NSERC Discovery Grants

• Merit Indicators: important! These serve as guidelines for reviewers.
  http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Professors-Professeurs/DG_Merit_Indicators_eng.pdf
• 2011 NSERC Discover Grant Workshop at UBC: Wed June 29, 2:30pm-4:30pm, Life Sciences Centre, room announced to registrants
  REGISTRATION is required through the VPRI Event Site: http://research.ubc.ca/vpri/workshops-events.
  Space is limited and prioritized to Faculty who are applying to the 2012 NSERC DG competition.
  More information and direct registration link: http://research.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=32
  QUESTIONS: Nicole Bennett – SPARC - NSERC / SSHRC Internal Review Officer: nicole.bennett@ubcDELETEthisTEXT.ca 604-822-5386 www.sparc.ubc.ca
• 2011 competition statistics: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/Funding-Financement/DGStat-SDStat_eng.pdf
• 2011 per-bin funding amounts for CS, in k$/year: 14 20 24 29 33 42 49 60
• 2010 per-bin funding amounts for CS, in k$/year: 15 18 20 25 31 34 43 51 60
• Advice document by Robert Bridson (2010): https://bugs.cs.ubc.ca/twiki/pub/Faculty/FundingInfo/nserc-discovery-and-rti.pdf
• Discovery-2011-05-26.pdf: Slides from Michiel's short presentation to UBC CS on May 26, 2011
• DG-Competition-Model.pdf: How to succeed in the new competition model

Internal Grant Review timeline

• as soon as possible (recommended June 24): names of 2 close and 2 not-so-close potential reviewers
• June 30: selection of 2 internal grant reviewers
• Aug 1: Notification of Intent due (Form 180)
• Sept 28: submission of first draft to internal grant reviewers
• Oct 5: comments back on first draft
• Oct 12: submission of second draft to internal grant reviewers
• Oct 25: application due, UBC CS
• Oct 27: application due, UBC ORS research services
• Nov 1: application due, NSERC final deadline

-- MichielVanDePanne - 09 Jun 2011