Research Admin Offices:

• ROADS
• HRS

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Disciplines:

• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Science
• Health Sciences

Sponsors:

• Government of Ontario

Deadlines:

Additional Dates:

• EOI HRS Due Date (mandatory) - July 5, 2023
• Application Sponsor Due Date - September 27, 2023

Description:

Informational Webinar: June 27, 2023 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The ORF-RE program promotes research excellence of strategic value to Ontario by supporting new leading-edge, transformative, and internationally significant research. The fund provides up to one third of the total value of a project, with the remaining two thirds coming from a combination of private sector and institutional contributions.

The purpose of ORF-RE Round 12 is to accept applications from all research disciplines with priority research areas that support government initiatives, as follows:

• Automotive (including electric vehicles)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Critical Minerals (including research that supports Ontario’s Ring of Fire)
• Genomics
• Life Sciences (supports Ontario’s Life Sciences Strategy and provides an opportunity to leverage federal funding provided through the Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) stage 2 competition)
• Medical devices
• Quantum Technology

ORF-RE Round 12 consists of the following two application funding streams:

Stream 1. Basic and Applied Research

• Open to all research disciplines with priority given to the priority research areas
• Funds projects that demonstrate strong commercialization potential, where the innovation is at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 1 to 2
• Funds projects from $500,000 to $2,000,000 (Ontario portion), over the duration of the project and including 40% indirect costs
• Funds projects up to a maximum of 5 years

Stream 2. Experimental Research

• Open to all research disciplines with priority given to the priority research areas
• Funds projects that demonstrate strong commercialization potential, where the innovation is at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 3 or higher
• Requires collaboration with an Ontario-based company
• Funds projects from $300,000 to $2,000,000 (Ontario portion), over the duration of the project and including 40% indirect costs
• Funds projects up to a maximum of 4 years

Resources:

Additional Details.

Contact:

All applications, including those led by McMaster and those where we partner on proposals led by other institutions, require Faculty endorsement. For more information and to apply, FHS researchers should contact Michelle Czerwinski.