Research Partnership Programs Partnering for Innovation

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Research Partnership ProgramsPartnering for
Innovation
Simon Fraser University May 2nd, 2006
Stephanie Michaud Research Partnerships (613)
944-7533 Stephanie.michaud_at_nserc.ca
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What We Do at NSERC

• We invest more than 865 million every year in
  people, discovery and innovation

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NSERC Budget 2005-06(millions of dollars)
Total 865
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RPP Programs Budget 2005-06(millions of dollars)
Total 143.8M
1. Includes Canadian Light Source funding from
NRC (3M) and Budget 2004 (1M).
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NSERCs Long-term Goals in Creating Partnership
Programs

• Economic benefit to Canada through commercial
  exploitation of results of research and increased
  competitiveness
• Development of expertise in areas of critical
  importance to Canadian industry
• Exposing students to industry-based research and
  building capacity through training of future
  employees of the industry sector

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Long-term Goals Achieved Through

• Linking of universities with the public and
  private sectors through collaborative research
  projects
• Supporting students who wish to gain experience
  in an industry research setting
• Stimulating investment in research

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Why Partner? Industry Perspective

• Access to
• Team of researchers with expertise in a desired
  area to solve a problem
• Technology / idea of commercial interest
• Research facilities and infrastructure that the
  industry lacks
• A source of highly qualified personnel
• Result
• Gives companies a competitive edge in global
  markets

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NSERC Partnerships - a flexible continuum
CCIP
IPM

• Innovation Projects
• Strategic Projects
• Strategic Network Grants
• Collaborative RD Grants
• Research Partnership Agreements
• Building Critical Mass
• Chairs
• Technology Transfer
• Idea to Innovation
• College Community Innovation Pilot
• Intellectual Property Management Networked
  Training

ChairsIRCs
Research ? Development
Industry Participation ?
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Research Partnerships Programs (RPP)

• Strategic Project Grants (SPG)
• Collaborative RD Grants (CRD)
• Idea to Innovation (I2I)
• Industrial Research Chairs (IRC)
• Research Partnership Agreements (RPA)
• Strategic Network Grants (SNG)
• Joint Intellectual Property Management Program
  (IPM)

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Participation by SFU in RPP
RPP Success Rate 49
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Participation by SFU in RPP
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Collaborative RD Grants (CRD)

• Main vehicle for Canadian firms to work with
  university researchers
• At any point in the RD spectrum
• Support well-defined, focused projects with
  specific short- to medium-term objectives, or
• Discrete phases in longer-range research programs
  (not contract research)
• Must have a training component

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Collaborative RD Grants (CRD)

• 1 to 5 years duration, usually 2 to 3 years
• 10,000 a year to 1,000,000 a year, on average
  grant 55,000 per year
• Industry responsible for at least 1/2 costs
  must have the capacity to exploit results
• Flexible leverage cash plus in-kind
• 80-85 success rate
• No fixed deadlines
• Review process depends on amount requested

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Industrial Research Chair

• Prestigious appointment of a distinguished
  researcher
• Industry provides 50 of cost in cash
• Funds for salary and research component
• Initial appointment is for 5 years (renewable)
• Currently over 120 active faculty positions
• A significant university research program is
  established or enhanced in area of interest to
  industry
• Must have a training component

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Industrial Research Chair

• Senior Industrial Research Chair for
  distinguished senior researcher.
• Associate Industrial Research Chair for
  early-stage researcher demonstrating exceptional
  promise.
• Executive Research Chair for outstanding RD
  professional.

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Intellectual Property (IP) Ownership

• All Research Agreements are reviewed by NSERC
  staff to ensure guidelines are followed
• If not yet finalized, award will be conditional
  on Research Agreement meeting the NSERC IP
  guidelines

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Intellectual Property (IP)

• Any IP resulting from research will be owned by
  the university or the inventor, according to
  university policy (possibility of joint IP
  ownership).
• Partners may expect advance knowledge of the
  research results and / or licensing
  opportunities.
• University researchers must be free to use the
  research results for academic purposes, and
  students must be able to publish their thesis.

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Summary

• NSERC offers programs that support research,
  applications development, and technology transfer
• Flexible deadlines, funding levels and duration
• Responsiveness, advice and constructive feedback
• Shared cost and shared risk

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How to

• Get program descriptions
• Go to www.nserc.gc.ca
• Select For Professors in the left margin
• Select Partnership Programs from the list of
  programs
• Select the RPP program you are interested in,
  e.g., CRD
• Call us!

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Comments /Questions?? Contact NSERC RPP
Stephanie Michaud, Account Manager (613)
944-7533 Stephanie.michaud_at_nserc.ca Web site
www.nserc.gc.ca