Prize

The Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Award Not specified
Closing date Closed
Location Global
For Team

About this opportunity

The Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering recognizes highly collaborative Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences or engineering. This prize honors teams that have combined their expertise to produce achievements of outstanding significance in the natural sciences or engineering. NSERC recognizes that achieving a more equitable, diverse and inclusive Canadian research enterprise is essential to creating the excellent, innovative and impactful research necessary to advance knowledge and understanding. The prize evaluates nominations based on the significance, novelty and impact of achievements, quality of contribution to training and mentoring of highly qualified personnel in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting, and excellence of the interdisciplinary team including the complementarity of the team members' expertise.
Results communicated by end of June with public announcement in fall

Who can apply

Applicant Types

team

Organization Types

academic, for profit, government

Residency

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada

Project Locations

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada

Region

Canada

How to apply

Stages

  1. 1 single_stage

Required documents

cover_letter ยท references ยท cv

Review process

Nominations evaluated by diverse selection committee from academia, government and industry across disciplines using criteria of significance/novelty/impact of achievements, quality of HQP training/mentoring, and excellence of interdisciplinary team.

Restrictions

  • no_concurrent_funding

Post-award obligations

  • final_report
  • acknowledge_funder