January  26,  2012  

NSERC  Research  Partnership    

Opportuni5es  

-­‐-­‐  ONEIA,  Toronto  

NSERC Budget 2011-12 Total: $1.1 billion

28%

32%

5%

36%

People

Discovery

Innovation Admin.

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What’s new?

Interaction and Engage

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•  New  rela5onship  •  3  months  

•  Up  to  $5k  •  Travel  and  mee5ng  expenses    

•  No  applica5on  deadline  

Interac5on  Grant  (IG)  (university  +  

college)  

Interac)on  Grants  

Interaction and Engage

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•  New  rela5onship  •  6  months  

•  Up  to  $25k  •  No  company  cash  

•  No  applica5on  deadline  

Engage  Grant  (EG)  (university)  

Engage  Grants  

Collabora)ve  R&D  (CRD)  Grants  Ø  Industry  partner  required  Ø  Focus:  

§  Focused  R&D  projects  §  Any  point  in  the  research  spectrum  §  $10k  to  $500k  per  year  §  Dura5on  can  be  1  to  5  years  §  Objec5ves  can  be  short,  medium  or  long-­‐

term  

Ø  Terms:  §  Shared  costs:  

•  Each  $1  of  industry  partner  cash  contribu5on  leverages  up  to  $2  of  NSERC  contribu5on  

 

CRD  Grants  (university)  

Industrial  Scholarships  &  Fellowships  

Industrial  Undergraduate  Student  Research  Awards  (I-­‐USRA)  

Industrial  R  &  D  Fellowships  (IRDF)  

• $4500  NSERC  • $1125  (min.)  company  • 12-­‐16  weeks    

• $30k  from  NSERC  • $10k  (min.)  company  • Up  to  2  years    

Industrial  Postgraduate  Scholarships  (IPS)  

• MSc/Ph.D  • $15k  from  NSERC  • $6k  (min.)  company  • 1  day/week  at  company  

Regional  Opportuni)es  Fund  

Ø  Special  events  and  ac)vi)es  in  NSE  

Ø  Typically  $1k-­‐$5k  Ø  Academic  and  industrial  

par)cipants  

Ø  Promote  NSERC’s  RPP  or  Industrial  S&F  

Ø No  applica)on  deadline  

 

Regional  Opportuni5es  Fund  (ROF)  

Applied  R&D  (ARD)  Grants  Ø  Three  levels  of  grants:  

1.   Up  to  $25K  (six  months)  •  Requires  a  new  rela5onship,  private  sector  partner  contribu5on,    

•  internal  review,  4-­‐6  week  target  2.   Up  to  $75K  /  year,  up  to  3  years:  

•  Private  sector  partner(s)  contribute  1/3  of  project  costs  

•  External  peer  review  3.   Over  $75K  /  year,  up  to  3  years:  

•  Private  sector  partner(s)  contribute  ½  of  project  costs  

•  External  peer  review  and  commi_ee  review  

ARD  Grants  (college)  

College-­‐University  Idea  to  Innova)on  (CU-­‐I2I)  

Objec)ve:      Foster  commercializa)on  collabora)ons  between    colleges  &  universi)es  

 

Amount:        Up  to  $250K  annually  for  1  to  3  years    

Leverage:      Cash  and  in-­‐kind  eligible,  cash  not  mandatory,  company      contribu)ons  will  not  be  leveraged  above  1:1  for        individual  funding  amounts  to  universi)es  or  colleges  

 

Par)cipa)on:      At  least  one  of  each  –  college,  university,  company    

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