Internal NOI (Inoi) Template: NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program

Internal NOI (iNOI) Template: NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program Grant (CREATE)

Instructions: The NSERC LOI Form 187 will not be available on the NSERC online system until March 2016, the following template is meant to substitute Form 187 for the York University iNOI deadline.

APPLICANT’S INFORMATION

Name:
Department:
ORU (if applicable):
Faculty:
Email:
Phone:

TARGET AREAS

Mark the appropriate category:
Environmental science and technologies
Natural resources and energy
Manufacturing
Information and communications technologies
Not a target area

INDUSTRY STREAM

Yes
No
INTERNATIONAL STREAM
Yes
No

CO-APPLICANTS

List a minimum of one and up to tenco-applicants:
Name / Department/Institution / % of Time devoted to this activity

COLLABORATORS (list collaborators, please note not all names are required at the LOI stage but if applying in the industry stream please list industry partners)

Name / Department/Institution / % of Time devoted to this activity

OUTLINE OF TRAINING PROGRAM (2 pages maximum)

State the objectives of the proposed research training program and summarize the approach, the originality and novelty of the proposed research training program, as well as the expected significance of the program. Briefly indicate the type of research that the trainees will be involved in during the training program. Your proposal must describe how the proposed approach would better prepare students and/or postdoctoral fellows for their future careers in industry, government or, to a lesser extent, in academia. In addition, the proposal should indicate how these stakeholders, as future employers, will be involved in guiding the training program. A description of the potential employers and a qualitative assessment of the job prospects for the trainees should be included.
Include information on the approximate number of students and postdoctoral fellows that you are planning to have participate in the program on an annual basis in a table, similar to the example below. Briefly indicate how the training of each group of trainees will be handled. Provide an explanation if a particular category of students will not be receiving funding from the program (i.e., if no MSc students supported, explain why).
Note:Applications which focus on support only at the undergraduate level will not be accepted. If the training proposal focuses primarily on one group of trainees, it must be justified.
Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6 / Total After 6 years*
Undergraduate
Master’s
PhD
PDF
Total
* Provide an estimate of the total number of students that are expected to graduate, by category.

8. EXCELLENCE OF PROPOSED TEAM OF RESEARCHERS (2 page maximum)

Provide information on the core team involved. Explain the rationale for the team composition and how it has the necessary expertise for the successful execution of the training program. Indicate if the members of the team will work together (i.e., collaborative research) and how they will do so. The applicant, co-applicants and collaborators’ roles and responsibilities within the training program and its management must be explained.
If applicable, the role of current holders of, or participants in, an ongoing CREATE Grant relative to their role in the proposed CREATE initiative must be well explained.NSERC limits the participation to a maximum of two CREATE initiatives per researcher–as either an applicant or co-applicant

INDUSTRY-PARTNER LETTER(s)

Provide an email if an official letter on letterhead is not available for the internal LOI; otherwise list all the expected partners with brief description of their role (if not detailed above under 8).

For full LOI: If applying to the industrial stream of the CREATE Program, a letter or e-mail from the industrial collaborator(s) to the candidate, indicating its (their) commitment to hosting trainee internships (for a duration of at least 20 percent of the students’ training) and to have a representative on the Program Committee is mandatory. If two industrial collaborators are required to satisfy the above conditions, combine both letters and/or e-mails in one document and save the document as a PDF file.

LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM YOUR FACULTY: please contact your research office for more details.

A FORM 100 FROM THE PRINCIPAL APPLICANT IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE INTERNAL LOI

Please be sure to submit this document to your Associate Dean Research by no later than January 25, 2016.
If you have any questions, please contact MaheenHasan, Strategic and Institutional Research Specialist,

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