Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/I2I-INNOV_eng.asp
Sponsor/Award: NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - IDEA TO INNOVATION - PHASE I REDUCTION TO PRACTICE STAGE - 2010 SUMMER COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $125,000 MAX
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jun 28, 2010
Sponsor's: Jul 05, 2010

Subject Areas: Commercialization, Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Innovation, Market Development
Description:

To accelerate the pre-competitive development of promising technology and promote its transfer to Canadian companies. Projects are designed to advance promising concepts or technologies to attract early-stage investment and/or build intellectual property

Any technology proposed in Phase I projects must be sufficiently mature, have its basic parameters already explored and have undergone sufficient testing to establish its potential to work in a product environment.

Application Details:

Discoveries must be disclosed by the investigators according to institution policy and the Industry liaison office must endorse each proposal.

Phase I proposals require a plan describing how partnership will be established with a Canadian company with the capacity to commercialize the research results. Although not required, a demonstration of partner interest may strengthen the proposal.

INDIRECT COSTS NOT LEVIED ON NSERC PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
Western Contacts: Pocock,Katy
Russelo,Theresa M

Sponsor Contacts:

I2I@NSERC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 995 4273