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Canada Research Coordinating Committee launches consultation
News release
July 30, 2018
The Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) is launching a national consultation to reinvigorate Canada’s support for science and to position Canada as a global leader in research excellence.
The online consultation portal is now live.
The consultations will focus on three priorities:
- Creating a new tri-agency fund to support international, multidisciplinary, high-risk and rapid-response research that generates new knowledge;
- Strengthening equity, diversity and inclusion in research;
- Supporting early career research.
Budget 2018 proposed to invest more than $1.7 billion over five years to support researchers through Canada’s granting councils and research institutes. This includes $275-million over five years to support the new Tri-Agency Research Fund. Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on a draft funding model that the CRCC has developed to ensure we maximize the positive impact on academic research in Canada.
Consultations will be held in communities across Canada. Input from this process will inform the development of a call for proposals this fall for the tri-agency fund. The online consultation is open to all Canadians until September 10, 2018.
The CRCC was created to improve the coordination efforts of Canada's granting agencies—the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—as well as the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Contacts
Media Relations
Canada Research Coordinating Committee
613-992-4283
Alastair.Mullin@SSHRC-CRSH.gc.ca
