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NFRF-International: Strategies for Success – Mar. 16, 2026
Session Description
March 16 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
The Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation is hosting an information session on the New Frontiers in Research Fund’s 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges. This session will provide strategies to develop successful international collaborations, approaches to new funding opportunities, and tips for applying to this call. After an overview of the call, participants will hear from experienced faculty members, who will offer advice and insights on developing competitive international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral research proposals. This will be followed by strategies from the Research Services Office to address common challenges in preparing NFRF applications.
Intended for NFRF-I applicants who submitted an NOI (due March 3, 2026), this session will also benefit researchers interested in applying to large, collaborative international grants, like Horizon Europe.
This session will provide:
- Guidance on preparing an application for the NFRF-I 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges,
- Recommendations on effectively addressing the Sustainable Development Goals in research proposals
- Advice on developing and managing international research collaborations.
- Effective methods for addressing equity, diversity, and inclusion in research programs
Speaker list
- Cintia Cristia, Assistant Director, International Research
- Golnaz Farhat, Manager, Research Development & Inclusive Excellence
Faculty Panel:
- Fikile Nxumalo, Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Awardee in the 2023 NFRF International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation.
- Erica Di Ruggiero, Research Director, SDGs@UofT and Associate Professor of Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- Emma Master, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Jeffrey Siegel, Professor, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering
- Igor Stagljar, Professor, Molecular Genetics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Learning Objectives
- To understand the submission process and support available for submission to the NFRF-I 2026 International Joint Initiative for Research Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges.
- To learn how to address common challenges in NFRF applications such as demonstrating interdisciplinarity, fully addressing equity, diversity and inclusion, and articulating the high risk/high reward elements of a project.
- To understand how to effectively integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into your research projects.
- Strategies for developing and managing international collaborations necessary for calls such as NFRF International, Horizon Europe, and others.