Technology Access Centre grants

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Award

Receiving funding and conducting research

If your application is approved for funding, you will receive an award letter, and you must adhere to the terms and conditions set out in it.

Transfer of funds and start date

Your award letter will indicate the start date of your project. NSERC will normally transfer your grant funds to your college within 30 days of that start date. Note that applications funded through CIHR and SSHRC can experience delays in the transfer of funds due to inter-agency transfer requirements.

Acknowledgement of agency support and public communication about your grant

Colleges must acknowledge the support of granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR or SSHRC as applicable) in all communications (verbally and in writing) about research and research results. Furthermore, under Canada’s Official Languages Act, agencies are responsible for taking positive measures to promote the use of both English and French in Canadian society.

Hence, we ask that you acknowledge, verbally and in writing, your agency funding in both English and French whenever possible. For sample text and additional information, visit the Acknowledgement and logos (NSERC), Acknowledging SSHRC support or Acknowledging CIHR support  web pages. Before making an official public announcement for both annual and open competition College and Community Innovation grants, including TAC grants, consult with NSERC's, CIHR’s or SSHRC’s communications team.

In coordination with CIHR and SSHRC, NSERC will make an official annual announcement of the TAC grant recipients. Colleges are asked to refrain from making any public announcements until after this official announcement. NSERC will notify applicants and college communications offices about this announcement as soon as possible. This does not prevent you from confidentially sharing information about your funding with your colleagues and members of the research team or referring to CCI funding in applications for other funding.

Research agreements and intellectual property

Please refer to the College and Community Innovation program policy on intellectual property, research agreements, patents and copyright webpage.

What's next?
Post-award