Grant funders

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Private foundation, Ontario

Also known as CFI, Canadian Foundation for Innovation

Canada
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Given in 2025 CAD 77.9m
Typical grant CAD 164k Middle half CAD 105k to CAD 325k
New grantees in 2025 0% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

0% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 88% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Ontario 5,205 grants · typical CAD 150k
Quebec 3,648 grants · typical CAD 158k
British Columbia 1,831 grants · typical CAD 125k
Alberta 1,240 grants · typical CAD 191k
Nova Scotia 587 grants · typical CAD 125k
Saskatchewan 434 grants · typical CAD 105k
Manitoba 428 grants · typical CAD 156k
New Brunswick 233 grants · typical CAD 121k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Université de Montréal TARGETted interventions during pregnancy and their impact on maternal and childhood ASTHMA (The TARGET Asthma Project) CAD 135k 19 Jun 2025
The university of British columbia Development of New Cycloaddition Reactions for Synthetic Organic Chemistry CAD 296k 19 Jun 2025
The university of British columbia Exploring the Protective and Pathogenic Roles of Germinal Centers CAD 150k 19 Jun 2025
McGill University RACE4NbCS: Rapid Assessment of Carbon Emissions for Nature-based Climate Solutions CAD 133k 19 Jun 2025
Dalhousie University Identifying Immunological Changes in Cancer Due to Persistent Viral Infection CAD 85k 19 Jun 2025
University Of Waterloo Atomic Layer Etcher for Enhanced Quantum Technology Devices CAD 579k 19 Jun 2025
McGill University Understanding chronic inflammatory haematopoiesis and its role in cancer promotion CAD 450k 19 Jun 2025
McGill University EdTech for Effective and Equitable Education CAD 371k 19 Jun 2025
University of Toronto Structure Guided Engineering of Cellular Signalling CAD 465k 19 Jun 2025
Dalhousie University Investigating Host-Microbe Interactions in the Female Genital Tract CAD 164k 19 Jun 2025

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