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The CFDR 2026 Research Grant Competition Opens October 1
The Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research (CFDR) is launching Research Proposal Registrations for the 2026 Research Grant Competition on Oct 1, 2025. CFDR has replaced the Letter of Intent process with a Research Proposal Registration process. See...
CFDR announces a fifth grant for the 2024-2025 Competition
CFDR is delighted to announce the awarding of a fifth research grant for the 2024-2025 year. This grant is awarded to Phlllip Joy, PHD, RD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, NS. The title of...
CFDR Announces Funding for Four Research Projects
The Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research Announces Funding for Four Research Projects Toronto, July 2025 - This month the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research (CFDR) approved funding of $80,000 for four projects under its 2024-25 Annual Grants Competition....
CFDR Funded Research about Male Infertility
CFDR-funded research by Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy et al was featured in in a media article by Nutraingredients: https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2024/10/04/low-vitamin-b12-may-lead-to-higher-risk-of-infertility-among-men The citation for the article in The...
Introducing our New Executive Director
Janis Randall Simpson (PhD, RD, FDC, FCNS) has assumed the role of Executive Director (ED) (volunteer, part-time) of CFDR as of 1 October 2024. I am looking forward to working closely with the CFDR Board of Directors as we head into the 2024-25 Research Grant...
