Nextfor - Advancing Forest Based Innovation

With over 444 individuals, the Nextfor Network drives innovation

through our Innovation Forums, Case Studies, Funding Challenges and online information portal, nextfor.ca

Focus Areas

Why join?

Innovation Forums

Join innovators from across the forest bio-economy value chain to share knowledge and map out opportunities and challenges in targeted focus areas.

Case Studies

Help us realize the opportunities and address the challenges identified in our Innovation Forums through small-scale case studies.

Funding Challenges

Grow your idea through Nextfor’s targeted, solution-focused funding challenges.

Networking

Build cross-sectoral partnerships and meet potential collaborators through our forums and by directly engaging with the Nextfor team.

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Events

Nextfor Innovation Forum

Nextfor will be hosting a full day, in-person workshop and information session in Toronto, ON at the Sheraton Centre Hotel on May 4, 2023. We...

Lignin Consortium Symposium

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As a result of Nextfor’s 2021 and 2022 Lignin Funding Challenges, CRIBE is currently supporting 5 consortium-based projects, representing 29 national and international organizations. CRIBE...

Opportunities

Request for Proposals

The intent of this project is to provide a strategic, policy-level briefing note or roadmap showing the way towards the production and, ideally, the use...

Call for Vendors of Record

Over the next 2-3 years CRIBE and Nextfor will be investing in work that supports the development of Ontario’s Bio-Economy and Forestry Sector. We need...

Resources

Access all event materials, case study findings and project updates through our Resources page.

Simplified LCA Study on Biofuels

This study was conducted to assess and compare the environmental performance of 2 fossil fuels (HFO, coal) and 3 biofuels (biochar, woodchips, and pyrolysis oil)...

Advanced Carbon for Energy Storage Report

The focus of this white paper is to discuss how Canada and specifically the Province of Ontario can leverage its forest resources to develop an...

ICFAR Biomass Characterization

Regionally specific biomass feedstocks from across Ontario were sent to ICFAR at Western University to be characterized. This data is being used by various proponents...

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