Research Admin Offices:

• ROADS

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Value:

• Individual projects can request either $700,000 (small project) or $1,400,000 (large project) per year over four (4) years. Grant funding is provided in equal parts by NSERC and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).
• The aim is to fund one large or two small projects per call. The first Research Communities grant(s) will be awarded in May 2025.
• CSE may request that applicants of small projects addressing similar, overlapping, or complementary areas merge their proposals to benefit from the full Research Communities grant.

Disciplines:

• Faculty of Science

Sponsors:

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

Deadlines:

Additional Dates:

• -

Description:

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) are partnering to fund Research Communities to conduct unclassified research on cutting-edge technologies in areas of strategic importance to CSE and the Government of Canada. A Research Community is defined as a group of researchers – and their research personnel (i.e., students, post-doctoral fellows, and research professionals) – from multiple Canadian universities working in related domains and sharing NSERC?CSE funds awarded to their project(s). The focus of this funding call is on exploratory analysis for unstructured data. CSE is the sole partner organization; no additional partner organizations will be accepted.

Eligibility:

Canadian university researchers must be eligible to receive NSERC funds. This Research Communities grant(s) will support unclassified research focusing on exploratory analysis for unstructured data. However, the funding is conditional on the applicant or one of the co-applicants and some of the Research Community members (i.e., professors, students, and post-doctoral fellows) travelling to Ottawa to conduct classified research at CSE throughout the grant period. See Classified research for details.

Resources:

Additional Details.

Contact:

For more information and to apply, contact Ryan Heyden.