B. Program Objectives

• To support bilateral industrial and technology collaborations that will drive technology development and commercialization in the global marketplace by leveraging industrial and technical capabilities across Ontario and Jiangsu
• To develop and enhance cooperation in the field of industrial and technology innovations, to improve competitiveness and to further economic and business collaboration between Ontario and Jiangsu

Priority Fields

The current call for proposals will accept project applications focusing on the following technology sectors:

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Life Sciences

Own the Podium and Mitacs developed a partnership through Mitacs’s Accelerate and Elevate programs, which support the brightest PhD students and postdoctoral fellows conducting research in high‐performance sport. These interns share their time between academic, industrial, and high‐performance sport environments, tying together the major elements of the Canadian sport‐research ecosystem.

All projects must have clear potential for economic impact to Canada and therefore must likely include a Canadian for‐profit partner, where the intern will spend at least 25 per cent of his/her time.

Points for consideration:

A) The three major research areas related to OTP‐targeted Olympic and Paralympic sports are:
 Sport performance: Including, but not limited to, physiological preparation, performance nutrition, sport psychology, biomechanics and motor behaviour, and sport analytics;
 Sports engineering: Including, but not limited to, equipment fabrication and customization,
aerodynamics, ergonomics, and performance technology; and
 Proactive sports medicine: Including, but not limited to, injury prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and return to podium.

B) Projects must be aligned with both a Canadian Sport Institute (CSI) and a collaborating Canadian university. The CSI may be directly involved in the research and will also be in a position to potentially provide opportunities for subsequent employment in continued high‐performance sport research.

Every year, NSERC awards up to six Steacie Fellowships that are held for a two-year period. Successful fellows are relieved of teaching and administrative duties, so that they can devote all their time and energy to research. The Fellowships are held at a Canadian university or affiliated research institution.

Each fellow receives a research grant of $250,000 over two years. Research grant funds paid to winners of this prize are subject to the Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide.

The Fellowship normally also includes a contribution of up to $90,000 per year to the university toward the fellow's salary. As part of the Fellowship agreement, the university is expected to fund a replacement for the fellow's teaching and administrative responsibilities. Should the recipient of the Fellowship already hold another federal award that has a salary component, such as a Canada Research Chair or an Industrial Research Chair, NSERC will reduce the contribution to the university accordingly.

The Government of Canada is currently accepting concepts from organizations interested in receiving funding through the Social Development Partnerships Program - Children and Families (SDPP), for projects to increase awareness and take-up of the Canada Learning Bond (CLB).

A concept is an idea for a proposed project. It provides preliminary, high-level information about project objectives, activities and results.

The objective of this CFC is to invite eligible organizations to submit a concept for newand/or innovativeapproaches designed to increase awareness and take-up of the Canada Learning Bond, which will ease access to post-secondary education; thereby, helping improve life outcomes for children.

Since organizations can only support one application under this call, interested applicants are asked to indciate their intent to apply to the Office of Research Services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) no later than December 8.