Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments Grants

Sponsor’s Website

Visit the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) website for more information on the Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments Grants program.

Internal Contacts

Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.

Deadlines

Dates are anticipated and subject to change.

Overview

The Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) grants foster and enhance the discovery, innovation and training capability of researchers in the field of subatomic physics at a Canadian university by supporting the purchase of research equipment and installations.

The SAP-RTI grants program assists researchers in buying or developing research equipment with a net cost of more than $7,000. Net cost is defined as the purchase cost of the equipment after any discount from the vendor and before taxes, customs and importation fees, transportation and shipping charges, and assembly and installation costs. SAP-RTI grants are divided into three categories according to the total net cost of the equipment. These categories are

• SAP-RTI grants – category 1: $7,001 to $150,000
• SAP-RTI grants – category 2: $150,001 to $325,000
• SAP-RTI grants – category 3: more than $325,000

Under category 1, SAP-RTI grants are one-year awards. In exceptional cases, multi-year requests will be accepted; however, the onus is on the applicant to clearly explain the rationale. Under categories 2 and 3, SAP-RTI grants can be single or multi-year awards.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for and hold SAP-RTI funds, applicants and co-applicants must each:

1. MeetNSERC’s Eligibility requirements for faculty to apply for or hold grant funds. Consult Sections 1.1, 2.1, 3 and 4 for university faculty to ensure that they can participate in this grant program.
2. Hold at least one of the following NSERC research grants (either as an applicant or co-applicant):
   • Alliance grant
   • Canada Excellence Research Chairs (NSERC)
   • Canada 150 Research Chairs (NSERC)
   • Canada Research Chairs (NSERC)
   • Discovery Development grant
   • Subatomic Physics Discovery Grant
   • Discovery Horizons grant

Note: Applicants and co-applicants may apply for any of the above grants while concurrently applying to the SAP-RTI program. However, if any applicant or co-applicant does not hold one of the above grants by the SAP-RTI award start date or is not successful in obtaining one of these grants while concurrently applying to the SAP-RTI program, the applicant and/or co-applicant will be deemed ineligible and removed from the application.

Submitting Your Application

1. Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch.
2. Submit an external application to NSERC by following their submission guidelines.

Contact Us

Questions? Please reach out to your Faculty Research Facilitator.