Western is offering the following upcoming NSERC seminar and CCV workshops:

NSERC Discovery Grant Seminar-Application Preparation, Tips and Evaluation Criteria

“How to Prepare a Discovery Grant Application”

Presenter: Megan Rose-Martel, PhD
NSERC Program Officer, Research Grants and Scholarships

Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am (60 min presentation and Q&A)
Location: 3M Centre, Room 3250

Presentation Summary:
Megan Rose-Martel, NSERC Program Officer, will present an overview of the peer review process and advice will be given on how to prepare a Discovery Grant application. The workshop will cover topics such as Discovery Grant Evaluation Groups, criteria for evaluation and ratings, and tips on how to prepare an application. While the workshop will be most helpful to new faculty members and those preparing applications this Fall, all researchers are welcome to attend. A question period will follow the presentation.

CCV Information Sessions

In anticipation of major competitions this Fall that require the Canadian Common CV, Western Research Services is offering three CCV information sessions on campus this June and July. The major upcoming grant competitions include the CIHR Foundation and Project grants, and the NSERC Discovery grant, all of which will require a CCV.

Note: There are mandatory registration and Notification of Intent to Apply stages for both the CIHR Foundation grant and NSERC Discovery grant. The deadlines for the CIHR Foundation grant have not been officially announced, but it is expected to be sometime in late July. The NSERC deadline to apply is Monday, August 1 @8pm. A version of the CCV must accompany these submissions.

Anyone is welcome to attend any session. The sessions may be useful to those who haven’t had to use the CCV yet in applying for research funding. As the process can be time consuming, research staff recommend setting aside enough time in advance to complete the CCV process.

This info session will also take a look at the ResearchNet and Research Portal application submission systems.

Please RSVP to Louise Kilianski, louise.kilianski@uwo.ca indicating your name, department and which session you’d like to participate.

Location                                                           Date                             Time

Western Science Centre (WSC) 187                 June 21                         10:00-11:30am
Spencer Engineering Bldg (SEB), 3109          June 27                         10:00-11:30am
Medical Sciences Bldg (MSB), 148                  July 11                           1:00-2:30pm