NSERC Prizes – Friends of NSERC

If you are funded by NSERC in any capacity, you may nominate private citizens who have provided assistance, or material or logistic support. For instance, a chemical engineering professor at Dalhousie University recently nominated two employees of an American firm that gave him access to its testing facility near Kansas City, Missouri, and paid for the materials needed as well. He estimated the cash equivalent of the firm's contribution at $60,000, and said that the research could not have been undertaken without this support. Both individuals also displayed a keen interest in the personal well-being of the Ph.D. candidate under the professor's supervision who spent the summer there, providing him with a wonderful training opportunity.

Now, more than ever before, when the research enterprise is in need of public support, it is particularly important for researchers to take the time to communicate with the public and in doing so, help to build support for research sponsored by NSERC.

To nominate one or more individuals, just send us a note including details of how they helped you as well as their name and mailing address, and we'll send them a "Friend of NSERC" certificate thanking them on your behalf and NSERC's for their help (note: the intent is not to recognize personal acts of kindness and courtesy – that is left to the individual who experienced them).

Address nominations to: