Safeguarding Canada’s Research Ecosystem

February 14, 2023

The Federal Government issued a statement which indicated that CFI, SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR will be implementing new measures to ensure that grant applications proposing to conduct research in sensitive areas will not be funded if any of the researchers working on the project are affiliated with a university, research institute or laboratory connected to military, national defence or state security entities of foreign state actors that pose a risk to our national security. Read more: Statement from Minister Champagne, Minister Duclos and Minister Mendicino on protecting Canada's research