Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Key Aspects

Intended Recipients

University researchers in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences or engineering fields collaborating with organizations from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors; college faculty can participate as co-applicants

Value

$500,000 to $2,000,000 per year

Duration

4 years

Contact

The research partners who will assist with this competition:

Chris Kazala MSc
Research Partner, VPRI Research Partner Network

Chris.Kazala@ualberta.ca

Dr. Sylvia Ijeoma Madueke
Research Partner, VPRI Research Partner Network
Sylvia.Madueke@ualberta.ca

Deadlines

RAS Internal Review Deadline
- 5 business days before application submission date (Submit application to RAS via the Researcher Home Page)
Final Version Submission Deadline
- By 10:00 am MST on application submission day (Submit final application to the NSERC via their online system)
NSERC Deadline
- Preparatory funding: May 8, 2023, by 8:00 pm (ET)
- Full project funding: November 8, 2023, by 8:00 pm (ET)

Opportunity

This initiative will fund multidisciplinary, collaborative networks of researchers to address specific research objectives by initiating or accelerating the development of truly transformative solutions, and by mobilizing expertise, technologies and research in social sciences, natural sciences and engineering and in areas that broaden the traditional network of agriculture research partners.