Sponsor
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
For More Information
For more information, please visit the PromoScience webpage.
Description
NSERC’s PromoScience Program offers financial support for organizations working with young Canadians to promote an understanding of science and engineering (including mathematics and technology). Organizations may request funds for up to three years at a time.
PromoScience supports hands-on learning experiences for young Canadians and their educators.
Grants may be used to cover improvements to program content or delivery, as well as for new programs and activities. Grants can also be used to cover operational costs such as salaries (except the applicant’s salary), travel, postage, materials and supplies, provided that they relate to the promotion of science and engineering. Note that grants may not be used to support research. Details on the eligibility of expenses are contained in the Use of Grant Funds section of the PromoScience Grants Guide. The information in this Guide may change without notice.
Eligibility
Only one application may be submitted per faculty member per department per competition year. If you are interested in this opportunity, please discuss with your departmental colleagues and also contact Kersty Kearney (contact information below) to confirm if any other faculty members from your department have expressed interest in applying.
For complete program eligibility details, please visit the NSERC PromoScience Eligibility webpage.
PromoScience encourages a wide variety of organizations to help young Canadians in elementary school and high school (including the equivalent first year of college in Quebec) and their educators, develop skills and interests in science and engineering. Organizations that encourage Indigenous undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in natural sciences and engineering (NSE) are also eligible.
PromoScience grants support organizations that:
- Work with young Canadians to inspire an interest in science and engineering
- Motivate young people to study science and engineering and to pursue careers in these fields
- Bring interactive, hands-on science experiences to young people
These include organizations that:
- Focus on underrepresented groups in NSE careers
- Provide instruction and resources to science, math and technology educators
To be eligible, you must:
- Be a Canadian registered non-profit organization, post-secondary institution or a non-federal museum or science centre
- Deliver ongoing programming in the promotion of NSE to young Canadians
Examples of ineligible organizations include:
- Federal departments and agencies
- Federal museums and “friends of a federal museum” societies
- Provincial, territorial, regional and municipal government departments
- Organizations running one-time, project-specific activities
- Elementary schools, high schools and school boards
Funding Availability
The maximum allowable request is $200,000 per year, for three years.
NSERC will not fund 100% of the costs of a proposed activity. NSERC’s contribution is generally up to one-third of a program’s funding. If your request deviates significantly from the one-third guideline, justify the deviation and demonstrate your efforts to secure other sources of funding in the budget section of your application.
Indirect Costs
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Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Internal Deadline | Applicant submits complete application including the PromoScience application summary form, support letters and signed OR-5 form to research.services@uoguelph.ca. If more than one application is received from any given department at the internal deadline date, an internal adjudication process will take place to determine which application will be submitted to the PromoScience program. | |
External Deadline | Applicant submits electronically via NSERC’s ICSP secure submission site. Please note: All the parts of your application must be combined into a single document in portable document format (PDF). Zip files and PDF portfolios will not be accepted. Material or updates to your application received separately (before or after the deadline date) will not be accepted. |