Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp
Sponsor/Award: NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE (CREATE) PRGM - 2013 SPRING COMPETITION - LETTER OF INTENT

Grant Amount: $150K - $300K FOR UP TO 6 YRS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Apr 01, 2013
Sponsor's: May 01, 2013

Subject Areas: Information And Communications Technology, Interdisciplinary Research, Environmental Technology, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Energy, Training and Development
Description:

The Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program supports the training of teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs that: - encourage collaborative and integrative approaches, and address significant scientific challenges associated with Canada's research priorities; and - facilitate the transition of new researchers from trainees to productive employees in the Canadian workforce.

To build on Canada's research strengths and priorities and to enhance our success, at least 60 percent of the CREATE funding will be directed to the following priority areas: - Environmental science and technologies; - Natural resources and energy; - Health and related life sciences and technologies; and - Information and communications technologies. A complete Letter of Intent includes the following: - a Letter of Intent for a CREATE Grant (Form 187); - a Personal Data Form (Form 100) for the applicant; and - a letter from the applicant's university Vice-President, Research. At the Letter of Intent stage the training program will be assessed in relation to: - The merit of the proposed training program (50 percent) - The excellence of the team of researchers (50 percent) Effective for the 2012 competition, the CREATE Program will offer two new opportunities within its current budget envelope: Industrial Stream & International Collaboration.

Application Details:

Successful applicants will consist of a group of accomplished researchers, who will work collaboratively to offer a defined research training program to a group of trainees. This environment will provide trainees with experience relevant to both academic and non-academic careers. The research training experience can target any trainee level: undergraduate students, graduate students (master's and doctoral) and postdoctoral fellows. Successful applications will be those best able to demonstrate the benefits of their proposed research training experience to their targeted trainees. A yearly quota has been established for each university and only those researchers selected at their university can submit Letters of Intent.

PLEASE NOTE :: RD&S has set an earlier INTERNAL deadline date of ** 01 April 2013 ** for the review of Letters of Intent prior to submission by NSERC's deadline date. To apply for a CREATE Program Grant, researchers must first submit a Letter of Intent for a Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program Grant (Form 187). Refer to Form 187 instructions for complete information or contact your university research grants office. NSERC must receive the required material by the deadline date. Only those who submitted a successful notification of intent will be invited to submit a full application. Please contact RD&S as early as possible as you work through your application. Ensure that you consider the eligibility requirements for applicants, co-applicants and collaborators described on NSERC's Web site under Eligibility Criteria as well as the Institutional Eligibility Requirements.

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: Martin,Antoinette

Sponsor Contacts:

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