NSERC Alliance

• Timeline: 1–5 years
• Maximum funds available: $1 million per year
• Minimum leverage required: 2:1
• Approximate review time: 4–16 weeks

• Timeline: 1–5 years
• Maximum funds available: $1,000,000 per year
• NSERC covers 100% of project costs
• Approximate review time: 4–16 weeks

Guide to calculate the maximum amount of NSERC funding you may request

In this partnership, OCI and NSERC jointly support research & development between post- secondary institutions and Ontario companies to drive economic development and commercialization. It is expected that the projects will generate economic benefit for companies in Ontario – which may include job creation/retention, new revenue generation, investment attraction, cost savings, and/or value chain development.

• Timeline: project funded up to 12 months
• Maximum funds available: Individual proposals can request at least $20,000 up to $30,000 from NSERC (Alliance grant) and at least $20,000 up to $30,000 from OCI VIP, with a corresponding $20,000 to $30,000 contribution (cash + in-kind) from the industry partner (at least 50% must be cash provided to the academic institution).
• Minimum leverage required: 1:3
• Approximate review time: 4-16 weeks to process jointly
• Eligibility:

• • Canadian university researchers eligible to receive NSERC funds may apply
  • Industry partner must be a for-profit SME organization with Canadian R&D and/or manufacturing operations related directly to the project and the capability to exploit the research results to create economic benefits
  • Industry partner must have been in operation for at least 2 years

Applicants seeking support from both an Alliance grant and Mitacs Accelerate can apply through a streamlined joint submission and review process. This joint funding opportunity allows applicants to leverage cash contributions from partners for funding from both NSERC and Mitacs.

• Timeline: project funded up to 5 years
• Maximum funds available: Individual proposals can request $30,000 from MITACS Accelerate, and either $30, 000 through NSERC Alliance option 1, or $60, 000 through NSERC Alliance option 2, with a corresponding $30,000 cash contribution from the industry partner.
• Minimum leverage required: 1:3 or 1:4 (see above)
• Approximate review time: 4-16 weeks to process jointly

Eligibility:

• Canadian university researchers eligible to receive NSERC funds can apply independently or as a team with co-applicants who are also eligible academic researchers. Applicants must meet both NSERC’s and Mitacs’ eligibility criteria when the application is submitted and when funding is released.
• As in all Mitacs internships, a cash contribution from an eligible partner is required. Applicants must have at least one partner organization (in the private, public or not-for-profit sector) whose cash contributions will be recognized for cost-sharing (see Alliance grants: Role of partner organizations), but other partner organizations who play an important role in the research project may be included in the application, whether or not their cash contributions are recognized for cost-sharing.
• To take advantage of this opportunity, applicants must complete an Alliance application and request additional support through Mitacs Accelerate internships as a component of the training of highly qualified personnel (HQP). Mitacs internships cannot be the only mechanism for HQP training in the application; HQP should also be supported by NSERC funds.

NSERC Idea to Innovation grant (I2I), which accelerates the pre- competitive development of university technology and promotes its transfer to a Canadian company.

• Timeline: Market assessment: up to one year
  Phase I: up to one year
  Phase IIa: from 6 to 18 months
  Phase IIb: up to two years
• Approximate review time: 11 weeks
• Maximum funds available: Dependent upon the project phase (see chart below)
• Minimum leverage required: Dependent upon the project phase
• Internal Faculty Deadline: Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator.
• Internal OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application): Please contact Theresa White at least 3 weeks prior to each NSERC deadline

This is an extension to the NSERC I2I program.  Lab2Market was developed to improve Canada’s research commercialization performance. The program does this by supporting researchers in the early stages of development, providing the resources, training, and guidance needed to take their innovations to market. Applicants will also have the opportunity for future funding through the NSERC I2I Phase I grant.

• Timeline: projects will be four months in duration (March 2023-June 2023)
• Maximum funds available: $15,000
• Minimum leverage required: 1:3
• Approximate review time: 4-16 weeks to process jointly
• Eligibility criteria: The program is funded through NSERC’s I2I Market Assessment program and requires a written letter of support from Industry and Partnership Services. Please complete and submit an IP Disclosure Form to Theresa.White3@carleton.ca