The Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF) also has a Call for Proposals open to projects that support scientific and technological collaboration projects between China and Ontario, with a current emphasis on biomaterials. OCRIF is offered through a partnership with MRIS, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and OCE. Ontario funds will be disbursed to successful Ontario applicants through OCRIF and administered by OCE.
Opportunity
The current call for proposals will accept project applications focusing on the following research theme:
- Biomaterials
Future calls for proposals may focus on other priority areas, including advanced health technologies, pharmaceutical research and manufacturing, bio-economy and clean technologies, digital media, information and communication technologies, and agriculture and food testing.
Eligibility
Eligible Ontario Applicants
Funding is open, on a competitive basis, to:
- Ontario publicly-assisted universities
- Ontario colleges of applied arts, science and technology
- Not-for-profit research institutes affiliated with an Ontario university
- Consortia of the above, with one institution as lead applicant, assuming responsibility and accountability for the consortium
- Other Ontario not-for-profit research institutions at the discretion of OCE.
- Technology companies
Ontario applicants should direct their China partners to apply directly to MOST for funding.
Research Team Structure
A lead Ontario applicant must form a dedicated team, including at least one lead China partner and at least one Ontario-based private-sector partner. Each research team is to be structured as follows:
- Two Principal Investigators, one from Ontario and one from China, who will represent the project and be responsible for the management of the application and for the project’s internal scientific management. The Principal Investigators must be from an Eligible Applicant organization. Please refer to the above Eligible Ontario Applicants section for details.
- Each Principal Investigator will be responsible for managing the project and reporting on the scientific and financial aspects to the granting agency in their respective jurisdiction. Principal Investigators in Ontario will report to OCE, while Principal Investigators in China will report to MOST.
Funding Available
- Funding amount: $250,000 per project from OCRIF, additional project funding will be provided to the corresponding Chinese applicant on each project by MOST to fund the China portion of the project
- Funding duration: 3 years
Helpful Links
- Full details regarding the Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund
Deadlines
| Full Application: | ||
| CURO Internal Deadline for Review | Please contact your Research Facilitator. | |
| cuResearch Checklist Deadline | February 7, 2017 | |
| Full application submission to sponsor | February 14, 2017 | 2 p.m. |
Submitting Your Application
- Applications must be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
- More information on cuResearch can be found here.
Internal Contacts
If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact Heloise Emdon.