Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/SPG-SPS_eng.asp#Networks
Sponsor/Award: NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR NETWORKS - 2018 FULL APPLICATION

Grant Amount: VARIED FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Feb 08, 2018
Sponsor's: Feb 15, 2018

Subject Areas:
Description:

Strategic Partnership Grants for Networks (SPG-N) fund large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects in targeted research areas that require a network approach and that involve collaboration between academic researchers and Canadian-based organizations. The applicant should be an established researcher with a solid track record in collaborative research, student training and grant management, and who demonstrates the leadership and other skills necessary for managing a complex, interdisciplinary, multi-institutional project.

Applicants invited to submit a full proposal must do so within six months of the notification of acceptance of the preliminary application.

Application Details:

All applicants submitting a preliminary application must propose a network within which most of the research (minimum 80 percent) will investigate one or more of the research topics listed under the Strategic Network target areas. Check the target areas before preparing your application.

A full application includes: An Application for a Grant (Form 101); A Personal Data Form (Form 100) for the applicant and each co-applicant; and An Information Required from Organizations Participating in Research Partnerships form (Form 183A) and a letter of support from each partner detailing how the results of the proposed network will benefit their organization and the amount of cash or in-kind they will contribute to aid network activities. (Refer to the instructions for completing Form 183A for details.) Letters from federal government departments must be signed at the Director General-level or equivalent. Letters of support from International Collaborators. Each letter should include details of how the parties would work together and benefit both countries. Details regarding training and networking should be included. Refer to the instructions for completing a SPG-N application.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts:

Sponsor Contacts:

STRGR@NSERC-CRSNG.GC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 995 4273