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Research PartnershipPrograms
Silicon Photonics Workshop September 10-11th, 2012
Outline
• NSERC and Optics & Photonics
• Strategy for Partnerships and Innovation
• The Research Partnership Toolbox
RPP Budget 2011-2012 ($282.1M)*
CommercializationProgram (2.5%)
Industry-Driven Collaborative R&D Program (39.2%)
Strategic PartnershipsProgram (39.9%)
*Does not include Networks of Centres of Excellence
Training in IndustryProgram (7%)College and Community
Innovation Program (11.4%)
Optics and Photonics Snapshot
• $16.8M in 2011/12– $8.4M in Research Partnerships
Programs• Funding level doubled since
2002• 50 companies participated in
last 3 years
Why Partner?
• Access to world class expertise & know-how
• Access to infrastructure and equipment
• Stretch your research dollars• Substantial returns from
SR&ED• Students trained in an area
relevant to your company
Goal: Better connect and apply post secondary research to create prosperity for Canada
• Build relationships• Streamline access• Connect people and skills• Focus on priorities
More productive & sustainable business = jobs and growth
Strategy for Partnerships and Innovation (SPI)
Building Relationships
Interaction Grants– Travel grant– Identify need– Explore strategies– New collaborations– Up to $5K
Partnership Workshop Grants– User community need– New research
collaborations– Up to $25K
Building Research Collaborations
Engage Grants• Applied R&D project• Company-specific
problem• Evaluate partnership• up to $25K• 89% success rate to
date
Collaborative Research and Development Grants (CRD)
• Flexible• Cash & in-kind leveraging
– Award up to twice industry cash
• 85% success rate
Moving from Engage to CRD
Tunable laser source in the 6-10 μmby Difference Frequency Generation in Bragg Reflector Waveguides (BRW) and quasi-phase matching (QPM) AlGaAs waveguides
Drs. Amr Helmy & Stewart Aitchison
University of Toronto
Genia Photonics
• Genia: $150K cash ($117K + O/H)$276K in-kind
• NSERC: $214K(2012-2014)
NSERC’s Regional Offices
• Engage Grants
• Interaction Grants
• Partnership Workshops
Strategic Partnerships(Target national priorities)• Strategic Projects• Strategic Networks• Collaborative Health
Research Projects
Industry-Driven(Industry participation)• Collaborative R&D• Industrial Research Chairs• Chairs in Design Engineering• Interaction• Engage• Partnership Workshops
Technology Transfer/Commercialization• Idea to Innovation• College and Community Innovation
• Innovation Enhancement Grants• Applied Research & Development Grants• Technology Access Centres• Applied Research Tools & Instruments Grants
Regional Offices• Bring perspectives and
intelligence from acrossthe country
• Forge linkages at local level
Partnerships – RPP Toolbox
Training in Industry• IUSRA, IPS,IRDF• IRDI (MITACS)
Industrial Research Chairs
• Longer term research program 5-year awards
• Builds capacity and relationships• Students training on industry relevant
problems• Prestigious appointment Stature of candidate is
important
Strategic Partnerships(Target national priorities)• Strategic Projects• Strategic Networks• Collaborative Health
Research Projects
Industry-Driven(Industry participation)• Collaborative R&D• Industrial Research Chairs• Chairs in Design Engineering• Interaction• Engage• Partnership Workshops
Technology Transfer/Commercialization• Idea to Innovation• College and Community Innovation
• Innovation Enhancement Grants• Applied Research & Development Grants• Technology Access Centres• Applied Research Tools & Instruments Grants
Regional Offices• Bring perspectives and
intelligence from acrossthe country
• Forge linkages at local level
Partnerships – RPP Toolbox
Training in Industry• IUSRA, IPS,IRDF• IRDI (MITACS)
Strategic Project Grants
• Projects must fit specific topics within target areas
• Needs active involvement of partners, but no cash is required
• Yearly application (April)• 20-25% success rates
Strategic Project Grant
Ultra-fast all optical phase sensitive oscilloscope
on a chip
Drs. Roberto Morandotti (INRS) &
Vincent Aimez (Sherbrooke)
Enablance
• Enablance: $90K in-kind• NSERC: $472K (2011-2014)
Strategic Partnerships(Target national priorities)• Strategic Projects• Strategic Networks• Collaborative Health
Research Projects
Industry-Driven(Industry participation)• Collaborative R&D• Industrial Research Chairs• Chairs in Design Engineering• Interaction• Engage• Partnership Workshops
Technology Transfer/Commercialization• Idea to Innovation• College and Community Innovation
• Innovation Enhancement Grants• Applied Research & Development Grants• Technology Access Centres• Applied Research Tools & Instruments Grants
Regional Offices• Bring perspectives and
intelligence from acrossthe country
• Forge linkages at local level
Partnerships – RPP Toolbox
Training in Industry• IUSRA, IPS,IRDF• IRDI (MITACS)
Attract Highly Qualified People (HQP)
• Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (IUSRA) NSERC award: $4,500 for a 16-week term Company contribution: minimum of $1,125
• Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS) NSERC award: $15,000 per year (2 yrs) Company contribution: minimum of $6,000
• Industrial R&D Fellowships (IRDF) NSERC award: $30,000 per year (2 yrs) Company contribution: minimum of $10,000
Note: Eligibility criteria have changed
Strategic Partnerships(Target national priorities)• Strategic Projects• Strategic Networks• Collaborative Health
Research Projects
Industry-Driven(Industry participation)• Collaborative R&D• Industrial Research Chairs• Chairs in Design Engineering• Interaction• Engage• Partnership Workshops
Technology Transfer/Commercialization• Idea to Innovation• College and Community Innovation
• Innovation Enhancement Grants• Applied Research & Development Grants• Technology Access Centres• Applied Research Tools & Instruments Grants
Regional Offices• Bring perspectives and
intelligence from acrossthe country
• Forge linkages at local level
Partnerships – RPP Toolbox
Training in Industry• IUSRA, IPS,IRDF• IRDI (MITACS)
Idea to Innovation Phase I – Reduction-to-Practice Stage
Chip scale spectrometersDr. Ray De Corby
U. of Alberta
• NSERC: $117K (2009)
Optics and Photonics
Number of Active Grants by Initiatives in 2011-2012
Engage38%
STPGP29%
CRD13%
IRC7%
I2I6%
ARD4%
CHRP2%
SNG1%
Conclusion
• Tap into NSERC regional offices to help with partnership development
• Contact NSERC early on for advice on proposals
• Can review CRD, IRC and I2I drafts
• Ensure all criteria are addressed in proposal
• E.g. all 7 criteria specifically addressed in Strategic Grant Proposals
ContactsSylvain Langlois, M.Sc.Manager Manufacturing, Communications, and Technologies Division(613) 996-7135 [email protected]
NSERC Research Partnerships Program:(613) 995-1111 [email protected]
NSERC Regional Offices:(877)-767-1767www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/regional-regionaux/index_eng.aspPacific (Vancouver) [email protected] (Winnipeg) [email protected] (Mississauga) [email protected] (Montreal) [email protected] (Moncton) [email protected]
28%
37%
30%
5%
People
Discovery
Innovation Admin.
NSERC Budget 2010-11Total: $1.08 billion
Industry-Driven ProgramsInteraction Grant
Objective • Meet with potential partners,• Identify a company-specific problem,• Explore avenues to collaborate
Duration 3 months
Offer Up to $5,000• Travel and meeting costs• For the candidate• UILO / company staff, if justified
Application Anytime
Processing Approx. 3 weeks
Industry-Driven ProgramsEngage Grant
Objective • Applied R&D project• Solution to a company-specific problem• Evaluate the partnership• Explore possibilities for further collaboration
Duration 6 months
Offer Up to $25,000• Direct cost of research, similar to CRD
Application Anytime
Processing Approx. 4 to 6 weeks
Industry-Driven ProgramsPartnership Workshops Grant
Objective •Brings together academic researchers with non-academic end users to create new partnerships•Address research and technology needs that are identified by the user community•Goal is to generate new collaborations that will lead to funding proposals
Duration Event must take place within a year from award
Offer Up to $25,000• Travel, accommodations of academic workshop participants
Application Anytime
Processing Within 2 months
Objective CRD can support short-term projects or segments of longer-term research programs•Projects are driven by partner needs:
Process development & optimization / Product design and developmentEnvironmental impact studies/remediation technologies / Novel materials
•Milestones and deliverables are clearly identified and feasible given available resources and time•Knowledge transfer plans are defined•Partners must exploit results
Duration 1 to 5 years, usually 2 to 3 years
Offer Average grant $75,000/year, from $10K to >$400K•Industrial cash and in-kind leveraged•Industrial cash must be at least ½ NSERC contribution, complemented by well defined in-kind•Supports students, postdocs, consumables, equipment
Application Anytime
Success rate 85 %
Industry-Driven ProgramsCollaborative R&D Grants
Objective Prestigious appointment of a distinguished researcher• 3 levels: Associate, Senior, Executive• Capacity building for the university: A significant university research program is established or enhanced in area of interest to industry• Currently over 180 active faculty positions
Duration 5 years, renewable, depending on level
Offer Average grant $100,000/yearIndustry provides 50% of cost in cashSupports students, postdocs, consumables, equipmentFrees up the Chairholder salary
Application Anytime
Industry-Driven ProgramsIndustrial Research Chair
CRD International Collaborations• ISTPCanada: International Science and Technology
Partnerships Canada Inc (Brazil, India, China)• CIIRDF: Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development
Foundation (Israel)
ISTPCanada/CIIRDF and NSERC will jointly fund successful bilateral or multinational projects, involving for profit Canadian companies and post-secondary institutions.
All successful projects must meet the requirements of:ISTPCanada collaborative R&D program andNSERC’s Collaborative R&D (CRD) grant
NSERC contact = Driss [email protected]
Objective • Early stage university research • Potential to lead to future breakthrough discoveries
(5 – 10 years)• Active involvement of non-academic participants• Often several team members (same or different institutions)• Some grants with single applicant• Researchers from partner’s organization sometimes are
members of the team (as “collaborators”)Duration 3 years
Offer Average of $130,000/year• Supports students, postdocs, consumables, equipment• No industrial cash required
Application Annual competition
Success rate 20 – 25%
Strategic Project Grants
Companies hire undergraduate students for 16-week work terms
• NSERC reimburses company $4.5K for salary– Current average work term salary is close to $10K
• 750 awards per year – fully subscribed
• Companies report:– 94% of I-USRAs improved their research productivity – 77% able to finish research that otherwise would not have been
completed– I-USRA is an important means to recruit new employees– 37% of companies have hired at least one former awardee
Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award (I-USRA)
Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship (IPS)Support of highly qualified Canadian and foreign NSE graduate students • $15,000 per year for up to three years, plus minimum contribution
of $6,000 from sponsoring organization• Currently 230 active awards, representing a total of ~$3.5 million.• Available in two categories:
– IPS 1 : support is for a minimum of 12 months (in exceptional circumstances only) up to a maximum of 24 months and must be held during the first three years of graduate study.
– IPS 2: support is for either 24 or 36 months and must be held during the first four years of doctoral-level studies.
Aimed at encouraging scholars to consider research careers in industry
Industrial R&D FellowshipCompanies increase their internal R&D capacity by hiring recent PhD graduates for two yearsFellows gain valuable industrial R&D experience
• NSERC reimburses company $30K/year for salary– Current average salary $55.5K/year
• Over 400 host companies and growing– Over 70% are SMEs
• Increasing industry interest: over 20% growth in each of past two years • Companies report:
– 93% of fellowships are successful– 80% of fellowships increased their internal R&D capability– Two thirds of fellows are offered continued employment at the company
“This programme is huge to KPM. We would not be where we are now without it. Everyone of our IRDFs continues to work with KPM. Without IRDF and IUSRA we would still be 5 people instead of 15+.”
- Boyd Davis, President, Kingston Process Metallurgy