{"id":18185,"date":"2021-11-01T11:49:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/coris\/?p=18185"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:31:05","slug":"nserc-alliance-grants-and-ontario-centre-of-innovation-oci-voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2021\/nserc-alliance-grants-and-ontario-centre-of-innovation-oci-voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip\/","title":{"rendered":"NSERC &#8211; Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        NSERC &#8211; Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>Funder&#8217;s website<\/h2>\n<p>The funder&#8217;s website can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Innovate-Innover\/C2C-CPC_eng.asp\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Funding Value and Duration<\/h2>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>In partnership, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Innovate-Innover\/alliance-alliance\/index_eng.asp\">Alliance Advantage grants<\/a>) and the Ontario Centre of Innovation (<a title=\"This link opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oc-innovation.ca\/programs\/collaborate-2-commercialize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">OCI \u2013 Collaborate 2 Commercialize [C2C] program<\/a>) 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>You must meet NSERC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/NSERC-CRSNG\/Eligibility-Admissibilite\/faculty-corpsprof_eng.asp\">eligibility criteria<\/a> when you apply and when funding is released.<\/p>\n<p>You must be an Ontario-based college eligible to hold tri-agency funds (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/NSERC-CRSNG\/Eligibility-Admissibilite\/ListEligibleInstitutions-ListEtablissementsAdmissible_eng.asp\">List of eligible institutions<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Internal Contacts<\/h2>\n<p>Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>VPRI Resource Contact: <a href=\"mailto:ips@carleton.ca\">Industry and Partnership Services<\/a> (IPS)<\/p>\n<h2>Deadlines<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 55.2735%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.3639%;\">Faculty Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.6521%;\">Consult your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.3639%;\">OVPRII Deadline (Approval Form and Application)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.6521%;\">1 week before sponsor submission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 53.3639%;\">Submission to Sponsor<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.6521%;\">No deadline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Submitting Your Application<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form<\/strong><br>\nSubmit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx\">https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx<\/a><br>\nFor a user\u2019s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/cuResearch-Users-Manual_June-2019-2.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency<\/strong><br>\nSubmit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder&#8217;s website, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Innovate-Innover\/C2C-CPC_eng.asp\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funder&#8217;s website The funder&#8217;s website can be found HERE. Funding Value and Duration 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding-opportunities","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSERC - Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize - Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2021\/nserc-alliance-grants-and-ontario-centre-of-innovation-oci-voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSERC - Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize - Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Funder&#8217;s website The funder&#8217;s website can be found HERE. 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