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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


Research Projects









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)


Research Projects









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


Research Projects









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

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