Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/I2I-INNOV_eng.asp
Sponsor/Award: NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - IDEA TO INNOVATION - PHASE I REDUCTION TO PRACTICE STAGE - 2010 FALL COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $125,000 MAX
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Sep 20, 2010
Sponsor's: Sep 27, 2010

Subject Areas: Commercialization, Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Innovation, Market Development
Description:

To accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology and promote its transfer to Canadian companies. Projects are designed to advance promising concepts or technologies to attract early-stage investment and/or build intellectual property

Any technology proposed in Phase I projects must be sufficiently mature, have its basic parameters already explored and have undergone sufficient testing to establish its potential to work in a product environment. Phase I proposals require a plan describing how partnership will be established with a Canadian company with the capacity to commercialize the research results. Although not required, a demonstration of partner interest may strengthen the proposal.

Application Details:

Discoveries must be disclosed by the investigators according to institution policy and the Industry liaison office must endorse each proposal.

Half the cost of the technology transfer activities may be supported by NSERC up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the total award. The institution must justify these expenses and commit itself to bear at least half of their cost. Staff activities are not considered an eligible expense and cannot be used to leverage NSERC funds.

INDIRECT COSTS NOT LEVIED ON NSERC PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
Western Contacts: Pocock,Katy
Russelo,Theresa M

Sponsor Contacts:

I2I@NSERC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 995 4273