FRANCE-CANADA RESEARCH FUND +
The France-Canada Research Fund (FCRF) is launching a new funding program for 2025, entitled FCRF+, to support existing research partnerships between France and Canada. The objective of the FFCR+ competition is to support France-Canada teams that have been successful in obtaining a previous FCRF grant and wish to continue their collaboration by setting up ambitious research projects, with a view to submitting joint applications to external calls for proposals (non-exhaustive list: Horizon Europe, the French Agence nationale de la recherche (National Research Agency), Canada’s three federal research funding agencies, NFRF – Exploration and Transformation streams). The FCRF+ competition is open to all fields of research. Funding of up to $5,000 CAD will be awarded to around fifteen projects in 2025 to cover mobility costs according to the needs expressed in the application. This grant will facilitate meetings between the two partners, which may include travel by one partner to the other partner’s location or any other activity that helps develop the future joint project. Funding is intended for principal investigators (PIs), not students. Funds will be managed by the Canadian university to which the project is affiliated and will be available for one year. Please note that indirect costs are not eligible to be covered by these funds.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The FCRF+ criteria are :
- Both PIs must be former winners (selected anytime from 2001 to 2023) of the FCRF “New research collaboration program” competition. The application must be submitted by the FCRF winning duo.
- The Canadian researcher must be affiliated with a member of one of the 23 FCRF consortium member universities listed below.
- The French researcher must be affiliated with a research institution under the supervision of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
- The 2 PIs must be in permanent or tenure-track positions.
- PIs must have identified an external call for proposals.
Map of Canadian universities that are members of the FCRF+.