PFP funding opportunities
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Project-specific funding
- supports participation in the CNSC’s regulatory review processes (e.g., licensing renewal or environmental assessment).
Funding for general matters of regulatory interest
- supports participation in meetings with CNSC staff on topics of regulatory interest, CNSC targeted studies or monitoring, or the topics of regulatory interest list.
Project-specific funding
Click on the funding opportunities below to learn more about the project description, application form, and application deadline.
If you have any questions regarding the PFP program, how to access these funding opportunities, or complete the relevant PFP application form, please review the PFP Guide and/or contact the PFP administrator
Current funding opportunities
Name of project | Maximum amount | Application deadline |
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Participant funding for Ontario Power Generation’s application to amend the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station operating licence for the production of additional isotopes using the target delivery system | $30,000 | October 11, 2024 |
Participant funding for Ontario Power Generation’s application to amend the waste facility operating licence for the Pickering Waste Management Facility | $75,000 | November 15, 2024 |
Past funding opportunities
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2017
Name of project | Maximum amount | Application deadline |
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CNSC Staff Meeting with the Métis Nation of Ontario Region 4 Regarding the Blind River Refinery | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Staff Meeting with the Métis Nation of Ontario Region 7 Regarding the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station Licence Renewal and Major Component Replacement Application | N/A | N/A |
Manitoba Métis Federation Traditional Knowledge and Land Use Study in relation to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ proposed WR-1 In-Situ Decommissioning Project | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Information-Sharing Meeting with the Métis Nation of Ontario Region 8: Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (NGS) Licence Renewal | N/A | N/A |
Renewal of Ontario Power Generation’s nuclear power reactor operating licence for the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station | $100,000 |
December 1, 2017 Now closed |
CNSC Staff Meeting with the Council of First Métis People of Canada | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Staff Meetings with the Saugeen Ojibway Nation regarding Bruce Nuclear Generating Station interaction with fisheries resources | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Staff Meeting with the Métis Nation of Ontario Region 7 Regarding the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station licence renewal | N/A | N/A |
Renewal of Bruce Power’s nuclear power reactor operating licence | $100,000 |
November 6, 2017 Now closed |
CNSC staff meeting with Curve Lake First Nation to discuss the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s Deloro site licence renewal | N/A | N/A |
CNSC staff meeting with the Métis Nation of Ontario regarding the CNSC’s Independent Environmental Monitoring Program (IEMP) and CNSC regulated facilities in the Port Hope region | N/A | N/A |
Participant funding for Chalk River Laboratories’ site licence renewal | $75,000 |
September 15, 2017 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium Mines and Mills in Canada: 2016 | $35,000 |
August 22, 2017 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium and Nuclear Substance Processing Facilities in Canada: 2016 | $25,000 |
August 21, 2017 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report on the Use of Nuclear Substances in Canada: 2016 | $20,000 |
June 26, 2017 Now closed |
CNSC Staff Meeting With the Métis Nation of Ontario Regarding Bruce Power’s Fisheries Act Authorization Process and Ontario Power Generation’s Western Waste Management Facility Licence Renewal | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Technical Workshop Regarding the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station’s Interaction With Fisheries Resources of the Lake Huron/Saugeen Watershed | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Staff-Facilitated Meeting with the Saugeen Ojibway Nation | N/A | N/A |
CNSC Staff Meeting with Buffalo River Dene Nation and Birch Narrows Dene Nation to Discuss the McClean Lake Operation Licence Renewal | N/A | N/A |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Plants: 2016 |
$35,000 |
April 28, 2017 Now closed |
2016
2016
Name of project | Maximum amount* | Application deadline |
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Meeting with the Métis Nation of Ontario Regarding Oversight and Regulation of the Bruce Nuclear Site | N/A | N/A |
Meeting with the Mississauga First Nation Regarding the Performance of the Blind River Facility, Environmental Monitoring of the Elliot Lake Watershed, and Health Effects of Radiation relating to Cameco’s Blind River Refinery | N/A | N/A |
Ontario Power Generation Inc.’s Pickering Waste Management Facility licence renewal | $50,000 |
December 9, 2016 Now closed |
AREVA’s McClean Lake mine and mill operating licence renewal | $75,000 |
December 12, 2016 Now closed |
New Brunswick Power Corporation’s Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station licence renewal | $75,000 |
November 18, 2016 Now closed |
Gunnar Remediation Options Workshop with Athabasca Aboriginal Communities | N/A | N/A |
Meeting with Mississauga First Nation Regarding Environmental Sampling Conducted around Cameco’s Blind River Refinery | N/A | N/A |
Ontario Power Generation’s Western Waste Management Facility licence renewal | $75,000 |
October 30, 2016 Now closed |
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Decommissioning of the Whiteshell Reactor #1 Project | $100,000 |
September 30, 2016 Now closed |
Meeting with Hiawatha First Nation Regarding the CNSC’s Independent Environmental Monitoring Program and REGDOC-3.2.2, Aboriginal Engagement | N/A | N/A |
Meeting with Mississauga First Nation About Cameco’s Blind River Refinery and the CNSC’s Independent Environmental Monitoring Program | N/A | N/A |
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Near Surface Disposal Facility Project | $100,000 |
September 2, 2016 Now closed |
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project |
$100,000 |
September 2, 2016 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Waste Management, Storage and Processing Facilities in Canada: 2015 | $35,000 |
August 26, 2016 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Uranium Mines, Mills, Historic and Decommissioned Sites | $35,000 |
August 26, 2016 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report on the Use of Nuclear Substances in Canada: 2015 |
$20,000 |
June 17, 2016 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Plants: 2015 | $35,000 |
May 6, 2016 Now closed |
Regulatory Oversight Report for Nuclear Processing, Small Research Reactor and Class IB
Accelerator Facilities: 2015 |
$25,000 |
June 30, 2016 Now closed |
Port Hope Area Initiative status report |
$25,000 |
June 30, 2016 Now closed |
Cameco’s Port Hope Conversion Facility licence renewal |
$50,000 |
June 30, 2016 Now closed |
Funding for general matters of regulatory interest
This funding is designed to enhance public and Indigenous groups’ participation in CNSC activities and Commission proceedings.
Support for participation in meetings with CNSC staff and CNSC studies and/or monitoring
Funding in this category supports involvement of public and/or Indigenous groups in activities such as meetings with CNSC staff regarding topics of regulatory interest, as well as participation in CNSC targeted studies and/or monitoring. They are offered on a case-by-case basis for issues or activities under the CNSC’s mandate that are of significant interest to the public and/or Indigenous groups. For more information on applying for these potential funding opportunities, please review the Eligibility criteria or Contact the PFP administrator.
PFP funding for topics of regulatory interest
The list of topics of regulatory interest is designed to encourage experts, researchers, academics and Indigenous groups in choosing relevant topics to present value-added information to the Commission as part of its regulatory processes. Research on these topics may have already been conducted, but not yet presented before the Commission.
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