Tri-Agency financial reporting extensions for 2022-2023

Canada’s tri-agency federal research grant and funding agencies announced they have extended deadlines for financial report submissions.

CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC extensions

The deadline has been extended to September 30, 2023 for those submitting financial reporting forms 300 and 301 for the 2022-2023 (April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023) Annual Reconciliation of Active Awards. This extension applies to the following agencies:

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), including the Canada Research Chairs (CRC).

CFI financial reporting deadline: June 15, 2023

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) submission deadline is June 15, 2023 for interim financial report and infrastructure operating fund annual report submissions. Specifically, please note that:

• Interim financial reporting is due June 15, 2023
• Infrastructure operating fund annual reports are due June 15, 2023
• Final financial reports are due within six months of the project’s actual end date. The exception to this are projects with an actual end date no later than March 31, 2023. Since those were granted a three-month extension, their final financial reports are due within nine months of the project’s actual end date.

Questions?

For more information, please refer to your grant or funding agency website:

• CIHR Information for the Research Community: Tri-agency financial administration (external link) 
• NSERC Program information (external link)  including content on financial reporting
• SSHRC Program information (external link)  including content on financial reporting

If you have any further questions, please contact your research financial analyst.