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Strategy for Partnerships And Innovation

Strategy for Partnerships And Innovation. University of Calgary, March 19, 2014. My Goals Today. Discuss Interaction, Engage, Engage Plus grants Overview of CRD, Partnership Workshops Answer questions. Industry-Driven Collaborative R&D Program. College and Community Innovation Program.

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Strategy for Partnerships And Innovation

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  1. Strategy for Partnerships And Innovation

  2. University of Calgary, March 19, 2014 My Goals Today • Discuss Interaction, Engage, Engage Plus grants • Overview of CRD, Partnership Workshops • Answer questions

  3. Industry-Driven Collaborative R&D Program College and Community Innovation Program • Interaction • Engage • Engage Plus • Collaborative Research and • Development (CRD) • Industrial Research Chairs • Partnership Workshops Grants • Applied Research and Development • Innovation Enhancement • Technology Access Centres • Applied Research Tools and Instruments • College-University Idea to Innovation • Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges Five Core Partnerships Programs Strategic Partnerships Program Training in Industry Program • Strategic Networks • Strategic Projects • Automotive Partnership Canada • Chairs in Design Engineering • Innovation Frontiers • Collaborative Health Research • Projects (CHRP) • Industrial Postgraduate • Scholarships • Industrial R&D Fellowships • Industrial Undergraduate • Student Research Award Commercialization Program (I2I)

  4. Allow university researchers to meet with Canadian companies to discuss potential collaboration • Establish a new relationship • Up to $5,000 • Can cover academic travel and meeting costs • Apply anytime; fast turn-around Interaction Grants

  5. Engage Grants • Support new research partnerships between university researchers and Canadian companies • Short-term R&D projects that address a company-specific problem • No company cash required; must provide in-kind • Six-month project, maximum grant of $25,000

  6. Engage Grants - Applicant Eligibility • Applicant must be eligible to receive NSERC funding – assistant, associate or full professor at an eligible institution. • Must have received a peer-reviewed grant from a recognized granting agency in the last six years for research in a natural sciences or engineering field

  7. Applicant Eligibility (continued) • Researchers from a health-oriented faculty are only eligible for an Engage Grant if they have been awarded an NSERC Discovery Grant within the past six years • Candidates are limited to two Engage Grant awards per fiscal year (April 1st – March 31st)

  8. Industry Partner Eligibility • The industry partner must be a for-profit company that operates from a Canadian base • If the partner is a Canadian subsidiary of an international company, it must have a manufacturing and/or R&D operation in Canada • Start-ups must have been incorporated for at least one year

  9. Industry Partner Eligibility (continued) • The partner must demonstrate the capacity and intention to further develop and apply the results for the benefit of the Canadian economy • The company must be at “arm’s-length” from the applicant – no past or present relationship

  10. Eligibility: Proposed Research • The proposed research must be in a natural sciences or engineering field • The project must be aimed at solving the company-specific problem through the generation of new knowledge, or the application of existing knowledge in an innovative manner • Due to the focus on a problem specific to the company, and the short duration of this grant, any intellectual property (IP) arising from the project will belong to the company

  11. Eligibility: Proposed Research (continued) • Proposals are not eligible for an Engage Grant if they: • focus on the commercialization of a university invention • provide routine analysis, or routine use of university equipment • collect data without interpreting underlying mechanisms • are principally associated with the acquisition and maintenance of scientific equipment

  12. NSERC and Health-Related Research Eligible for NSERC support: • Research in animal health and veterinary medicine • Research related to food components, nutraceuticals • Research to further our understanding of fundamental processes in humans • Research whose primary purpose is the development of monitoring and diagnostic technologies • Research whose major challenges lie in the NSE (materials science, engineering, computer science, chemistry, etc) Source: Science.gc.ca (“Selecting the Appropriate Federal Granting Agency”)

  13. NSERC and Health-Related Research Not eligible for NSERC support: • Research to develop vaccines, active pharmaceutical ingredients, or other therapeutic agents for human applications • Research focused on investigation/treatment of injuries or human performance • Research seeking to develop animal models of human diseases in order to study primarily the disease state, or treatments for injuries or diseases represented by the model • Applied research for disease treatment, diagnosis or prevention • Research involving clinical trials

  14. Engage Grant Application • Form 101 • Personal Data Form 100 • Letter of Support from the company • Completed Form 183A from the company • Submitted to the RSO/RGO and then to NSERC • The best way to ensure that your Engage Grant application is successful is to follow the instructions

  15. Engage Grant Instructions

  16. The Engage Grant Proposal • Different headings than those used for other NSERC applications: • Overview of the company-specific problem • Research project • Research competence • Contribution to the technology transfer • Benefit to Canada

  17. The Engage Grant Budget • Proposed project expenditures must conform to the Use of Grant Funds guidelines (part of the Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide) • It is not a requirement to have grad students work on the project • Engage Grant funds cannot be used for: • Expenses related to publications and conferences • Travel expenses for company personnel

  18. Engage Grant Timeline • No deadline – apply anytime • Average turn-around time: 4 – 6 weeks • Success rate: ~ 90%

  19. Engage Plus Grants • Awarded to a researcher and company that previously collaborated on an Engage Grant project • Build on the results of the original Engage project • NSERC matches company cash up to a maximum of $12,500 • NSERC does not match any company cash the university requests as overhead

  20. Engage Plus Grants (continued) • Same application & review process as Engage • Six-month project • As with Engage, any new IP belongs to the company • Applications must be submitted within six months of the end of the original Engage project

  21. Collaborative Research and Development Grants (CRD) • One to five years duration, average is two-three years • Average grant is $55,000 per year, but can vary from $10,000/year to more than $400,000/year • Industry responsible for at least ½ projects costs and must exploit results • Flexible leverage: cash and in-kind • $1 cash + $1 eligible in-kind = $2 from NSERC • No fixed application deadlines; apply anytime

  22. If requesting less than $150k/year: • - Paper peer review • 3 to 4 months • If requesting $150K to $200K: • - Paper peer review • Review by NSERC committee; meets four times/year • 4 to 6 months • If requesting more than $200,000/year • - Site visit by peer review committee • ACUIG review • 4 to 6 months CRD Decision Timelines

  23. Partnerships Workshops Grants • Bring together academic researchers and industry • Workshop focused on research & technology needs identified by the non-academic community • Topic must fall within the natural sciences or engineering • Small, highly focused groups of 20 to 40 participants

  24. Partnerships Workshops Grants (continued) • Must include academic researchers from multiple Canadian universities • Must be focused on developing new academic-industry collaborations • Workshop must include an academic leader (applicant) and a non-academic leader

  25. Partnerships Workshops Grants (continued) • Award of up to $25,000 • Funds cover meeting costs and travel, accommodation of academic participants • No deadline; apply at least 60 days before planned workshop date

  26. For More Information… www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

  27. www.nsercpartnerships.ca

  28. Questions? frank.nolan@nserc-crsng.gc.ca 435 Ellice Avenue, Suite 430 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Y6 204-984-0426 www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

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