# Who we are · CFIR

> Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Research (CFIR): a federal not-for-profit corporation in Toronto, at research.ca, Corporation no. 1674045-6.

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CFIR · Who we are

Who we are

Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Research (CFIR) is a federal not-for-profit corporation in Toronto, at research.ca. It funds scholarships for entrepreneurs and provides capital toward seed grants. The name and the record below are as the public registry holds them.

The name

One name, as registered.

Legal name

Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Research (CFIR)

Short name

CFIR

Website

research.ca

City

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The record

On the federal registry.

Legal form

Federal not-for-profit corporation, Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Corporation no.

1674045-6

The registry record

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Business no.

718160229RC0001

Incorporated

11 February 2025

Registered office

909 Alness St, Toronto, ON M3J 2J1, Canada

What we fund

Scholarships, seed grants, and research.

Scholarships

Full tuition for the three programmes at YEDI

The scholarships ›

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Seed grants

Capital for ventures out of the Incubator, applied for after the programme and decided by YEDI’s venture fund

The grants ›

Research

Applied research, published open-access

The studies ›

The full record

The Foundation ›

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