Session

1
Session 4 Thinking Ahead Building your CV
The Common CV, SSHRC CV, NSERC Personal Data Form
et al.
2
Session 1 Planning Your Scholarly Activity
Agenda Getting Started in Research Session 2
Determining Program Appropriateness for Your
Research Is this the Right Funding Opportunity
for You? Session 3 Proposal/Project
Management Setting Timelines, Setting Critical
Deadlines and Avoiding the Last Minute
Rush Session 4 Thinking Ahead Building your
CV The Common CV, SSHRC CV, NSERC Personal Data
Form et al. Session 5 Program Objectives and
Funding Criteria How will my Application be
Assessed? Session 6 Lay Summary/Summary of
Proposed Research Describing your Research
Expertise to an Audience of Eighth Grade
Students Session 7 Budgeting 101
Interpreting Program Eligible Expenses and
Effectively Justifying your Budget
Request Session 8 Getting the Most from the
Writing Process Peer Review, Proofreading and
Polishing
3
Why Build an Online CV?

• Applying for Federal Funding
• Principal Investigator
• Co-Applicant
• Identifiable Common Format
• Networking
• Familiarity with Agency eApplication Formats
• Long-Term Planning
• Identification of Future Needs
• Filling in the Gaps

4
Hints

• SAVE your assigned agency login code and chosen
  password remember to update as bi-annual
  password updates are common.
• HEED formatting guidelines, including appropriate
  header and maximum page number guidelines.
• CHECK for annual updates. Though attachment
  template amendments are rare, applicants should
  reference the Research and Scholarly Activity
  website for the current attachment templates,
  updated each fall.
• UPDATE as appropriate. Make online CV updates
  part of your celebrations upon notification of
  publication acceptance, undergraduate honors
  thesis defense, and/or notification of approval
  of funding.
• MAINTAIN a current copy of your curriculum vitae
  in a more standard format, i.e. MS Word, etc. for
  reference and/or special cases.
• FILL in your gaps. If your first online CV build
  identifies gaps in your research and scholarly
  activity, implement efforts to fill these gaps in
  your long-term research and scholarly activity
  plan.

5
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
(SSHRC)

• Curriculum Vitae
• Online
• Identification
• Current Position
• Address
• Work Experience
• Academic Background
• Credentials
• Research Expertise
• Funded Research
• Attachment
• Research Contributions Over the Last Six Years
• Other Research Contributions
• Most Significant Career Research Contributions
  (for Regular Scholars)
• Career Interruptions and Special Circumstances
  and

6
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(NSERC)

• Personal Data Form
• Online
• Person Profile
• Current Employment
• Address
• Academic Background
• Experience
• Expertise
• Research Support
• HQP
• Eligibility (Univ.)
• Applicant's Activities
• Attachment
• Most Significant Contributions to Research and/or
  to Practical Applications
• Research Contributions and Practical Applications
  

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Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)

• The Common CV
• Online
• Identification    
• Contact information
• Language skills
• Academic background
• Distinctions/Awards/Credentials
• Work experience
• Expertise
• Funding
• Supervisory experience
• Contributions - summary
• Attachment
• Contributions - detail

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Choosing Your Online CV Format

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  (SSHRC)
• Curriculum Vitae
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
  (NSERC)
• Personal Data Form
• Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
• The Common CV
• The Common CV Network is a partnership of
  Canadian organizations that provide research
  funding, working together to streamline the
  process researchers use to submit their
  Curriculum Vitae (CV). The Common CV system,
  launched in July 2002, is a web-based tool that
  allows researchers to manage their CV data in a
  single repository and generate multiple CVs to
  member organizations.

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Questions?