NSERC RTI – Research Tools and Instruments Grants program
Arctic and Northern Regions
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Information and Communication Technology
Oceans, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: No RIS review required.
External Deadline: Tuesday 1st, November 2022
Description
EXTENSION TO NOVEMBER 1ST AVAILABLE FOR ATLANTIC CANADA RESEARCHERS:
Should RTI applicants need an extension, please send an email with the applicant cc’d to resgrant@nserc-crsng.gc.ca.
The portal can remain open until November 1st at 5:00 pm (ET), however NSERC needs to be advised of the extension requirement before October 25th. We would encourage applicants to (at the minimum) create the application in the Research Portal, so that it will be easier to extend.
There may be researchers from your institution who are co-applicants on RTI applications with a principal applicant outside of the Atlantic provinces. If an extension is required, the co-applicant must contact resgrant@nserc-crsng.gc.ca, and cc the principal applicant and RGO at the administering institution.
Please note, applications that have already been submitted will not be reopened.
A process was established beginning September 2013 whereby Academic Units will be 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 Initiatives & 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.
The RTI grants program provides the primary avenue for university researchers in the natural sciences and engineering to obtain up to $150,000 in support for research tools and instruments with a net cost between $7,001 and $250,000. Net cost is defined as the purchase cost of the equipment after any discount from the vendor and before taxes, customs and importation fees, transportation and shipping charges, and assembly and installation costs. The vendor discount must be free of conditions, restrictions or limitations (e.g., cannot be offered in exchange for services from users benefiting the vendor company). The research community is also encouraged to explore other avenues for funding research tools and instruments, including NSERC’s other programs that allow the purchase of equipment as eligible expenses.
NSERC will only accept the following requests:
- for tools and instruments that form a comprehensive system intended to support NSERC-funded research in the natural sciences and engineering. A comprehensive system is one in which each tool or instrument forms part of an integrated system of operation to support the research program(s)
- a comprehensive system is one in which each tool or instrument forms part of an integrated system of operation to support the research program(s)
- requests that bundle unrelated tools and instruments together will not be accepted
- for the purchase of new, used or refurbished equipment, for the repair, upgrade or rental of equipment or for the fabrication of equipment that is not readily available off the shelf
- for equipment that is purchased or rented after the application deadline
Note: Equipment and items that are part of laboratory infrastructure or intended to render other equipment compliant with health and safety standards are ineligible for RTI support.
Additional information can be found on the NSERC Website.