NSERC Alliance Society: Strategies for Success – May 20, 2025
Session Description
May 20 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
The Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO), in collaboration withthe Faculty of Arts & Science and the Centre for Research & InnovationSupport (CRIS), is pleased to host an NSERC Alliance Grants workshop serieswith the NSERC Regional Office to share best practices, tips, and strategiesfor developing a competitive Alliance proposal.
The NSERC Alliance Grants program is one of the mostflexible and popular avenues for government funding support for externallysponsored research, offering up to $1M/year for up to 5 years for individualresearch projects with partners drawn from industry, not-for-profit, or publicsectors. The Alliance program has three streams: Advantage, Society, andInternational. This first session will focus on the Alliance Society (formerly option 2) grants thatfund projects with societal impact as the main driver.
U of T faculty and staff are invited to bring their questions directlyto NSERC during the session.
Moderators:
- Glaucia Lima, Business Development Officer, Industry Partnerships, Innovations& Partnerships Office (IPO)
- Sloane Evariste, Funded Research Officer, Faculty of Arts & Science
Panelists:
- Marianne Touchie, Professor, Civiland Mineral Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
- DonJackson, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science
- Alison Janidlo, Manager, Natural Sciences and EngineeringResearch Council (NSERC)
Additional Information
For more information on the updates to the NSERC Alliance, please visit the NSERC Webpage.
