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A new Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration is in effect for 12 selected pilot institutions (listed below) as of November 1, 2019. All other institutions are to continue using the 2017 Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide until April 1, 2020.

For more information, refer to the notice at the top of the new Guide.

The pilot institutions exempt from using this Guide are:

• Cape Breton University
• Dalhousie University
• Université du Québec à Montréal
• Université Laval
• Brock University
• McMaster University
• University of Waterloo
• Western University
• York University
• The Hospital for Sick Children
• University of Alberta
• University of British Columbia

Launch of the Renewal of the Tri-Agency Financial Administration

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) launched the Renewal of the Tri-Agency Financial Administration in September 2017. A large part of the Renewal will involve streamlining and simplifying the administration and use of grant funds by creating a principles-based Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide in consultation with the community. The vision for this updated Guide is to promote efficiencies, reduce administrative burden, and provide greater flexibility to administering institutions and grant recipients in ensuring the appropriate accountability and use of grant funds.

To find out more about this initiative and to get the latest news, visit  science.gc.ca/TAFA.

If you have any questions about the Renewal or if would like more information, please contact NSERC/SSHRC at financialmonitoring@nserc-crsng.gc.ca or CIHR at support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

The Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide was recently revised to reflect the participation of all three granting Agencies (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [NSERC], the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [SSHRC] and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR]). Changes made to this year’s guide supersede the last version (July 2017) of the guide and take effect on October 1, 2017. The Summary of Changes is now available.

Unless otherwise indicated, these policies and requirements apply to all three Agencies. Any exceptions to these will be indicated in the program description of the respective Agency.

Note:

• For the purposes of this document, "Agency" refers to one of the three agencies—NSERC, SSHRC or CIHR—and "Grantee" refers to “ Nominated Principal Applicant” for CIHR.
• All terms are meant to be inclusive of all genders.