{"id":2052,"date":"2021-08-23T15:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/ips\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=2052"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:44:33","slug":"nserc-alliance-grants-and-ontario-centre-of-innovation-oci-voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip-joint-program-information-session","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/event\/nserc-alliance-grants-and-ontario-centre-of-innovation-oci-voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip-joint-program-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"NSERC Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Joint Program Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/OCE-NSERC.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/OCE-NSERC.png 268w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/OCE-NSERC-160x47.png 160w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/ips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/OCE-NSERC-240x70.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date: Every last Wednesday of the month between August to November, 2021 (Aug 25;Sep 29;Oct 27; Nov 24, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time: 12:00 \u2013 1:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>12:00 \u2013 12:10PM: <\/strong>OCI at a glance &#8211; Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Program (presented by OCI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:10 \u2013 12:20PM:<\/strong> NSERC at a glance \u2013 Alliance Program (presented by NSERC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:20 \u2013 12:30PM:<\/strong> OCI-NSERC Partnership Overview (presented by OCI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:30 \u2013 12:40PM<\/strong>: Joint Proposal VIP-Alliance University Stream Overview (presented by NSERC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12:40 \u2013 1:00PM: <\/strong>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership, NSERC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Innovate-Innover\/alliance-alliance\/index_eng.asp\">Alliance<\/a> grant&nbsp;and OCI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc-innovation.ca\/programs\/voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip\/\">Voucher for Innovation and Productivity&nbsp;(VIP)<\/a>&nbsp;will support post-secondary R&amp;D collaborations with the highest potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individual proposals can request at least $20,000&nbsp;up to $30,000&nbsp;from NSERC (Alliance grant) and at least $20,000 up to $30,000 from OCI VIP, with a corresponding $20,000 to $30,000 from the industry partner (at least 50% must be cash provided to the academic institution).The streamlined joint application and decision process enables companies to quickly undertake new research collaborations with Ontario-based researchers and have their cash contribution leveraged by both NSERC and OCI. The mutually beneficial projects are expected to result in economic benefits to the company and to Ontario and build impactful longer term collaborations between the researcher and the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NSERC webpage updates link: <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nserc-crsng.gc.ca%2FInnovate-Innover%2FVIP-BIP_eng.asp&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmadyj%40queensu.ca%7Cc7eae24435434c7e67ff08d845f67ee3%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C637336272284064085&amp;sdata=by9nDxdaeNqL75FJi6vaVM5FJq5NH7vsyt4a7Y%2FMELw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Innovate-Innover\/VIP-BIP_eng.asp<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OCI webpage updates link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oc-innovation.ca\/programs\/voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip\/\">https:\/\/www.oc-innovation.ca\/programs\/voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>For RSVP, please join the session by using the Link below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sep 29, 2021<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZIpd-uqqT8uE9L-PSZyQp_MrMcJYCiTj6U1\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZIpd-uqqT8uE9L-PSZyQp_MrMcJYCiTj6U1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oct 27, 2021<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUpc-mtrjwrHd2LHdc95iEmxYsYngA6OnCq\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUpc-mtrjwrHd2LHdc95iEmxYsYngA6OnCq<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nov 24, 2021:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZMocuCprD8qEtwSxmU_OolkOcg7d1Gu9W9j\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZMocuCprD8qEtwSxmU_OolkOcg7d1Gu9W9j<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[29],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-2052","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-carleton-events"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2021-10-27T12:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2021-10-27T01:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"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 (OCI) Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Joint Program Information Session - Industry and Partnership Services (IPS)<\/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\/ips\/event\/nserc-alliance-grants-and-ontario-centre-of-innovation-oci-voucher-for-innovation-and-productivity-vip-joint-program-information-session\/\" \/>\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 (OCI) Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) Joint Program Information Session - Industry and Partnership Services (IPS)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Date: Every last Wednesday of the month between August to November, 2021 (Aug 25;Sep 29;Oct 27; Nov 24, 2021) Time: 12:00 \u2013 1:00 PM Agenda: In partnership, NSERC&nbsp;Alliance grant&nbsp;and OCI\u2019s Voucher for Innovation and Productivity&nbsp;(VIP)&nbsp;will support post-secondary R&amp;D collaborations with the highest potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Ontario. 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