NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grants

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How to apply

Applications will be accepted at any time until June 1, 2020, 8:00 p.m. (ET)

There are three components to this special Alliance application. Guidance on this page takes precedence over other Alliance descriptions and instructions.

• Proposal: Complete an Application for a Grant (Form 101) using the headings below.
• The instructions for completing an Alliance grant application provide additional guidance for questions not addressed on this page.
• Applicant: Personal Data Form with Common CV attachment for the applicant and all co-applicants.
• You do not need to update your contributions list. Use the most recently available version.
• Partner Organization Information: Your contact person will be invited through the Online system to provide information about the partner organization following the Partner Organization Instructions.

Submit your completed application through NSERC’s Online system. When creating a new Form 101 – Grant, select Alliance. The proposed cost-sharing ratio for this application is 100%. Include mention of COVID-19 in the application title.

The funding requested in this proposal cannot represent a budgetary or conceptual overlap with any other funding support currently held or applied for.

Proposal headings

Provide responses in place of INSERT YOUR TEXT using a maximum of FIVE pages. The suggested number of pages per section in the Instructions for completing an application is not used for Alliance-COVID-19 grants. Figures and tables are welcome. References are not required.

Relevance and expected outcomes

• Outline the goals of the partnership and explain the potential outcomes and impacts.
• Outline efforts the partner organizations will invest following the project’s completion to advance the results in Canada.

INSERT YOUR TEXT RESPONDING TO THE ABOVE POINTS HERE

Partnership

• List all partner organizations expected to play a key role in the activities.
• Describe the core activity of the partner organizations and how the topic is relevant and aligned with the partner organizations’ activities.
• Explain how each partner organization will be actively involved. Describe the value added through in-kind contributions and how these are important to realizing the project’s intended outcomes.

INSERT YOUR TEXT RESPONDING TO THE ABOVE POINTS HERE

Proposal

• Outline the research objectives. Detail the resources and activities needed to achieve the anticipated results.
• Indicate approximate timelines for the activities to lead to milestones and deliverables using a Gantt chart, table or diagram.

INSERT YOUR TEXT RESPONDING TO THE ABOVE POINTS HERE

Team

• List the applicant, any co-applicants and key staff of the partner organizations.
• Explain how the knowledge, experience and achievements of these individuals provide the expertise needed to accomplish the project objectives. Discuss the role of each individual and how their contributions, including those of staff from the partner organizations, will be integrated into the project.

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