Applied Research Tools and Instruments 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 grant. NSERC will normally transfer your grant funds to your college within 30 days of the start date. Note that applications funded through CIHR and SSHRC may experience additional delays due to inter-agency transfer requirements.

Acknowledgment of agency support and public communication about your grant

Colleges are required to acknowledge the support of granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR or SSHRC, as applicable) in all communications (verbally and in writing) related to the research and research results. Furthermore, under Canada’s Official Languages Act, agencies must take measures to promote the use of both English and French in Canadian society. Hence, we ask that you acknowledge your agency’s funding in both English and French, verbally and in writing, whenever possible. For sample text and additional information, visit the Acknowledgement and logos (NSERC), Acknowledging CIHR support or Acknowledging SSHRC support web pages.

Before making an official public announcement for both annual and open competition College and Community Innovation grants, including ARTI grants, consult with NSERC’s, CIHR’s or SSHRC’s communications teams.

NSERC, in coordination with CIHR and SSHRC, will make an annual announcement of the recipients of ARTI grants. Colleges are asked to refrain from making any public announcements until after this annual announcement has been made. NSERC will notify applicants and college communications offices about this announcement with as much advance notice as possible. This does not prevent you from confidentially sharing information about your funding with your collaborators 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 copyrights page.

What’s next?
Post-award