2007/10/31 |
The 2007 Visiting Fellows Award Holder's Guide and the Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories program description are now available. |
2007/10/23 |
Additional results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements program |
2007/09/14 |
A Summary
of Changes to the Tri-Agency
Financial Administration Guide is now available. This summary
highlights important changes made to this year's guide which are
in effect as of September 14, 2007. |
2007/09/10 |
Due to increases in applications, NSERC is restructuring
the following Grant Selection Committees effective immediately:
Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering (GSC 4), Civil
Engineering (GSC 6), Psychology:
Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (GSC 12), and Cell
Biology (GSC 32). These new structures will be revisited as
part of the GSC Structure
Review Initiative currently taking place at NSERC, and may be
adjusted thereafter. |
2007/08/24 |
2007 Peer Review
Manual |
2007/08/07 |
A Summary
of Changes to the Program
Guide for Professors 2007 is now available. This summary
highlights important changes made to this year's guide which will
be in effect as of September 17, 2007. The Summary of Changes and
the Program Guide for Professors 2007 supersede all previous
NSERC documentation on award guidelines. |
2007/07/18 |
Competition
results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements program |
2007/07/06 |
Important news
on reviews and funding initiatives |
2007/07/04 |
NSERC is instituting
a supplemental competition for Strategic Project Grants this year.
The deadline for submitting applications is October 1, 2007. |
2007/06/15 |
NRC-NSERC-BDC Nanotechnology
Initiative – Special Call for Proposals |
2007/04/19 |
Participate in a consultation
on research ethics: "Qualitative Research in the Context of
the TCPS" (Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct
for Research Involving Humans) |
2007/04/17 |
Budget information for the Special Research Opportunity (SRO)
program has been included under the Review Procedures
and Program Budget section of the SRO program description. |
2007/03/28 |
The deadline for submitting a Notification of Intent to Apply
to the Collaborative
Health Research Projects (CHRP) Grant (Form 182) is May 1, 2007. |
2007/03/20 |
2007 Grants
Competition Results |
2007/03/16 |
The deadline for submitting a preliminary application for
the 2007 competition of the Chairs
in Design Engineering (CDE) and Chairs
in Environmental Design Engineering (CEDE) programs is June 25,
2007. Application and program information will be updated on
NSERC’s Web site by the end of March 2007. |
2007/03/12 |
University researchers can now apply to the new Strategic
Workshops Program (SWP) for a grant to organize a workshop.
The target areas
of this three-year pilot initiative are identical to those targeted
by the Strategic
Project Grants and Strategic
Network Grants programs. |
2007/03/07 |
The deadline date for submitting
a Letter of Intent to Apply for a Major Resources Support Grant
(Form 181) for the 2008 competition is May 1, 2007.
A screening process will be in effect for this and future competitions. |
2007/02/02 |
The deadline date for receipt of preliminary applications to the
Strategic Network
Grants program is March 30, 2007. |
2007/02/01 |
Changes have been made to three Strategic
Project Grants (SPG) Program target area descriptions: Healthy
Environment and Ecosystems, Safety and Security, and Sustainable
Energy Systems. |
2006/12/22 |
Discovery Grant
applicants who demonstrate a critical need for additional financial
assistance to pursue highly innovative and ground-breaking research
could qualify for an NSERC Discovery
Accelerator Supplement. |
2006/12/11 |
The 2006-2007 Strategic
Project Grants competition results are now available. NSERC
received 431 applications, and the success rate was an impressive
30.9 per cent. |
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. |
2006/07/19 |
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. |
2006/03/02 |
Government
of Canada Program for International Polar Year 2007-2008 –
Notice of Amendment to Call for Proposals |
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. |