NSERC-FRQ NOVA program for junior researchers

The NOVA program for junior researchers is offered jointly by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). The primary objective of the NOVA program is to support research projects led by junior researchers from Quebec in collaboration with researchers from other provinces and territories of Canada. These projects must be in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. The funding offered enables research teams to increase the ability of junior researchers from Quebec to collaborate with researchers from other provinces and territories of Canada, strengthen the competitiveness of researchers on the international scene, generate new knowledge and new ways of applying knowledge that may have social, environmental, technological and economic benefits, and create a plan for mobilizing the knowledge resulting from the research findings both in Quebec and throughout Canada. The program supports collaborative research that addresses issues of importance for the community and may have an impact on public policy.