BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF)
Deadlines for 2016
BCKDF applications are timed to Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) applications:
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BCKDF Step 1 applications are usually due one month after CFI application deadlines.
BCKDF Step 2 applications are usually due one month after CFI board decision date.1
BCKDF funding decisions are announced after CFI funding decisions.
BCKDF APPLICATION
BCKDF
APPLICATION
DEADLINE
TO FOLLOW CFI COMPETITION
(within 1 month)
CFI BOARD
DECISION
Minor Infrastructure
(Step 1)
March 15, 2016
JELF
(CFI competition: February 15, 2016)
June 21, 2016
Minor Infrastructure –
Chairs (Step 1)
May 25, 2016
JELF/CRC
(CFI competition: April 25, 2016)
November 2016
Minor Infrastructure –
Colleges Stream 1 (Step 1)
June 15, 2016
College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) Stream 1
(CFI competition: May 15, 2016)
November 2016
Minor Infrastructure
(Step 1)
July 15, 2016
JELF (CFI competition: June 15, 2016)
November 2016
Cyberinfrastructure
Challenge 2 – Stage 2
(Step 1 & 21)
October 2016
(TBD)
Cyberinfrastructure Challenge 2 – Stage 2
(Compute Canada infrastructure)
(CFI Board decision: Sept. 2016)
September 2016
Major Infrastructure
(Step 1)
November 14, 2016
Innovation Fund
(CFI competition: October 11, 2016)
June 2017
Minor Infrastructure
(Step 1)
November 15, 2016
JELF (and JELF/SSHRC Insight)
(CFI competition: October 15, 2016)
March 2017
Minor Infrastructure
(Step 1)
November 24, 2016
JELF/CRC
(CRC nomination deadline: October 24, 2016)
March 2017
Minor Infrastructure –
Colleges Stream 2 (Step 1)
November 28, 2016
College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) Stream 2
(CFI competition: October 27, 2016; Date TBC)
March 2017
Minor Infrastructure –
Colleges Stream 1 (Step 21)
December 2016
College-Industry Innovation Fund
(CFI Board decision: November 2016)
November 2016
1 Only for proposals that were awarded unconditional or partial funding by CFI, or that have had their conditions lifted.
The next Cyberinfrastructure competition for Challenge 1 (Stage 2) has not been announced yet (as at February 2016).
This BCKDF deadline sheet will be updated regularly.
Please e-mail [email protected] for any questions about deadlines.
Updated June 2016
BCKDF Deadlines for 2016
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