Section and Sub-section

Nature of Changes

Responsibilities and Accountability

Deviation from Proposed Activities and/or Budget

NSERC and SSHRC only

• Sections removed.
• The NSERC only section was removed because the deviation requirements are already included in the Award Letter to grantees.
• The SSHRC only section was removed because the RTS deviation requirement is already included on the SSHRC web site in the RTS literature.

Intellectual Property/Patents

• SSHRC harmonized with the NSERC and CIHR only section.

NSERC

• Added web site address for its policy on Intellectual Property.

Archiving of Research Data

CIHR only

• New section added.

 Annual Funding of Grants

Communication of Competition Results

CIHR only

• Section removed. Text now fully harmonized between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR.

Payment of Grants

NSERC and SSHRC only

• Section removed. Text now fully harmonized between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR.

Continuing Eligibility

NSERC only

• Section removed. Information will be provided to grantees and university administrators as required.

Extension Period for Use of Funds Beyond Grant Period

CIHR only

• Text fully harmonized with NSERC and SSHRC.

NSERC only

• Chairs for Women in Sciences and Engineering, NRC/NSERC/BDG Nanotechnology Initiative added to the “Extension by request only” section.

SSHRC only

• In the “Automatic Extension Period” section, Research, Networking, Workshop/Conference Grants changed to Research, Workshop/Conference/Summer Institute Grants.
• Research Development Initiatives moved from “Extension by request only” section to the “Automatic Extension Period” section.
• Chairs in the Management of Technological Change, Initiative on the New Economy (Collaborative Research Initiatives) have been removed from the “Extension by request only” section.
• Industrial-Community-University Research Alliances added to the “Extension by request only” section.

Use of Grant Funds

Retroactive Expenses

CIHR only

• NSERC and SSHRC harmonized with the CIHR only section.

SSHRC only

• Section removed.

Compensation-Related Expenses – Eligible Expenses

CIHR only

Information (see first and last bullet):

• Added following text to first bullet: and trainees being paid from a grant e.g., undergraduate, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows.
• Added following text to last bullet: paid in whole or in part from a CIHR grant.

Travel and Subsistence Costs

Eligible Expenses

• Remove NSERC and SSHRC only section (Trips are limited to 125 days per person per annum).

Other types of eligible travel expenses

NSERC and SSHRC only  

• Section harmonized with CIHR.

CIHR only

• Child care expenses for nursing mother section has been updated.

Sabbatical and Leave Periods

Non-eligible Expenses

NSERC and CIHR only

• Bullet removed (last bullet).

Computers and Electronic Communications

Eligible Expenses

CIHR only

• Last bullet has been harmonized with NSERC and SSHRC.

Non-Eligible Expenses

• Bullets 5 and 6 amalgamated and harmonized between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR.

Dissemination of Research Results

Eligible Expenses

• New information added to 3^rd and 5^th bullets.

Services and Miscellaneous Expenses

Eligible Expenses

CIHR only

• Costs associated with the submission of a renewal operating grant... removed.
• Costs of membership fees harmonized between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR.

Reporting

Financial Reporting

CIHR only

• Section removed to create harmonization between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR documentation. These requirements remain and will be communicated directly to the institutions by CIHR.

Supporting Evidence

CIHR only

• Section removed. Text fully harmonized between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR.

Administrative Matters

Paid Parental Leave

• Title changed to Paid Parental Leave For Students and Postdoctoral Fellows.

CIHR only

• Fourth bullet removed.

Transfering Grant(s) to an Eligible Canadian Institution

CIHR only

New information

• Grantees should forward a completed  Application to Transfer Grant(s) to an Eligible Canadian Institution instead of forwarding a new, completed copy of page one and two of the Research Module.

Deferral of Instalment Payments

• Title has been changed to Deferral of Instalment/Annual Commitment Payments and includes amalgamated text from Deferral of the Start Date of a Grant. Text harmonized between NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR.

Deferral of the Start Date of a Grant

• Text in this section amalgamated to text in Deferral of Instalment/Annual Commitment Payments.
• The Grantee may request to defer the start date of their grant, up to a maximum of one year. Refer to the Deferral of Instalment/Annual Commitment Payments for more details on deferring the start date of a grant.

Residual Balances

SSHRC only

• Section removed.