Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
$700,000 (small project) or $1,400,000 (large project) per year over four years
Overview
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (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.
For this call, CSE is the sole partner organization; no additional partner organizations will be accepted. CSE is Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency and technical authority for cyber security and information assurance.
The focus of this funding call is on exploratory analysis for unstructured data, including text, images, audio, video, and more. Key areas of interest include:
- Vectorization of Unstructured Data
- Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) Search
- Dimension Reduction
- Clustering and Outlier Detection
- Interactive Visualization
- Disposable Local Models
For more information on these areas please see the funder’s website: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Innovate-Innover/CSE-CST/CFP-ADP/EAUD-AEDNS/index_eng.asp
CSE’s objective is the development of a new, novel, and interdisciplinary Research Community, defined as a group of researchers – and associated HQP – from multiple Canadian universities working in related domains and sharing NSERC‑CSE funds awarded to their project(s). Applications with a clear plan to grow a broader, sustainable community of interest that will endure beyond the conclusion of the grant period will be of particular interest.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant or at least one of the co-applicants must be a Canadian citizen, eligible for a TOP SECRET security clearance, and willing to work in Ottawa at CSE for a minimum of two weeks per year. The list of Research Community members who are Canadian citizens, eligible for TOP SECRET security clearance, and willing to work in Ottawa at CSE must be submitted to CSE within one year of the grant award and updated each year in which the grant is held. The identified researcher(s) must maintain their security clearance for the entire grant period. See Classified research for details.
The list of co-applicants must include eligible academic researchers from multiple Canadian universities working in related domains. Researchers (as applicant or co-applicant) may participate in only one application under this call for proposals.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator or with the VPRI Resource Contact..
VPRI Resource Contact: Katie Harriman
Information Session
NSERC is organizing an information session on the newly launched NSERC-CSE Research Communities grants call for proposals. They will provide researchers with the context, objectives, requirements, and the application process. The session will be offered virtually in September 2024; please register ahead of time by clicking on the link below and then clicking the “Register” button on the Event page.
Click HERE to Register
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time: 1:00-2:30 PM EDT
Additional Information
Applicants must submit a letter of intent (LOI) using NSERC’s online system.
The LOI must be on the provided template.
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and LOI): | October 9, 2024 |
| Submission to Sponsor; Letter of intent: | October 16, 2024, before 8:00 pm (ET) |
| Full Alliance proposal (by invitation only): | February 26, 2025 |
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