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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RTII-OIRI/MRS-ARM_eng.asp
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Sponsor/Award: |
NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - MAJOR RESOURCES SUPPORT PROGRAM - 2011 FALL COMPETITION - FULL APPLICATION |
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Grant Amount: |
AVG $500K PA FOR THREE YEARS |
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Deadline: |
Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Sep 24, 2011
Sponsor's: Oct 01, 2011
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Subject Areas: |
Engineering |
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Description: |
The objective of the MRS program is to facilitate the effective access by Canadian academic researchers to major and unique national or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. MRS grants are not intended to support resources that are standard in a discipline or commonly available in Canadian universities.
The MRS program also aims to facilitate access by Canadian academic researchers, who come together as national consortia, to major international resources located outside Canada, the equivalent of which is not available in Canada. This support excludes any direct financial support towards the operating and maintenance costs of such resources.
The support is not given to individual researchers, but rather to the user consortia, which must be composed of researchers from several institutions (including universities, government laboratories, or industry) across Canada. Applications to the MRS program are reviewed by a multidisciplinary Grant Selection Committee. This Committee is composed of distinguished members who have extensive expertise in, and broad practical knowledge of, experimental and thematic resources in the various disciplines that NSERC serves. |
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Application Details: |
Major resources supported by this program may include:
- unique specialized experimental facilities or field research stations;
- research institutes that promote and trigger interactions within the constituents of relevant communities;
- a core of highly skilled technical or professional research support staff essential to the research activities of a group;
- large specialized items of research equipment; or
- a collection of specialized samples or objects, as defined in the Framework for Researchers Working with University-Based Collections. The first step in applying to the MRS program is to submit a Letter of Intent to Apply for a Major Resources Support Grant (Form 181) to NSERC. Full applications that are submitted without first submitting a Form 181 will not be considered. Refer to the instructions for Form 181 and instructions for Form 101 for information on how to submit a Letter of Intent to Apply for a Major Resources Support Grant and a full grant application, respectively.INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM. |
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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. |
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Western Contacts: |
Russelo,Theresa M
Pocock,Katy
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Sponsor Contacts: |
RPP@NSERC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 995 4273
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