NSERC – Discovery Grants – Full Application

Arctic and Northern Regions

Environment, Energy and Natural Resources

Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

Deadlines

Academic Unit: Inquire with your unit

Memorial Deadline: Inquire with your unit

External Deadline: Sunday 1st, November 2020

Description

Academic Units are assuming the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, and NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants competitions.  Research Grant and Contract Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants, but will be supporting Academic Units in their review of applications as they may require. If you are intending on applying to any of these competitions, please contact your Grants Facilitation Officer, Associate Dean (Research) or equivalent unit signatory to obtain information on deadlines and processes for institutional review and electronic submission for your unit.

Note: Notification of Intent to Apply submission is mandatory – due by August 1, 2020

Discovery Program Guidelines

Discovery Grant Notification of Intent (Individual; Subatomic Physics)

Application Instructions

Online Application Portal (Replaces Form 101)

Canadian Common CV Instructions (Replaces Form 100)

New Application Process for Discovery Grants

You must submit your NOI and the NSERC version of the Canadian Common CV (CCV) using the Research Portal.  Refer to the instructions on how to complete the NOI and CCV. We encourage you to start completing your CCV early, as it can be time-consuming to populate the fields the first time.

Due to COVID-19, NSERC is replacing live webinars with pre-recorded videos followed by live Q&A sessions. This series is meant to assist the research community on how to complete an application using the Research Portal and the NSERC Canadian Common CV (CCV). You will find below the pre-recorded videos as well as the dates for these upcoming live Q&A sessions. New Q&A session dates will be added as they become available on our website.

We ask that you please view the pre-recorded videos prior to attending a live Q&A session, as the material presented in the videos will not be repeated.

In order to prepare, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the following documents:

• Discovery Grant application program description which includes the Peer Review Manual and the Frequently Asked Questions
• Instructions for Completing an Application
• Submitting an NSERC individual Discovery Grant application through the Research Portal

We would greatly appreciate if you could extend this invitation to all applicants from your university who would be interested in attending these webinars.

Pre-registration is not required to attend the live Q&A sessions. The session will be open 15 minutes in advance for you to review existing questions and submit your questions in advance.

Considering the high attendance to our webinars, NSERC staff may not have time to respond to all individual questions during the session. Any additional questions should be directed to our support team at NSERC Discovery.

Consult the Webinars page to learn about upcoming information sessions

Additional information can be found here.

Funding Sources

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)