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Program

For More Information

For information relating to Research Tools and Instruments Grants specific to Subatomic Physics please refer to:
NSERC page Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program [1]
NSERC page Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support Program [2]
UG page Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program [3]
UG page Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support Program [4]

For more information, refer to NSERC’s program guidelines [5] and Instructions [6].

Description

Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grants foster and enhance the discovery, innovation and training capability of university researchers in the natural sciences and engineering by supporting the purchase of research equipment. The RTI Grants Program provides the primary avenue to obtain up to $150,000 in support for research tools and instruments with a total net cost between $7,001 and $250,000 (excluding taxes, shipping and handling).

Eligibility

Please refer to NSERC’s overall eligibility criteria [7] for more information. Applicants must:

• Hold a minimum three-year appointment (fulltime, contract or adjunct) in an academic position with a firm offer in writing at the time of application; and
• Hold or have applied for (submitted) Discovery, Strategic (Networks and Projects), CRD, or NSERC-funded Canada Research Chair funding

Note: There is no limit to number of applications an applicant may submit as the principal investigator, or as a co-investigator.

Maximum Project Value

NSERC will pay a portion or all of the applicable taxes as well as the shipping and handling expenses, as long as the overall grant does not exceed $150,000. The applicant will be responsible for any amount in excess of $150,000.

Indirect Costs

0%

Project Duration

1 year

Special Notes

The University of Guelph was granted a quota of nineteen (19) applications and as such may forward up to 19 applications in the upcoming NSERC RTI 2016 competition.

Each of the NSERC-eligible colleges (CBS, CPES, CSAHS, OAC and OVC) has been allocated a quota using similar allocation methodology to what NSERC uses to determine Guelph's total allocation. NSERC’s quotas were based on the number of grantees at an institution that hold NSERC awards relative to the total number of grantees at the national level, over a rolling 5-year average. The approved allocations by College for the 2015 competition are as follows: CBS – six (6); CPES – six (6); CSAHS – one (1); OAC – four (4); and OVC – two (2).

Selection process, to occur at college level:

By September 14, 2015, 08:30 am, each college will have completed its internal selection of applicants and will provide to Office of Research Services by e-mail to research.services@uoguelph.ca [8] with a cc to Annette Clarke, Grants Officer Research Support Services at acclarke@uoguelph.ca [9]:

• List #1: Names of applicants and co-applicants in consideration of their application quota (see above).
• List #2: Names of applicants and co-applicants for an additional two (2) applications, in ranked order, to the Office of Research Services.
• For those names provided in List #2, each college will provide drafts of the RTI applications to aid in any university-level ranking, if required (see below).
• Copies of applicants’ and co-applicants’ formal appointment letters for those without regular full-time appointments (i.e. contractually-limited or adjunct professors).

Confirmation of applications to go forward, by ORS:

During the week of September 14-19, 2015, ORS will verify the eligibility of applicants and co-applicants and will identify applicants whose applications have been approved to go forward. If required, Research Services Council will rank the additional applications across colleges in order to fill the university’s overall quota of nineteen (19) applications.

Applicants will be invited and encouraged to attend a 1-1.5 hour long information session to be scheduled between September 21 and 23, 2015.

How to Apply

The RTI program has transitioned to the Research Portal. To apply, sign in to the Research Portal [10] to submit an Application, which must be linked to a completed NSERC Canadian Common CV [11] (CCV) for each applicant and each co-applicant.  Applications are reviewed and submitted to NSERC by the Office of Research Services.

Note: If a cash or in-kind contribution towards the purchase of the equipment is provided by an organization (other than the applicant’s and/or co-applicants’ institution[s]), a letter from the organization confirming this commitment is required. Such letters must clearly explain the financial contribution that the organization will provide to the purchase of the equipment.