2006/11/08 |
The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)/NSERC Research Partnerships Program will end on March 31, 2007. New applications to the program will not be accepted after November 30, 2006. Existing commitments to ongoing projects will be honoured. |
2006/10/31 |
NSERC and CIHR are revising the Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program. As such, we are not currently accepting any new Letters of Intent to apply to the program. |
2006/10/10 |
The partnership agreement between the Canadian Forest Service, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and NSERC ends on March 31, 2007. |
2006/10/10 |
In order to reflect the eligibility realities of the academic community, NSERC has added a question to the on-line system (Personal Data Form, Current Employment page). Everyone filling in a Personal Data Form must now answer the following question: Is your position at the eligible institution a tenured or tenure-track position? Please see Memo to Institutions for details. |
2006/09/18 |
A Summary
of Changes to the Tri-Agency Financial Administration
Guide 2006 is now available. This summary
highlights important changes made to this year's guide which
are in effect as of September 18, 2006. |
2006/09/05 |
Due to increases in applications, NSERC is
restructuring the Mechanical
Engineering Grant Selection Committee (GSC 13) effective
immediately. |
2006/08/08 |
A Summary of
Changes to the 2006 Program
Guide for Professors is now available. This summary
highlights important changes made to this year's guide which
are in effect as of September 18, 2006. |
2006/07/19 |
New NSERC/MITACS Scholarship available for graduate students in mathematics through the Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship (IPS) program |
2006/07/04 |
The Major Resources Support (MRS) program has replaced the Major Facilities Access (MFA) program. |
2006/05/29 |
Request for Proposals – Inter-American Collaboration in Materials Research
Funding opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research between researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States. The deadline for Letter of Intent submission is August 28, 2006 and the deadline for application submission is October 16, 2006. |
2006/04/19 |
Further to the decision to terminate the Discovery Grants Reallocations Exercise in its previous form, NSERC has decided that future reallocation or allocation mechanisms will be based on Grant Selection Committee population dynamics (discipline dynamics) and the cost of research. For details, consult the Evaluation of the Reallocations Exercise – NSERC Management Response and the Final Report of the Evaluation of the Discovery Grants Reallocations Exercise. |
2006/03/31 |
The Research Network Grants program, renamed the Strategic Network Grants program, now targets the same high-level research areas as the Strategic Project Grants program.
Deadline for preliminary proposals: June 30, 2006
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2006/03/02 |
Government of Canada Program for International Polar Year 2007-2008 – Notice of Amendment to Call for Proposals |
2006/01/25 |
New Target Areas Announced for Strategic Project Grants Program |
2005/11/18 |
Intellectual Property Mobilization (IPM) Program – Results of the 2005 Competition |
2005/10/19 |
The nominations deadline for the NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation is May 31, 2006. The Program Description provides details, including instructions for nominators. |
2005/10/18 |
The nominations deadline for the new NSERC John C. Polanyi Award is March 1, 2006. The Program Description provides details, including instructions for nominators. |
2005/10/14 |
Interim Tri-Agency Measures for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research |
2005/09/07 |
NSERC cancels upcoming Reallocations Exercise and is devising a new approach to making Discovery Grant reallocation decisions. |
2005/08/19 |
Request for Proposals – International
Polar Year Projects in the Natural Sciences and Engineering |
2005/07/25 |
Infrastructure Canada: Peer Reviewed
Research Studies (PRRS) Program |
2005/06/24 |
On June 7, 2005, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
(CIHR) posted Updated
Guidelines for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research on its
Web site. NSERC and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) have an interim agreement with CIHR whereby the
three agencies have agreed, as a condition of funding, to
have their researchers adhere to the CIHR Updated
Guidelines, until such time as they can be incorporated into
the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research
Involving Humans. |