NFRF Transformation 2026 Competition – Letter of Intent (Stage 2 of 3)
Aboriginal Peoples
Arctic and Northern Regions
Community, Regional & Enterprise Development
Creative Arts, Culture and Heritage
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Governance and Public Policy
Information and Communication Technology
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Deadlines
Academic Unit: inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Tuesday 10th, June 2025
External Deadline: Tuesday 17th, June 2025
Description
RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them.
The 2026 Transformation stream competition of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) was launched on February 18th, 2025. All competition information is available on the website, and the competition can now be accessed via the Convergence Portal.
The Transformation competition has three stages:
- Notice of Intent to Apply (NOI) stage with a deadline of April 15, 2025 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
- Letter of Intent stage with a deadline of June 17, 2025 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
- Full Application stage – by invitation only – with a deadline of March 3, 2026 (at 8 p.m. Eastern Time)
Applications at each stage must be submitted by the institution’s research administrators.
Research administrators are free to set their own internal deadlines.
In preparation for the NOI deadline, we encourage all applicants interested in submitting a NOI, as well as the research administrators, to participate in one of the two upcoming webinars. Below are the dates, times and links to the webinars.
FNFRT-2026 – Webinaire Avis d’intention (French)
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Webinar number: 2332 837 6770
Webinar password: Transformation26
(87267367 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone: +1-438-797-4001 Canada Toll (Ottawa), Access code: 2332 837 6770
NFRFT-2026 – NOI Webinar (English)
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Webinar number: 2331 935 8158
Webinar password: Transformation26
(87267367 when dialing from a phone or video system)
Join by phone: +1-438-797-4001 Canada Toll (Ottawa), Access code: 2331 935 8158
Please note that webinar registration information and communications appear in your browser’s preferred language setting.
The webinars will be recorded and made available, along with the presentation slides, to the research administrators after the session.
For more information, please contact: NFRF-FNFR@chairs-chaires.gc.ca.