fund
• John R. Evans Leaders Fund
• College-Industry Innovation Fund
• Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
• Infrastructure Operating Fund

CFI asks that you RSVP with the name of your institution, the number of participants from your institution and the city/location of the session you will attend to rsvp@innovation.ca no later than one week prior to the session. CFI encourages all interested research administrators, funding partners, researchers, and other stakeholders to attend.

The purpose of the consultation is to:

• identify opportunities for better alignment with institutional and community needs;
• make adjustments to the design of CFI funds to address evolving priorities; and,
• encourage the development of research infrastructure proposals of the highest quality, in order to better enhance the capacity of institutions and their researchers to conduct world-class research and technology development.

Consultation on the CFI’s fund architecture: A discussion paper

CFI invites you to also submit your comments in writing by November 30, 2015 to consultation@innovation.ca.