We present experimental results on second-harmonic generation in non-stoichiometric, silicon-rich nitride (SRN) films. The as-deposited film presents a second-order nonlinear coefficient, or χ (2) , as high as 8pm/V. This value can be widely tuned using the electric field induced second harmonic effect (EFISH), and a maximum value of 22.7pm/V was achieved with this technique. We further illustrate that the second-order nonlinear coefficient exhibited by these films can be highly dispersive in nature, and requires further study and analysis to evaluate their viability for inwaveguide applications at telecommunication wavelengths.