Research
Funding Opportunities
International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IDRC/CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC)
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are partners in this funding opportunity to support research and networking on the adaptation to climate change in Canada and low-income countries and middle-income countries (LIC-MIC).
The program summary and application information is available here.
Please let Debbie Bilinski know by email if you plan to submit a Letter of Intent for this program.
Contact:
Debbie Bilinski
Research Funding Manager - US & International Programs
Agency & Foundation Funding
Research Services
University of Toronto
McMurrich Building, 3rd floor
12 Queen's Park Crescent West
Toronto, ON M5S 1S8
Email: debbie.bilinski@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-7118
Fax: 416-971-2010
New NSERC Programs Help Build Industry Ties with University Research
As part of the new Strategy for Partnerships and Innovation, NSERC has introduced two new programs and modified existing programs to make it easier for industry and universities to establish productive research partnerships.
The Engage Grants Program will support the creation of a new university-industry partnership to undertake a fully funded, short-term research project that addresses a company-specific problem. It awards up to $25,000 over a maximum of six months to cover direct project costs.
The Interaction Grants program will help establish new contacts between companies and NSERC-eligible researchers to identify a company-specific problem that could be solved through a subsequent R&D partnership. Up to $5,000 over three months covers such expenses as travel and meetings needed to set up the partnership.
In addition to the new programs, the Industrial Research Chairs, Collaborative Research and Development Grants, Idea to Innovation (Phase IIb) and Strategic Projects Grants programs will be modified to allow up to 10 percent of the eligible direct cost of research to be devoted to project management expenses. The Idea to Innovation Program now also allows institutions to submit proposals devoted solely to market studies on potential products, processes or technologies.
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Deadlines: February 26, 2010 and July 9, 2010
The Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization Program will be accepting applications in 2010. Pre-submission inquiries will be accepted up to 10 business days before each deadline. Approximately 2 - 3 new IPDCP projects will be funded in 2010.
Further information is available in the OICR’s web site at:
http://www.oicr.on.ca/commercialization/announcements.htm
New NSERC Programs to Partner with Industry
NSERC has announced two new programs to help build partnerships with industry and in particular SMEs. There are approximately 20,000 companies in Canada which undertake research, however, only 7% have partnered with NSERC. The aim of these new programs is to stimulate interactions with companies who have not previously interacted with the University.
- The Interaction Grants Program will help establish new contacts between companies and NSERC-eligible researchers to identify a company-specific problem that could be solved through a subsequent R&D partnership. Up to $5,000 over three months covers such expenses as travel and meetings needed to set up the partnership.
- The Engage Grants Program will support the creation of a new university-industry partnership to undertake a fully funded, short-term research project that addresses a company-specific problem. It awards up to $25,000 over a maximum of six months to cover direct project costs.
Neither program requires any cash or in-kind contribution from industry. However, NSERC would like to see such relationships develop through more sustainable partnerships which could be funded through an NSERC Strategic Grant or NSERC CRD project.
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