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October 7, 2020
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Tips for writing a successful NBIF Research Application

As a researcher myself, I understand crafting a funding application takes a significant amount of time and effort, and that it is incredibly disappointing when that effort results only in a rejection letter. While I wish that we could fund every application that arrives at NBIF, the reality is that ...

September 21, 2020
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Ground-breaking Cancer Research Underway in New Brunswick

At the end of 2013, NBIF announced a five-year commitment to creating Research Chairs for academics exploring research ripe for commercialization in areas like medical devices, bioscience, wood products, and aquatic bioscience. After a thorough selection process, most of the chairs began their appoi...

Filling A Key Funding Gap

As part of our continuing efforts to improve our research funding offerings, our team at NBIF undertook a review of innovation funding in New Brunswick, from the earliest stage of fundamental research to well established, profitable companies. We know that fundamental research done in New Brunswick�...

Addressing the Complex Social Problems Facing New Brunswickers

Enacting systematic or large-scale change isn’t easy. With new approaches to addressing some of New Brunswick’s economic, social, and cultural challenges, social innovation is seen by many as a path forward. Briefly, social innovation is a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex pr...

Vital COVID-19 Research Underway in
New Brunswick

COVID-19 has upended New Brunswick and the world. It has sickened millions, killed many, and wreaked economic havoc. Understanding who has been exposed to the virus but recovered is crucial knowledge for researchers around the globe. Researchers need a steady supply of purified coronavirus proteins,...