The objective of the MRS program is to facilitate the effective access by Canadian academic researchers to major and unique national or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. MRS grants are not intended to support resources that are standard in a discipline or commonly available in Canadian universities. The MRS program also aims to facilitate access by Canadian academic researchers, who come together as national consortia, to major international resources located outside Canada, the equivalent of which is not available in Canada. This support excludes any direct financial support towards the operating and maintenance costs of such resources. The support is not given to individual researchers, but rather to the user consortia, which must be composed of researchers from several institutions (including universities, government laboratories, or industry) across Canada.

Major resources supported by this program may include: - unique specialized experimental facilities or field research stations; - research institutes that promote and trigger interactions within the constituents of relevant communities; - a core of highly skilled technical or professional research support staff essential to the research activities of a group; - large specialized items of research equipment; or - a collection of specialized samples or objects, as defined in the Framework for Researchers Working with University-Based Collections.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM.

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