NSERC Discovery Grants

• 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 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

Links and Documents

• NSERC Discovery Grant Program web page
• NSERC DG Tips video tips video
• DG_Merit_Indicators_eng.pdf: Merit Indicators -- important!! These serve as guidelines for reviewers.
• nserc-discovery-and-rti.pdf: Advice on NSERC Discovery and RTI in CS, by Robert Bridson, 2010
• 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 (2011)
• glasgow-grant.pdf: How to get (and keep) a research grant, by Witten & Glasgow (1990, 1996)
• DGStat-SDStat_eng.pdf: 2011 competition statistics

Internal Grant Review timeline

• now: submit suggested names (2 close and 2 not-so-close potential reviewers) to Michiel (van@csDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca)
• 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

Examples

• F180-vandepanne-2009.pdf: Michiel van de Panne F180, Fall 2009
• F100-vandepanne-2009.pdf: Michiel van de Panne F100, Fall 2009
• F101-vandepanne-2009.pdf: Michiel van de Panne F101, Fall 2009
• F180-heidrich-2009.pdf: Wolfgang Heidrich F180, Fall 2009
• F100-heidrich-2009.pdf: Wolfgang Heidrich F100, Fall 2009
• F101-heidrich-2009.pdf: Wolfgang Heidrich F101, Fall 2009

Discussion

Advice wanted by some faculty:
Q1: Is it best to describe all one's research activities, or focus in one area?
Q2: Does it matter if one changes the title and summary after having submitted the F180?
Q3: What is a best practice for listing reviewers? Should we select: (a) prominent people worldwide (b) prominent Canadians in our own fields (c) Canadians who know us well, regardless of prominence? (d) less-prominent Canadians from smaller institutions who might not know us well?

-- MichielVanDePanne - 24 Jun 2011