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Partnerships Programs Overview
| Research Partnerships Programs (RPP) foster collaborations between university researchers, colleges and other sectors, including government and industry, in order to develop new knowledge and expertise, and to transfer this knowledge and expertise to Canadian-based organizations. | |
| Collaborative Research and Development Grants Program | |
| The Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Program supports well-defined projects undertaken by university researchers and their private-sector partners. CRD awards cover up to half of the total eligible direct project costs, with the industrial partner(s) providing the balance in cash and in kind. | |
| Ongoing | DND/NSERC Research Partnership Program |
| 2009 | NSERC/ESS Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program |
| 2008 | NSERC/NRCan/AECL Generation IV Energy Technologies Program |
| The College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program provides funding to colleges on a competitive basis to strengthen their applied research capacity, and carry out applied research and technology transfer activities (in collaboration with, and to the benefit of, industry, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises) in one area where the college has recognized expertise and that meet local or regional needs. | |
| Engage Grants Program | |
| The Engage Grants (EG) Program is intended to foster the development of new research partnerships between academic researchers and companies, that have never collaborated together before, by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company specific problem. | |
| Idea to Innovation Program | |
| The Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program provides funding to university researchers for research and development activities leading to technology transfer to a new or established Canadian company. Two distinct funding phases are proposed; these phases are limited in time and the direct costs of research in the first phase will be entirely supported by NSERC while those of the second phase will be shared with a private partner. | |
| Interaction Grants Program | |
| The Interaction Grants (IG) Program is intended to financially support researchers from Canadian universities in their efforts to meet with Canadian based companies with the objective of identifying a company specific problem they could solve by collaborating in a subsequent newly established research partnership. | |
| International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change | |
| The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are partners in this funding opportunity to support research and networking on the adaptation to climate change in Canada and low-income countries and middle-income countries (LIC-MIC). | |
| NSERC Forest Sector R&D Initiative | |
| In partnership with FPInnovations and the Canada Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada), this initiative provides funding for projects and research networks that focus on the development of new and improved forest products and tools for integrated management for the Canadian forest sector to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of this area of the Canadian economy. | |
| NSERC/The Canada Council for the Arts New Media Initiative | |
| This joint initiative supports scientists and engineers collaborating with artists to create novel and synergistic ways of thinking and working across disciplines, thereby making contributions to both the arts and industry. | |
| Strategic Network Grants Program | |
| The Strategic Network Grants (SNG) Program funds large-scale, complex research proposals that involve multi-sectoral collaborations in targeted areas that could strongly enhance Canada's economy, society and/or environment within the next 10 years. | |
| 2009 | Strategic Network Grants Program Supplemental Competition in Capture Fisheries |
| 2008 | Strategic Network Grants Program Supplemental Competition in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture |
| 2008 | Strategic Network Grants Program Supplemental Competition in Manufacturing |
| Strategic Project Grants Program | |
| The Strategic Project Grants (SPG) Program funds early-stage project research in targeted areas that could strongly enhance Canada’s economy, society and/or environment within the next 10 years. | |
| 2010 | SPG-NSERC - Agence nationale de la recherche (Programme blanc international), France SPG-NSERC – National Science Council (Global Partnership Programs), Taiwan |
| 2008 | Strategic Project Grants Program Supplemental Competition in Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries |
| Strategic Workshops Program | |
| The Strategic Workshops (SWP) Program is a three-year initiative designed to seed new collaborations and partnerships between Canadian university researchers and potential new non-academic partners. | |
| Tri-Agency Partnership on Knowledge Syntheses on the Environment | |
| In partnership with SSHRC and CIHR, this program offers funding for multi-disciplinary teams of researchers to synthesize existing research results and scholarship in order to respond to knowledge gaps identified by stakeholders involved in improving the environment. | |
| For information on Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) and Chairs in Design Engineering (CDE), please see Chairs and Faculty Support Programs. | |
