Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
Individual projects can request either $700,000 (small project) or $1,400,000 (large project) per year over four years from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Grant funding is provided in equal parts by NSERC and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).
CSE may request that applicants of small projects addressing similar, overlapping, or complementary areas merge their proposals to benefit from the full Research Communities grant.
Overview
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are partnering to fund Research Communities to conduct unclassified research on cutting-edge technologies in areas of strategic importance to CSE and the Government of Canada. A Research Community is defined as a group of researchers – and their research personnel (i.e., students, post-doctoral fellows, and research professionals) – from multiple Canadian universities working in related domains and sharing NSERC-CSE funds awarded to their project(s). The first Research Communities grants focus on robust, secure, and safe artificial intelligence (AI). CSE is the sole partner organization; no additional partner organizations will be accepted.
- Generate new knowledge in robust, secure, and safe AI from either a model-centric or data-centric view.
- Enhance the capacities of Canadian universities to undertake research related to robust, secure, and safe AI.
- Help produce a new generation of data scientists and engineers sensitive to the issues around robust, secure, and safe AI.
Eligibility Criteria
NSERC will internally review the eligibility of the applicant and the co-applicants to receive funds from NSERC under the Alliance grant program. The NSERC eligibility criteria for faculty apply. CSE will review the LOI to determine which proposals meet the objectives detailed above.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | October 11, 2023 |
| Letter of Intent | October 18, 2023 |
| Submission to Sponsor (By invitation only) | January 17, 2024 |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE