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NSERC 2009 Research Grants Competition: Information Sessions at the University of Toronto

NSERC is holding Grants Information Sessions at the University of Toronto (St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough) on Sept.16-18, 2008. These sessions will be particularly useful to new faculty members and to those submitting Discovery Grant applications to NSERC this fall.

Sept.16, 9:00-11:00 am
St. George Campus, Governing Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Simcoe Hall, 27 King’s College Circle
RSVP: Christine Kwan, Awards Administrator, Research Services: 416-946-0246; c.kwan@utoronto.ca.

Sept.17, 9:30-11:30 am
UTSC, room AA160 (New Council Chamber), Arts and Administration Building
RSVP: Michele McDonell, Research Administrator, UTSC: 416-208-4719; mcdonell@utsc.utoronto.ca

Sept.18, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
UTM, room SB2068B, South Building
RSVP: Carmen Bryson, Research and Financial Officer, UTM: 905-828-5413; carmen.bryson@utoronto.ca.

Topics

Preparation and submission of Discovery Grant applications.

NSERC policies and regulations pertaining to grants.

The peer review process.

Changes to programs (including recommendations of two recently completed reviews of the Discovery Grant Program).

Presenters

Jennifer Bean, NSERC Program Officer, GSC 24 - Chemistry and Mathematical Sciences; GSC 337- Pure and Applied Mathematics.

Sonia St-Onge, NSERC Program Officer, GSC 32 - Cell Biology; GSC 33 – Molecular and Developmental Genetics.

Professor Donald Jackson, GSC 18 - Evolution and Ecology (St. George Session).

Professor Meredyth Daneman, GSC 12 - Psychology: Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (UTSC Session).

Professor Leslie Buck, GSC 1011 – Integrative Animal Biology (UTM Session).

Debbie Bilinski, Research Partnership Officer, Research Services.

Light refreshments will be served.

NSERC Deadlines for Fall Grants

Please note the following fall deadlines for NSERC Grant Applications:

NSERC Deadlines	NSERC Programs
Oct. 1, 2008	Major Resources Support, Ship Time, Research Tools and Instruments - Categories 2 and 3 (Subatomic Physics only), SAP Project Applications $500,000 or more per year
Oct. 25, 2008	Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1
Nov. 1, 2008	Discovery Grant (Individual, Group and SAP) and Northern Research Supplement

Important note on NSERC Deadlines: Applications must be received by NSERC by the deadline. If it is postmarked earlier, but not received by NSERC by the deadline, it will be considered late and will be rejected. If the deadline falls on a weekend, your application must reach NSERC by the following working day. Late applications will not be accepted.

Internal Deadlines and Extended Hours

Research Services processes a large number of applications during the fall. It is imperative that each administering unit adheres to its internal deadline in order to provide our faculty members with a complete administrative review. Applicants are advised to take into account the amount of time they need to make revisions based on the review, availability of authorized signatories and technical problems, which may arise on NSERC's online system during this time.

Internal Deadlines (for review of both electronic and paper submissions):

For applications due to NSERC by Oct. 1: Monday, Sept. 22.

For applications due to NSERC by Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, please see below:

Day/Date	Faculty/Department/Unit
Monday, Oct. 6	RTI – Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Thursday, Oct. 9 Discovery Grants Internal Deadlines Begin	Aerospace Studies; Anthropology; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Computer Science; IBBME
Friday, Oct. 10	Dentistry; Forestry; MIE; Medical Biophysics; OISE
Tuesday, Oct. 14	CITA; Geography; Geology; Pharmacy; Public Health Sciences; Physiology
Wednesday, Oct. 15	UTSC – all departments (Discovery and RTI); Chemical Engineering; ECE; Medicine; Pharmacology; Physical Education; Psychology; Surgery
Thursday, Oct. 16	UTM – all departments (Discovery and RTI); Medical Imaging; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Laboratory Medicine; Materials Science; Molecular Genetics; Nutritional Sciences; Physics; Cell and Systems Biology
Friday, Oct. 17	Biochemistry; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Statistics; Mathematics; Speech-Language Pathology; All other departments

Please ensure that your applications are submitted to the Vice-Dean, Research, for signature at least one day prior to the Internal Deadline.

Research Services will offer extended hours on the following dates: Oct. 16, 17, 20, and 21, 8:30 am - 7:00 pm; Saturday, Oct. 18, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm.

Additional information can be found in the NSERC Guide.

Funding Opportunties

ISTP Canada and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China Announce 2008 Canada-China Call for Proposals for R&D collaborations

At minimum, the proposed R&D project has to:

Include a Canadian company who will actively participate in the proposed R&D activities, have expertise in the proposed field(s) of investigation and demonstrate the ability to commercialize the resulting products/services.

Involve research partner(s) in China and lead to new innovation and commercialization for the benefit of Canada and China.

The program encourages the participation of Canadian research teams involving industry-academic/institute partnership. The Program also encourages exchange of young researchers between the two countries under the R&D projects.

Important dates

Close date for Expression of Interest (EOI): Monday, Sept.15, 2008.

Close date for Full Proposal: Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

Detailed information on the Call for Proposals.

Call for Research Proposals from Toyota Regarding Technology of Higher Functionalized Plastic Surfaces

Toyota is issuing a request for collaborative research proposals in the field of plastic material for possible application in vehicle production and other areas. Their purpose is to find technology for enhancing the function and application of plastic material and to better understand plastic surface modification. Toyota envisions this research as encompassing one or more of the following:

Advancing the technology of plastic surface property modification.

Advancing the technology of intentional plastic surface molecule structure control.

Proposal of the structure, molecule, or cluster that can enhance the function or property of plastic material using technology from 1 or 2 above.

Mechanistic analysis or consideration of its phenomenon.

Anticipated funding rages from $50,000-$100,000, and will be available for a one-year project, with with the possibility of renewal for an additional year.

If interested please click here to access a PDF Request for Information Form regarding your research and proposed research. Please fill in the form and send it to Shinya Furusawa at shinya.furusawa@tema.toyota.com by Sept.17, 2008. The projected collaboration start date is May 1, 2009.

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