CFI is an independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure. Its mandate is to strengthen the capacity of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development that benefits Canadians.
The infrastructure funded by the CFI includes state-of-the-art facilities, laboratories, equipment, computer hardware, software, and databases necessary to conduct leading-edge research. The funding provided is to acquire research infrastructure and to support their ongoing operation and maintenance.
CFI offers a suite of funding opportunities:
CFI-IF provides continued investments in infrastructure, across the full spectrum of research, from the most fundamental to applied through to technology development. The Innovation Fund (IF) supports a broad range of research programs, including those in natural, social and health sciences, engineering, humanities and the arts, and interdisciplinary research.
The results of the CFI IF 2025 competition are expected to be announced in early December 2025.
The official call for CFI IF 2027 is planned to be announced in the Spring of 2026.
For more details on the internal process, please visit the Funding Opportunities Database.
CFI-JELF serves the infrastructure needs of individual researchers or groups of up to three researchers where there is a need to share infrastructure for research in related fields or to take advantage of complementary skills. It is not intended to serve the infrastructure needs of larger groups, centres, departments, or institutions.
CFI-MSI provides multi-year support toward the operating and maintenance (O&M) needs of unique national research facilities owned by one or more CFI-eligible institutions.
CFI-BRIF supports the bioscience infrastructure needs of postsecondary institutions and research hospitals by providing high-performance tools, innovative research spaces and biocontainment facilities. The competition is now closed.
For any questions about CFI funding, please contact:
Nathalie Foisset
Associate Director
Office of Vice-President (Research and Innovation)