Alliance Quantum grants

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Partner organizations

Your project must involve at least one small- or medium-sized enterprise that is federally or provincially/territorially incorporated in Canada (referred to as Canadian SME), in addition to the National Research Council Canada (NRC) through its Internet of Things: Quantum Sensors Challenge program (QSP). If you are interested in collaborating with the NRC as part of this call for proposals, you may contact the QSP team by email at NRC.QuantumSensors-Capteursquantiques.CNRC@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.

You may also include other partner organizations (in the private, public or not-for-profit sector) that play an important role in your project. They may be Canadian federal departments, organizations that perform R&D, multinational companies with business operations in Canada, or anticipated end users of the project’s targeted quantum technologies.

At least one of the partner organizations must have a demonstrated ability to exploit the research results for the benefit of Canada, while other partners may be chosen for their ability to generate or mobilize knowledge.

Each partner organization, including the NRC through its QSP, must actively play a role in the project and support it through in-kind contributions. Such involvement must be achieved by doing at least one of the following:

• play an active role in the project’s research activities
• utilize the project’s research results to help achieve its desired outcomes
• play an active role in translating or mobilizing knowledge to ensure that the project’s research results have an impact

Various in-kind contributions could be made toward the project, such as the time of the partner organization’s scientific, engineering or technical staff to participate in the project or contribute to providing direction; provision of equipment, materials or services; and provision of access to data or special equipment.

You must have at least one partner organization whose cash contributions would be recognized for cost sharing, had there been any required. The Canadian SME(s) participating in your project should normally satisfy this requirement. The NRC, as a partner organization of your project, is not recognized for cost sharing. Consult the Alliance grants: Role of partner organizations web page for complete guidelines regarding partner organizations, including requirements for partner organizations whose cash contributions can be recognized for cost-sharing purposes with NSERC.

Other funding organizations (e.g., other provincial or federal funding agencies) may participate as financial partners and provide support to the project in addition to NSERC. Active participation in the project and in-kind contributions are not required from such funding organizations (see Funding your research project).

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