Description:

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors.

These grants support research projects led by strong, complementary, collaborative teams that will generate new knowledge and accelerate the application of research results to create benefits for Canada.

They provide matching funds or in-kind resources of up to $1 million annually to work on an innovative project that creates benefits for Canada.

Comments on Funding:

Funding ranges from $20,000 to $1 million per year.

NSERC funding for Option 1 ranges from 50% to 66.7% of the project costs (Value: $20,000 to $1 million per year), the remainder amount must be the Partner organization's contribution, as following:

NSERC funding for Option 2 ranges from 90% to 100% of the project costs (Value: over $30,000 to $300,000 per year), as following: 

The remainder amount must be the Partner organization's contribution

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

Alliance grants support projects of varying scale and complexity, from short-term smaller projects involving one researcher to long-term projects involving researchers across several universities, and from one-on-one collaborations with one partner organization directly involved in the research to projects involving many partner organizations across multiple sectors.

Applications Steps:

Applications must be submitted through NSERC’s online system.

The application includes three components:

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must:

Other Things to Note:

There are 2 options of cost-sharing: