Details
| Opportunity Name | PromoScience Program |
| Agency | The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Value | Up to $200,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | Up to 3 years |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory internal pre-selection (if more than one application per department) | 08-26-2024 |
| Internally selected application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 08-30-2024 |
| Internally selected application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 09-09-2024 |
| Internally selected final approved applications and fully signed ORS checklists due at ORS for mandatory review | 09-12-2024, by 9:00AM |
| Internally selected application due at agency | 09-16-2024 |
Objective
- Offer financial support for organizations working with young Canadians to promote an understanding of science and engineering (including mathematics and technology)
- Support activities and content designed for youth in elementary school and high school (including those in the equivalent first year of college in Quebec), and their educators, as well as activities that will encourage Indigenous undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in the natural sciences and engineering
Eligibility
Post-secondary institutions will be limited to one PromoScience application per department. Faculties that do not have departments will be limited to one application from that Faculty. If multiple applications come in per department/Faculty, as applicable, the Faculty will select which applications go forward. Therefore, please notify your Faculty research office as soon as possible if you are interested in applying.
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.