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About NSERC: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

About NSERC: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Georgia Pe-Piper, Saint Mary’s University. NSERC is the national funding organization that invests in science and technology in the natural sciences and in engineering. What does NSERC do ?.

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About NSERC: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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  1. About NSERC: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Georgia Pe-Piper, Saint Mary’s University • NSERC is the national funding organization that invests in science and technology in the natural sciences and in engineering

  2. What does NSERC do ? NSERC invests more than $902 million every year in • People • Discovery • Innovation

  3. NSERC Budget 2006-07(millions of dollars) Total: $902

  4. People NSERC supports about 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows each year

  5. Undergraduate Summer Student Award, for top undergraduates to carry out research projects in universities and with industry Other undergraduates may be hired as research assistants from NSERC Discovery Grant money to professors Graduate student scholarships for top students and for students doing collaborative projects with industry Investing in People

  6. Discovery NSERC supports the research of more than 11,000 university & college professors

  7. Investments in “basic research,” which increases our understanding of the natural world and of basic processes Potential application is long-term, sometimes revolutionary: for example, early research into lasers, plate tectonics now have enormous economic spin-off Here at Saint Mary’s, most professors in the Faculty of Science have NSERC Discovery Grants. Investing in Discovery

  8. Innovation NSERC supports university-industry research collaborations and training through partnerships with 1,300 Canadian businesses

  9. Investment of $172 million in project-based joint research between universities and industry At Saint Mary’s, for example, we have projects jointly with the oil and gas industry. Investing in Innovation

  10. NSERC invests more than $40 million every year in people, discovery and innovation in Atlantic Canada More than 970 researchers More than 630 students In 12 universities NSERC in Atlantic Canada

  11. For More Information • Handouts available • Go to www.nserc.ca • NSERC-Atlantic Regional Office • (506) 854-8154 • or • Research Partnerships Programs • Telephone: (613) 995-1111 • E-mail: rpp@nserc.ca

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