External grants

The Office of Research Services (ORS) assists faculty in securing and administering research grants. The ORS is the central research administration office and point of contact for the federal granting councils, government ministries, foundations, associations and industry.

All external research funding proposals must be approved internally before submission to the funding agency. Please submit a completed Research Application Summary Form and copy of the funding application to ORS.

More information, including tips, guides, presentations and statistics on specific competitions for the following programs, can be found at the bottom of this page CIHR, Mitacs, NSERC, SSHRC

Update on Institutional Compliance the NEW Tri-Council Framework Agreement

This new agreement incorporates the new framework of rules and policies for the responsible conduct of research, including the requirement for reserarchers and applicants, as part of the regular grant application process.

Your are strongly advised to review the new tri-agency agreement and UVic policies which are available here.

Internal Deadlines

The following list is not comprehensive. Unless otherwise noted, the internal deadline (to submit your application to the Office of Research Services) for all funding applications is 5 working days prior to the external funder's deadline.

Competition	Internal Deadline	Funder Deadline	Other
Canada Council for the Arts - Killam Research Fellowship	May 1/13	May 15/13	Contact Terri Myhr at grants@uvic.ca if you have questions Brad Buie awardfac@uvic.ca is available to assist you with crafting the nomination
CIHR Fellowships - 2012-2013 (Postdoc)	Jan 25/13	Feb 1/13	To obtain the institutional signature you must provide ORS with - a copy of the application - CIHR Routing Slip/Signature Pages - RASF signed by your supervisor, their chair & dean
CIHR Open Operating - Application	Feb 22/13	Mar 1/13	Internal review and sign-off procedures
Grand Challenges in Global Health	2 weeks prior to external	Various	Advise Terri Myhr (grants@uvic.ca) at ORS as soon as possible if you intend to submit an application.
MSFHR - Suppot Planning, Implementation & Evaluation of BC Ministry of Health's Seniors Action Plan	Mar 13/13	Apr 3/13	By Mar 13 - Notify Eko Goldberg (recept@uvic.ca) if you intend to apply to either RFA By Mar 27 - Submit draft of application to ORS.
NSERC I2I	Dec 31/12 Mar 26/13 Jun 25/13 Sep 23/13	Jan 7/13 Apr 2/13 Jul 2/13 Sep 30/13	Contact RPKM at least 5 working days prior to the Internal deadline as they must be involved in completing the section of the proposal on the technology plan and, in particular, must provide information on the commitment of the institution to transfer the tecnology into the marketplace and its capacity to do so.
NSERC CREATE - Application	Sep 1/13	Sep 22/13	By invitation only
NSERC Strategic Project	Mar 25/13	Apr 1/13
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants on Skills Development for Future Needs of the Canadian Labour Market	May 1/13	May 10/13	All application materials must be submitted to SSHRC in hard copy and be received by May 10, 2013.
SSRHC Insight Development	Jan 23/13	Feb 1/13	How to Apply - Internal deadline & process Applicants must use the new grants management system and Canadian Common CV (CCV) Q&A on Grants Management System and CCV

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Mitacs Accelerate internships and Mitacs Elevate fellowships provide a way for UVic graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (PDFs) to intern, under the supervision of a UVic faculty advisor, with local businesses to conduct research that has industrial relevance.

For Mitacs program information, including details of available funding and intern/sponsor eligibility criteria:

IP Terms

Standard IP conditions: Normally the company sponsoring the internship or fellowship owns IP developed by the student/PDF, while the student/PDF, faculty advisor, and UVic are granted a license to use that IP for non-commercial academic interests. Under these standard conditions, copyright in any publication is retained by the author of that publication (e.g., student/PDF, faculty advisor), excluding any software code and related technical documentation created as part of the project (which belongs to the sponsoring company). To confirm these are the conditions that will apply, student's/PDF's faculty supervisor must complete the following:

Acknowledgment and Agreement to Accept Standard Terms - submit to ORS with the Mitacs application.

However, if special circumstances require that the arising IP be owned by its creator, rather than completing the Acknowledgement and Agreement to Accept Standard Terms, an IP agreement must be signed by the student/PDF, faculty advisor, and the sponsoring company and submitted to ORS with the Mitacs application. A sample agreement is provided for your information; contact recept@uvic.ca for help in preparing this agreement for signature.

Note: IP created in the first year of a Strategic Fellowship Program will not be considered arising IP belonging to the second year industry sponsor, unless such an arrangement is desired and confirmed by written agreement between the creator(s), UVic and the sponsor – contact recept@uvic.ca if you wish to pursue such anagreement.

Confidentiality agreements

If the sponsoring organization requires a confidentiality agreement, there is a Mitacs -specific Non-Disclosure Agreement that must be used. A sample MITACS NDA is provided for your information; contact recept@uvic.ca for help in preparing the NDA for signature.

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