Ottawa Adds National Security Risk Assessments to Federal Research Funding

Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne takes part in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press at Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa on Dec. 16, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA—The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says research projects must now undergo a risk assessment as part of any grant application to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.