NSERC Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize

In partnership, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC – Alliance Advantage grants) and the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI – Collaborate 2 Commercialize [C2C] program) are offering C2C Alliance Advantage grants to support post-secondary research and development collaborations with the highest potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Ontario. Individual proposals can request from $20,000 up to $30,000 from NSERC Alliance Advantage grants and from $20,000 up to $30,000 from OCI C2C, with a corresponding $20,000 to $30,000 from the industry partner (at least 50% must be cash provided to the academic institution). The streamlined joint application and decision process enables companies to quickly undertake new research collaborations with Ontario-based researchers and have their cash contribution leveraged by both NSERC and OCI. The mutually beneficial projects are expected to result in economic benefits both to the company and to Ontario, and to build impactful, longer-term collaborations between the researcher and the company.