university of ottawa wednesday, october 25, 2012 dave bowen – team leader nserc
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NSERC Update. University of Ottawa Wednesday, October 25, 2012 Dave Bowen – Team Leader NSERC. Outline. NSERC News NSERC Frontiers Climate and Atmospheric Research (CCAR) Northern Research Supplements (NRS) Federal budget 2012 2012 Discovery Grants Competition Results - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
University of OttawaWednesday, October 25, 2012
Dave Bowen – Team Leader NSERC
NSERC Update
Outline NSERC News
NSERC Frontiers Climate and Atmospheric Research (CCAR)Northern Research Supplements (NRS)Federal budget 2012
2012 Discovery Grants Competition ResultsGeosciences (EG 1506)
Questions
Discovery Frontiers
First project (Northern Earth Systems):– Arctic Development and Adaptation to Permafrost in
Transition (ADAPT) brings together 15 laboratories to tackle broad problems defined with the input of the northern community
– Led by Warwick Vincent, Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval
$4 million over a four-year period Theme for next call for proposals:
to be determined in fall 2012
Climate Change and Atmospheric Research (CCAR)
• New federal research initiative will improve understanding of the climate and the atmosphere
• $35 million over five years• Large, integrated projects involving university researchers,
Canadian government scientists, and partner organizations• Research proposals for CCAR funding must cover one of the
following three themes:• Understanding Earth system processes and their representation in
weather, climate and atmospheric chemistry models;
• Advancing weather, climate and environmental prediction; and/or
• Understanding recent changes in the Arctic and cold region environments
• Fifty-eight letters of intent received, 24 invited to apply• Decisions by January
Northern Research Supplements (NRS)
Objective: Provide extra support to Discovery Grant (DG) holders conducting
research in Canada’s North, in recognition of the extra logistical costs NSERC is consolidating existing Northern funding to strengthen the
Northern Research Supplements Program $1.5 million annual budget 92 researchers currently supported Value between $10-25K Awards at the upper end of the range recognizing researchers whose
programs have higher logistical costs and make outstanding contributions to outreach and interactions with northerners
Impact of Federal Budget 2012 on NSERC Investment of $15M per year for our
Strategy on Partnerships and Innovation
Discovery, Scholarships and Innovation programs fully protected
– “programming in support of basic research, student scholarships, and industry-related research initiatives and collaborations are preserved.
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“The granting councils will be pursuing operational efficiencies and reallocation of funding from lower-priority programs to generate savings. The Government will fully reinvest 2012–13 savings in priority areas of the granting councils, particularly in industry-academic partnerships.” (p. 73)
Budget 2012: Planned Reductions in Budget 2012: Planned Reductions in Departmental SpendingDepartmental Spending
Planned Savings—millions of dollars 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Ongoing
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 15.0 30.0 30.0 30.0
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Major Resources Program
– Program will no longer be accepting new applications at this time.
– Commitments for existing instalments will be honoured.
– Program is currently under moratorium.
Impact to Discovery Suite of Programs
Research Tools & Instruments
– Community consulted on options for limited competitions in future, given impact from budget 2012
– Next step will be to seek input from the Committee on Grants and Scholarships on the implementation of the program for the 2014 competition
– The research community is encouraged to explore other avenues for funding research tools and instruments, including NSERC’s many programs that allow for the purchase of equipment, among other expenses.
– Additionally, requests for smaller scale equipment can be incorporated into larger scale funding requests to the Canada Foundation for Innovation, where appropriate.
Impact to Discovery Suite of Programs
Discovery Grants 2012Geosciences
Results and Statistics
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Overall Statistics (All EGs)2012 Discovery Grants Competition
NSERC continued to put a strong emphasis on giving Early-Career Researchers (ECRs) a chance to demonstrate their potential and
exceeded the minimum target success rate of 50% recommended in the International Review of the NSERC Discovery Grants Program.
In Budget 2011, NSERC was allocated additional funding "to support outstanding research in the natural sciences and engineering fields,
such as the Strategy for Partnerships and Innovation (SPI)." NSERC is devoting half of this money to enhance the Discovery Grants of ECRs
in the form of supplements to their grants.
These supplements of a value of up to $5,000 per year are included in the awarded amounts and reflected in the statistics presented in these
slides.
Discovery Grants Overall Results – 2012 Competition
Data1Success rate (%)
Average Grant
Early Career researchers (ECR) 62 $26,740Established Researchers (ER) applicants who held a grant (ER-R) 78 $33,354 applicants not holding a grant2 (ER-NHG) 36 $26,964
1. Includes Discovery and Subatomic Physics (Individual and Team) grants.2. Includes returning established unfunded applicants and experienced researchers submitting a first applications
Statistics by University Size – 2012 Competition
University SizeCategory of Applicants Data Large Medium Small
Success Rate 66% 64% 48%Total Amount $5,604,736 $1,329,000 $1,115,000Average Grant $27,207 $25,558 $25,930Success Rate 81% 72% 63%Total Amount $39,428,412 $6,233,000 $2,969,200Average Grant $35,110 $28,077 $26,276Success Rate 42% 33% 19%Total Amount $8,113,592 $1,645,000 $1,081,052Average Grant $27,882 $24,552 $24,569
Early Career Researchers
Established Researchers - Renewals
Established Researchers - not holding a grant
DG Competition Results – Geosciences
2012 Competition
Early Career Researchers
Established Researchers
Renewals Others
Success Rate 54% 66% 33%
Average Grant $30,526 $36,240 $29,783
2011 Competition
Early Career Researchers
Established Researchers
Renewals Others
Success Rate 45% 74% 31%
Average Grant $21,071 $32,621 $23,994
Geosciences DG Results Competition 20122012
Geosciences (EG 1506)
Early Career Researchers
Established Researcher
OverallRenewals Others
# of Applications 35 157 70 234
# of Awards 19 103 23 145
$ Awarded $580K $3,732K $685K $4997K
Success Rate 54% 66% 33% 55%
Average Grant $30,526 $36,240 $29,783 $33,843
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Results and Statistics – Geosciences2012 Discovery Grants Competition
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Results and Statistics – Geosciences 2012 Discovery Grants Competition
Geosciences RTI ResultsCompetition 2012
Research Tools & Instruments(Category 1)
Early-Career Researchers*
All Other Applicants
Number of Applications 10 83
Number of Awards 1 26
Funding Rate 1.7% 25.2%
Total Budget 118,065 $1,234,001* For the purposes of this table, this category includes only those applicants who were identified as Early-Career Researchers with their 2012 application for a Discovery Grant.
Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) results 125 DAS were awarded among all EGs Geosciences EG reviewed all applications and
recommended 25 applicants for a DAS supplement List provided to Executive Committee of EG, who
conducted final analysis of DAS nominees to reduce to the given quota of 14 awards.
Nominees who best met the objectives of the program recommended to NSERC President for a DAS award
The Geosciences Evaluation Group recommended its full quota of fourteen awards