NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grants

The Research Tools and Instruments Grants (RTI) program is the primary NSERC competition available to natural sciences and engineering researchers for obtaining funding support for the acquisition of research equipment.

For the 2017 NSERC RTI competition, NSERC has announced the following two major changes to the program:

• Institutional quotas (used in previous years) are being eliminated for RTI applications, therefore UBC researchers will no longer be required to submit an RTI pre-selection application (to SPARC in mid-September).
• The RTI competition is open to all eligible Canadian university researchers. However, researchers are permitted by NSERC to participate in only one RTI application per competition, either as an applicant or a co-applicant, but not both.

Support for 2017 RTI Applications:

NSERC will hold an English webinar for RTI applicants on Thursday, September 14, from 10am - 12 noon [Pacific time] (French sessions also available). NSERC's webinar slides are available via the "NSERC RTI External Resources" tab below.

Detailed Reviews are being offered for well-developed draft RTI applications, on a first-come/first-served basis. Please contact Sophia van Hees by the registration deadline of: Wednesday, September 20, 2017, for more information.

Note, the RTI instructions available on the NSERC website have been updated and revised, and a new RTI FAQ and Peer Review Manual have been produced, to reflect the above program changes. See the "NSERC RTI External Resources" tab below for the appropriate links.

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