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| CHRP – Collaborative
Health Research Project Grants |
Eligibility for co-applicants
explicitly defined in program description. |
| IPM – Intellectual
Property Mobilization Program |
NSERC, the Canadian Institutes
of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) are pleased to announce the next competition in the Intellectual
Property Mobilization Program. The competition deadline is August 23, 2006. |
| MRS – Major
Resources Support Program |
New program replacing Major
Facilities Access (MFA). There are significant changes to the description
of the program as a result. |
| Northern
Research Supplements |
Minor clarifications. |
| Location of permafrost limit redefined. |
| SRO – Special
Research Opportunity Program |
Program description has been
rewritten to consolidate and clarify the wording; however, no substantive
changes have been made to the application requirements. |
Forms for professors |
| Common changes to all
forms |
General Presentation Standards:
The accepted font is Times New Roman, regular 12 pts, or any comparable
font – nothing smaller. |
| Enter name and Personal Identification
Number (PIN) “outside” set margins. |
| Colour images submitted in the application
will not be duplicated in colour for the peer reviewers. |
What signatures mean:
Additional bullet reads “recognize and accept that NSERC may defer
instalment if need for funds is not demonstrated.” |
Form 100 –
Personal Data Form |
PDF version: Revised page 1
and App. B, B-1 and C to clarify eligibility. For example, the "Appointment
at a Postsecondary Institution" section has been modified to obtain
more information on the academic appointment. |
Form 101 –
Application for a Grant |
Form adjusted to reflect
program name change and new program:
• Strategic Network Grants (SNG) instead of Research
Network Grants (RNG);
• Major Resources Support (MRS) program instead
of Major Facilities Access (MFA) grants.
|
| Revised page 5 of the PDF version
for MRS to accommodate the five-year budget request (adding two extra
columns for years 4 and 5) and different types of expenses. |
| Deleted page 6 of the PDF version
(Contributions from Supporting Organizations) for Ship Time. |
| Page 7 of the PDF version “Expected
Revenues from the Use of Equipment or Resource” adjusted to accommodate
the needs of MRS. |
| UFA: New “landing date” field
added to the UFA Nomination page (page 8 of the PDF version). |
Form 101 – Instructions
Ship Time (ST) |
Contributions from Supporting
Organizations module removed. |
Form 101 – Instructions
Special Research Opportunity (SRO) Program
Pre-research proposal |
Researchers now have up to
ten single-sided pages to address the selection criteria (pre-research
proposal). |
| Order of the modules
(electronic version) has changed. |
Form 101 – Instructions
Special Research Opportunity (SRO) Program
Project |
Order of the modules (electronic
version) has changed. |
Form 101 – Instructions
Discovery Grants (DG) |
UFA nomination: As of the
nomination deadline date, applicants must have held for less than one
year, or have been offered, a tenured or tenure-track appointment in the
nominating Canadian university. An offered appointment may be conditional
upon receipt of the UFA award. |
Form 101 – Instructions
Major Resources Support (MRS) |
New instructions to reflect
new program objectives. |
Form 101 – Instructions
Northern Research Supplement (NRS) |
Location of permafrost limit
redefined. |
| Form 181 – Notification
of Intent to Apply for a Major Resources Support Grant |
Revised to accommodate new
MRS program. |
| New deadline date for Notification
of Intent (Aug. 15, 2006). |
| Extra columns added to allow requests
for five years of funding. |
Form 183A – Information
Required from Organizations Participating in Research Partnerships Programs
(form and instructions) |
The form has not changed;
therefore, the 2004 version of Form 183A is still valid. The order of
the modules has changed. The instructions have changed as follows:
• It
is no longer necessary to send the company’s
most recent annual report with the application. NSERC will request
it if it is deemed necessary.
• The letter of support from the participating
organization must include, if applicable, a description of the R&D
programs with details of any public funding received that is directly
related to the application.
• The section on “General Presentation
Standards” was
dropped because organizations usually send their letter of support
on letterhead.
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| Access & Link Manager: Modifications
to the existing interface as well as the addition of pop-up messages and
automated e-mail notifications between applicants and co-applicants. |
| Form 184 – Letter
of Intent to Apply for a Special Research Opportunity Grant |
Page 1 of the PDF version:
The space provided to list co-applicants now also asks for the collaborators'
name and organization. |
| Page 3 of the PDF version: There
are now five bullets to describe the research proposal. |
| Form 185 – Information
Required from Organizations Participating in the SRO Program |
Deleted. This
form is no longer used. Instead, organizations are to provide a letter
of support and, if applicable, financial information within the budget
pages of Form 101. |
Policies and Guidelines |
| Eligibility Criteria
(person): |
Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program – College
faculty may now apply as “applicant” (not just as co-applicant)
for the Idea to Innovation program. |
| Adjunct professors: Clarification
that non-academic adjuncts can apply for Discovery Grants as principal
applicants and for all other NSERC grants as co-applicants. |
| Guidelines for
Organizations Participating in Research Partnerships Programs |
Clarified eligibility criteria
for industry partners. |
| Clarified eligibility for partners
participating in both Strategic Project and Strategic Network grants. |
| Clarified Eligibility and Value of
In-Kind Contributions guidelines. |
| Revised Eligibility and Value of
In-Kind Contributions table to include colleges. |
| Added upper limits for leveraging
of in-kind for company personnel salaries and software licences. |
|
Section and Sub-section |
Nature of Changes |
Responsibilities
and Accountability |
| • Intellectual Property/Patents |
CIHR only – new
paragraph |
| • Archiving of Research Data |
SSHRC only – new
information |
Annual
Funding of Grants |
| • Communication of Competition Results |
CIHR only – new
information |
| • Payment of Grants |
NSERC and SSHRC only – new
information on deferral and cancelling of grants |
| • Continued Eligibility |
NSERC only – New
requirements for appointment change for grantee – see first bullet |
| • Extension Period for Use of Funds Beyond
Grant Period |
Please verify entire table – new
programs and information have been added for each agency. |
Use of Grant Funds |
| • Retroactive Expenses |
New Item added this year |
| • Compensation-Related Expenses |
|
- Eligible Expenses
|
NSERC only – second
to last bullet added: In the case of Research Partnerships Program grants
additional support may be provided from the partner’s funds. |
SSHRC only
New sentence added:
However, if a student or postdoctoral fellow receives a salary, the rate
shall be in accordance with the salary scale of the institution concerned. |
CIHR only
- Added: Notes
- First bullet under eligible expenses was revised |
- Other types of eligible compensation-
related expenses |
Fourth bullet now applied
to the three agencies |
- Non-Eligible Expenses |
Two new bullets added at the bottom
of the list |
| • Travel and Subsistence Costs |
|
- Other Types of Eligible
Travel Expenses |
CIHR only
New information on child care or babysitting expenses |
- Non-Eligible Expenses |
First bullet now reads:
Commuting costs between the residence
and place of employment or between two places of employment of the grantee and/or
his/her research personnel. |
| • Computers and Electronic Communications |
|
- Eligible Expenses |
Third bullet now reads:
- Cellular phones and Palm Pilots when they are necessary
for data collection and with adequate justification (CIHR
only) |
- Non-Eligible Expenses |
Two new bullets added to provide clarification
on cellular phone, and personal digital assistants (PDA) |
| • Services and Miscellaneous
Expenses |
|
- Eligible Expenses |
Fifth bullet provides clarification
on hospitality costs.
CIHR only – New bullet on membership in
professional associations or scientific societies |
| - Non-Eligible Expenses |
Second bullet provides
clarification on costs associated with entertainment, hospitality and
gifts.
New bullet – Costs related to staff awards and recognition |
Reporting |
| • Financial Reporting |
CIHR only – new
information |
Administrative
Matters |
| • Paid Parental Leave |
CIHR and NSERC only
Clarification provided in the first two paragraphs |
CIHR
only
New information provided |
| • Transferring Grant(s)
to an Eligible Canadian Institution |
CIHR only
New information provided |
| • Termination Procedures |
SSHRC only
Clarification provided |
CIHR only
The second-to-last sentence now reads: When unspent funds… by
a Statement of Account (Form 300), signed by the grant recipient
and the institution’s financial officer, indicating an unspent
balance in the same amount as the refund. |
| • Deferral
of Instalment Payments of an Ongoing Grant |
NSERC and SSHRC
only –
New paragraph on deferral and cancelling of subsequent instalments |
| • Sabbatical and Other
Leaves |
|
- For Sabbatical Leaves |
SSHRC only
Clarification provided |
- Leave Periods Extending
Beyond Two Years
|
CIHR only
New paragraph added |
- Residual Balances in Agency
Accounts
|
SSHRC only
Additional information provided |
CIHR only
New paragraph with additional information |
