Details
| Opportunity Name | Alliance International Catalyst Grants |
| Agency | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Value | $25,000 |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | 1 year |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 10-01-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 10-08-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 10-11-2024, by 10:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 10-16-2024, by 10:00AM |
Objective
The overall objectives are to:
- allow Canadian researchers to initiate the development of international collaborations; and
- provide support for Canadian researchers participating in international collaborative projects of global importance and benefit to Canada.
International Catalyst Grants support Canadian researchers in initiating international research collaborations in the NSE disciplines. These grants will allow Canadian researchers to identify and initiate the first stage of collaboration with the intent of initiating exchanges for Canadian personnel where appropriate supporting exploratory research activities.
Eligibility
If you are a Canadian university researcher who is eligible to receive NSERC funds, you can apply on your own or as a team with co-applicants who are also eligible academic researchers. You and any Canadian co-applicants must have an active NSERC peer-reviewed grant, as primary applicant, at the time of application. The Alliance International funding stream is only intended to fund academic to academic collaborations. Your international academic collaborator must be the equivalent of an assistant/associate/full professor from an accredited degree-granting postsecondary institution. For this funding opportunity, non-academic collaborators and partner organizations (private, public or not-for-profit sectors) are not permitted.
Important Note: You are limited to one application within a 12-month period as either applicant or co-applicant. You and any Canadian co-applicants must hold, as primary applicant, an active NSERC peer-reviewed grant at the time of application.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.