Overview of NSERC’s Research Partnerships Fields-Mprime Industrial Problem Solving Workshop Jennifer Bean Manager, Innovation Initiatives August 15, 2014 jennifer.bean@nserc-crsng.gc.ca 613/996-4753
Benefits of Partnerships
Where should you start? • Call us – Jennifer Bean, 613-996-4753 – Regional Offices, 1-877-767-1767
NSERC can help professors… Encourage a company to work with universities. Stimulate new areas of research. Provide industrially-relevant training. Create job opportunities for your students. Network and build collaborative relationships with companies. Improve ability to attract future funding and personnel.
NSERC can help companies… Achieve a competitive advantage and grow your business. Leverage and optimize your R&D investments. Connect with universities and colleges. Access state-of-the-art research facilities. Recruit highly qualified personnel.
Creating Partnerships
What are your options? IGP IUSRA EGP I2I EPG IPS CRD SPG CUI2I SNG IRCC IRC PWG ARD
Getting started Workshops First collaboration NSERC Interaction Regional Grants Office Events Other Engage Grants
Finding partners • NSERC Regional Office Events – Connector activities to promote partnerships or industrial training • Partnership Workshops – Seed new collaborations through a single workshop or multiple smaller events on a focussed topic • Interaction Grants – Travel grant for academic researchers to establish a new relationship with companies
Potential for first collaborations Engage: An applicant and a company that have not previously worked together
Snapshot of Participation in Mathematics • About 40 Engage awards Engage Awards by math departments – 29 applicants Ryerson 5 – 38 unique companies, including: Guelph 4 Toronto 3 • Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership Thompson Rivers 3 • CIBC Global Asset Management Inc. Carleton 3 • Cistel Technology Inc. Windsor 3 • Fundy Tidal Inc. Acadia 3 • Geo-X Exploration Services Inc. Waterloo 2 • ISIS Health Informatics Resource Group Inc. British Columbia 2 • Prosyna Communication Inc. Calgary 2 • Teck Lethbridge 2
Mathematical Sciences Research in Engage Grants Mathematical modelling Statistics and Probability Differential geometry Applied probability Numerical analysis Applied statistics Optimization Biostatistics Applied mathematics Algorithms Operations research and management sciences Modelling, simulation and finite element analysis Optimisation and optimal control theory
Engage Grant • Promotes new research partnerships between university researchers and companies. • Supports short-term R&D projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem. • Company owns intellectual property. • Applications are processed by regional offices within a 4- to 6- week turnaround time. • Maximum grant of $25,000; no cash contribution from the company required. • Success rate: 85-90%.
Feedback from Companies … • At the end of the project: • 94% of projects were a success • 86% of problems were partially or completely solved • 76% intend to apply the results • 96% gained new technology or knowledge • 60% provided stimulus for future R&D • 72% provided new business opportunities • 98% would recommend Engage to another company
Feedback from Professors… • 66% include project results in a publication • 68% of Engage awardees indicate that further activity with the company is expected “ From my point of view, the project was a success. We expected more data … to be able to do more detailed analysis, but it was enough to obtain some interesting results. I am sure the HQP's worked in this project have learned quite a lot, and this experience will help them with their future career .” Pawel Pralat, Associate Professor Department of Mathematics, Ryerson University Recipient of 5 Engage Grants to date
Feedback from Companies … • One year later: • 84% enhanced skill and knowledge base • 49% impact on competitiveness • 62% impact on research or business direction • 57% impact on product or services • 84% relationship building • 72% learned about the benefits of academic R&D • 69% increased access to HQP • 70% will collaborate further
There are logical starting points: Interaction Grant • Travel grant for academic researchers to establish a new relationship with companies. Engage Grant • Connect a university researcher with an industrial partner to solve a company-specific problem. Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award • Hire a student to work on a company research project. Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships • Collaborate with talented master's and doctoral students.
Building on prior connections Strategic Projects and Strategic Networks Engage Plus Collaborative Research and Development Grants (CRD)
Continued Collaboration • Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants – Flexible mechanism to support industry-driven collaborative projects of 1 to 5 years • Strategic Partnerships – Projects to accelerate research in target areas of national priority – Networks to undertake large-scale, multidisciplinary activity in targeted areas
Support for Talented People • Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (IUSRA) – $4,500 for 16 weeks – Host organization supplements the award by at least 25% of its value • Industrial Postgraduate / Industrial Innovation Scholarships – (known as BMP Innovation in Quebec) – Minimum $21,000 per year – Host organization supplements the award by at least one-third of its value – Portion of student’s research time must be spent at the company
Feedback from Companies… • Companies report: • 94% consider the project a success • 98% anticipate hosting another IUSRA student in the future • 94% of IUSRAs improved their research productivity • 95% gained new knowledge; 87% intend to apply the results • 77% were able to finish research that otherwise would not have been completed • 37% of companies have hired at least one former awardee
Feedback from Students… • Students report: • The majority learn about IUSRA from the hosting organization • 78% consider the project a success; 22% a partial success • Learning a variety of skills (e.g., knowledge of the discipline, critical thinking, personal time management, communication and interpersonal skills)
To find out more… Call me: 613-996-4753 Send an email: Jennifer.Bean@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
Program Details
NSERC at a Glance Total Budget 2014-15 Priorities $1.1 billion People Discovery People Innovation Administration Attract and retain the best students and researchers in Canada by supporting more than 30,000 students and postdoctoral fellows. 5.0% Discovery Enable Canadian scientists and engineers to become global leaders in 25.0% their fields by funding more than 11,000 professors for their research 33.0% programs. Innovation Increase Canada’s prosperity by building connections and supporting the 37.0% application of research by funding research projects with over 2,600 Canadian companies. 26
2013-2014 RPP Budget ($299.1M)* Industry-Driven Collaborative Strategic Partnerships R&D Program (45%) Program (32%) Commercialization Program (2%) College and Community Training in Industry Innovation Program (16%) Program (5%) *Does not include Networks of Centres of Excellence
NSERC’s PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMS UNIVERSITIES COLLEGES INDUSTRY-DRIVEN COLLEGE AND STRATEGIC COMMERCIALIZA- TRAINING IN COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TION INDUSTRY R&D INNOVATION Industrial Partnership Workshops Undergraduate Applied Research and Strategic Project Grants Idea to Innovation Grants Grants Student Research Development Awards Centres of Excellence for Industrial Strategic Network College-University Idea Interaction Grants Commercialization and Postgraduate Grants to Innovation Grants Research Scholarships Collaborative Health Industrial R&D Innovation Enhancement Engage Grants Research Projects Fellowships Grants Automotive Partnership Collaborative R&D Industrial R&D Canada Grants Internships Networks of Centres of Industrial Research Excellence Chairs Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence
5 Major NSERC Partnership Programs Commercialization Program Development I2I CECR College and Community Innovation Program ARD IRCC CU-I2I TAC IE Technology Maturity Industry-Driven Collaborative R&D Program EG, PWG, IG CRD IRC BL-NCE Training in Industry Program i-USRA IRDI IPS IRDF i-CREATE Strategic Partnerships Program SPG CHRP APC NCE Research 29 One year Complexity of the project Five years
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