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Terms and conditions of applying for applicants

Before you, as an applicant submit your application to NSERC or link your personal information to this application, you must read and agree to the following terms and conditions. It is your responsibility to retain a copy of the agreed terms and conditions for your records.

You are certifying that:

• You understand that it is your responsibility to verify before submission to NSERC that all the information, including personal information, within the application and related documents and that has been entered or edited by you, the co-applicants or the contributors is true, complete and accurate. You have represented yourself, your research and your accomplishments in a manner consistent with the norms of the relevant field.
• You have ensured that others listed on the application have agreed to be included in the application.
• You understand that it is your responsibility to consult all the NSERC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and/or the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) policies that are relevant for your research before submitting an application or receiving funds from these agencies.
• You understand that it is your responsibility to finalize the application, including collecting any missing information for the completion of the application and related documents and entering these in the appropriate sections of the application/related documents.
• You understand that you have been mandated by the institution to submit the application through your research office, to administer the grant on behalf of the group/team, and comply with the eligibility requirements, Tri-agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research, the Tri-council policy statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans and the Canadian Council on Animal Care policies.
• With respect to collaboration(s) with partner organization(s) (if applicable):
  • You understand the adherence to the Tri-agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research includes appropriately identifying and addressing any real, potential or perceived conflict of interest, in accordance with all participating institutions’ policies on conflicts of interest in research.
  • You understand that this collaboration must comply with all participating institutions’ conflict of interest policies for the duration of the grant. Should a real, potential or perceived conflict of interest arise, you will immediately disclose such conflict to NSERC and to your institution.
• You are not currently ineligible to apply for and/or hold funds from NSERC, CIHR or SSHRC, or any other research or research funding organization worldwide for reasons of breach of policies on responsible conduct of research, such as ethics, integrity or financial management policies. If at any time you become ineligible for any of these reasons, you will advise NSERC and your institutional officials immediately, in writing.
• If you are or have been (at any time during the past 12 months) a federal public servant, you have complied with, and will continue to respect, the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector.
• Consent has been obtained from trainees to include limited personal information about them in the application.
• You understand the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and the Use and disclosure of personal information provided to the College and Community Innovation program as they pertain to your information.
• You consent to the sharing among the three federal granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC), the co-funding organization(s) and with any academic institution to which you are, or may become, affiliated, of any and all information, including personal information, in any way related to the application and to the grant.
• In the event of any change in your eligibility status, you will inform NSERC and your institutional officials immediately, in writing.
• The funding requested in this proposal does not represent a budgetary overlap with any other funding support currently held or applied for.

By submitting your application, you are also confirming that, during tenure of the grant you will comply with the terms and conditions of the grant.

Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information: You understand that maintaining public trust in the integrity of researchers is fundamental to building a knowledge-based society. By submitting any application or by accepting funding from NSERC, CIHR and/or SSHRC, you affirm that you have read and you agree to respect all the policies of these agencies that are relevant to your research, including the Tri-agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research, the Tri-council policy statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans and the Canadian Council on Animal Care policies. In cases of a serious breach of agency policy, the agencies may publicly disclose any information relevant to the breach that is in the public interest, including your name, the nature of the breach, the institution where you were employed at the time of the breach, the institution where you are currently employed, and the recourse imposed against you. You accept this as a condition of applying for, or receiving, agency funding, and you consent to such disclosure. If you do not agree to the disclosure of your personal information, you cannot submit this application. For further information, see the Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information - Frequently Asked Questions.

Confirmation of acceptance of the terms and conditions

If you have any concerns about your ability to comply with the terms and conditions listed above, contact NSERC staff responsible for the funding opportunity or your institutional officials immediately. Do not agree to the terms and conditions and do not submit your application or personal information until you are certain that you can and will comply with all of the requirements.

I confirm the truth of all statements in this application, and agree to all of the terms, conditions, responsibilities and obligations as set out above.