NSERC Discovery Grants Fall 2022 Competition - Notification of Intent to Apply now available

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The NSERC Discovery Grant (DG) Notification of Intent to Apply (NOI) is now available on the Research Portal.
 
Researchers who intend to apply for a DG in Fall 2022 must submit an NOI by the deadline date of Tuesday, August 2, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (ET). The NOI is mandatory when applying for a Discovery Grant. Applicants who do not submit an NOI cannot submit a full application.
 
Applicants are not required to submit their NOI to Research Services in advance for review and signature.  However, applicants may request feedback on their NOI (optional) if submitted sufficiently in advance of the deadline; please contact Leslie Cudmore (lcudmore@upei.ca).  
 
Please note:
  • Individuals with grants expiring in 2022-23 who are eligible for the COVID-19 extension with funds (who have not previously received this extension) will be contacted by NSERC in the month of June with information on how to accept the funded extension. 
  • The Early Career Researcher (ECR) option for Discovery Grant extension with funds process will commence in May. Grant recipients who are eligible to begin their early career researchers extension with funds will be offered and asked to accept that funded extension before being offered the Discovery Grants one-year extension with funds due to COVID-19 the following year.

Call for NSERC Discovery Horizons grants

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NSERC Discovery Horizons grants support investigator-initiated individual and team projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE). 

The Discovery Horizons (pilot) program provides NSERC’s entry-point to the tri-agency interdisciplinary peer-review mechanism. It supports Discovery research projects that would significantly benefit from being assessed by a tri-agency interdisciplinary peer review committee, and aims to 

  1. answer NSE research questions that are best addressed through interdisciplinary approaches 
  2. advance NSE disciplines through cross fertilization and new ways of thinking about research questions; ideas and frameworks; approaches and methods; platforms, tools and infrastructure; people, partners and trainees 
  3. provide leading-edge NSE training for highly qualified personnel (HQP) in interdisciplinary research environments 

Discovery Horizons grants are expected to be valued from $50K–$100K per year for up to five years and will be commensurate to the size of the research team. For this pilot year, NSERC is expecting to award approximately 10–20 grants. 

The applicant and any co-applicants must all be eligible to hold NSERC funding. Individuals are only allowed to hold or apply for one Discovery Horizons grant as either an applicant or co-applicant. 

The Discovery Horizons application process has two stages: the letter of intent (LOI) stage (deadline: June 16, 2022) and the full application stage (deadline: October 18, 2022). A limited number of applicants will be invited to submit a full application. 

For more information: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/DH-HD_eng.asp 

UPEI Application Process for Letter of Intent (LOI) stage: 

1) Complete your LOI using the Convergence Portal (see instructions here).   

2) Generate a PDF view of the LOI and submit it for UPEI approval using the Researcher Portal (instructions for using the Researcher Portal can be found here).  Applicants are requested to submit by June 9, 2022, ensuring that the application is received by Research Services by June 13, 2022. 

3) Upon receipt of UPEI approvals, you will be notified to proceed with the submission of your LOI in the Convergence Portal.  The deadline for submission is June 16, 2022. 

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