Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/Competitions-Competitions/Index_eng.asp
Sponsor/Award: NETWORK CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE - NEW NCE NETWORKS - 2013 NCE-KM COMPETITION - LOI

Grant Amount:
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Dec 20, 2012
Sponsor's: Jan 10, 2013

Subject Areas: Knowledge Mobilization
Description:

The NCE Program is a federal initiative administered jointly through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in partnership with Industry Canada and Health Canada.

An applicant is eligible if he/she is a researcher who is eligible to apply for funding under the policies and guidelines of at least one of the three federal granting agencies partnering in the program. NCE-KM networks are expected to be multidisciplinary and to significantly involve key individuals in areas that fall under the domains of two or more of the three federal granting agencies.

Application Details:

NCE funding will be awarded following a national competitive process in two stages: 1. Applicants applying for NCE funding to establish a new network are invited to submit Letters of Intent. Based on a review of the LOI, selected applicants will be invited to Stage 2. 2. Applicants advancing to Stage 2 will be asked to develop and submit Full applications. A Selection Committee will Review Letters of Intent according to the five published NCE Program criteria, relevance to the NCE Program goals and objectives and the relevance to the target research area. This Committee will recommend applicants to receive invitations to submit Full Applications. LOIs should be submitted on behalf of the proposed Network by an academic researcher (i.e., the applicants, who is also the proposed Scientific Director for the Network) who is eligible to receive funding from one of the three federal granting agencies, and by the proposed host institution. Eligible recipients must meet the general eligibility requirements of one or more of the three federal granting agencies partnering in the Program.

The deadline for submission of the LOI for the 2012 NCE-KM Competition is January 10, 2013. LOIs must be received by 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please send one unbound original copy and one USB stick with a searchable PDF version of the letter of intent to the following address: Networks of Centres of Excellence NCE-KM Competition 16th Floor, mailroom 350 Albert Street Ottawa, ON K1A 1H5 The NCE Secretariat will confirm receipt within one week.

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: Patton,Justin
Pocock,Katy

Sponsor Contacts:

INFO@NCE-RCE.GC.CA
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
Micheal De Groote Centre for Learning and Discovery
1200 MAIN STREET WEST
Room 3120
HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada
905 525-9140