Presentation provided by Tibor Turi, NSERC during the ONEIA breakfast meeting on January 26, 2012.

2. January
26,
2012
NSERC
Research
Partnership
Opportuni5es
-­‐-­‐
ONEIA,
Toronto

4. NSERC Budget 2011-12
Total: $1.1 billion
5%
28%
People 32%
Discovery
Innovation
Admin.
36%
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6. What’s new?

7. Interac)on
GEngage
Interaction and rants
• New
rela5onship
Lut velit lortion hendiatis exeratum ipit iure faccumsan
• 3
months
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Interac5on
Grant
wismodolore feugiam adionsequat ad ea faciliq uipsum dio od
etummy niamcon hendrem
zzrit ut alis adiat • Up
to
$5k
elit
(IG)
(university
+ inismolorem ex
lor sequam delessi. Lut velit lortion hendiatis• Travel
and
mee5ng
exer atum ipit iure
college)
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dunt wismodolore feugiam adionse quat ad ea expenses
dio
faciliq uipsum
hent am dolenit etummy. • No
applica5on
deadline

8. Engage
Grants
Interaction and Engage
• New
rela5onship
Lut velit lortion hendiatis exeratum ipit iure faccumsan
dolenit velit adit vel • 6
months
hent am Engage
Grant ilit adipsum sandipsum dunt
wismodolore feugiam adionsequat ad ea faciliqUp
to
$25k
od
• uipsum dio
etummy niamcon hendrem
zzrit ut alis adiat inismolorem ex elit
(EG)
(university)
lor sequam delessi. Lut velit lortion hendiatis• No
company
cash
exer atum ipit iure
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dunt wismodolore feugiam adionse quat ad ea No
applica5on
• faciliq uipsum dio
hent am dolenit etummy. deadline

9. Collabora)ve
R&D
(CRD)
Grants
Ø Industry
partner
required
Ø Focus:
§ Focused
R&D
projects
§ Any
point
in
the
research
spectrum
CRD
Grants
§ $10k
to
$500k
per
year
(university)
§ 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

10. Industrial
Scholarships
&
Fellowships
Industrial
Undergraduate
• $4500
NSERC
Student
Research
Awards
• $1125
(min.)
company
(I-­‐USRA)
• 12-­‐16
weeks
• MSc/Ph.D
Industrial
Postgraduate
• $15k
from
NSERC
Scholarships
(IPS)
• $6k
(min.)
company
• 1
day/week
at
company
• $30k
from
NSERC
Industrial
R
&
D
• $10k
(min.)
company
Fellowships
(IRDF)
• Up
to
2
years

11. Regional
Opportuni)es
Fund
Ø Special
events
and
ac)vi)es
in
NSE
Ø Typically
$1k-­‐$5k
Regional
Opportuni5es
Fund
(ROF)
Ø Academic
and
industrial
par)cipants
Ø Promote
NSERC’s
RPP
or
Industrial
S&F
Ø No
applica)on
deadline

12. 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:
ARD
Grants
• Private
sector
partner(s)
contribute
1/3
(college)
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

13. 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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14. NSERC Ontario Regional Office
Mail: 2655 North Sheridan Way, Suite 250
Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2P8
Phone: (905)403-0924 or Toll-free (877)767-1767
e-mail: nserc-ontario@nserc-crsng.gc.ca