Important information
- NSERC's Memo to Potential Applicants (April 2022)
- NSERC's webinars on Discovery Grants
- FAQ on Highly Qualified Personnel (PDF 120 KB) (last updated July 2020)
- FAQ on Discovery Grants 1-year extension with funds due to COVID-19 (last updated June 19, 2021)
Timeline for Queen's Applicants
| Date and/or Time | Description |
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| Wednesday, July 13, 2022 |
Queen’s Discovery Grants (DG) Notification of Intent (NOI) Boot Camp for early career researchers and first-time applicants. Queen's NetID is required to view session material |
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
NSERC Discovery Grants NOI deadline. Applicants have to submit their NOI including a Canadian Common CV (CCV) on the NSERC portal. The NOI is mandatory for you to submit a full application. |
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022 |
Queen’s Summer DG Info Session 1: Budget, Relationship to Other Funding, Summary and Sample Paper
Queen's NetID is required to view session material
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 |
Queen’s Summer DG Info Session 2: Proposal |
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
Queen’s Summer DG Info Session 3: Contributions to Research & HQP |
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022 |
Queen’s Summer DG Info Session 4: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) |
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Before Monday, October 3, 2022 |
The submission period for in-depth review by a Research Projects Advisor (RPA): please send a draft of your CCV, proposal and application sections to the following: Applicants from Faculty of Health Sciences and Smith School of Business: send a draft to Dora Baczyk at d.baczyk@queensu.ca. Applicants from Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science: send the draft to Bei Cai at beicai@queensu.ca Applicants from Faculty of Arts & Science: send the draft to Adam Jeziorski adam.jeziorski@queensu.ca Applicants are also highly encouraged to send their draft to several peers for review of the technical aspects of their proposal. |
| Friday, October 14, 2022 |
TRAQ DSS file submission deadline. Applicants must create a TRAQ file for their Discovery Grant application. Instructions for submitting a TRAQ DSS for a Discovery Grant Proposal |
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Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
Mandatory Submission Deadline: all applicants have to submit their application on the NSERC Portal by that date, the earlier the better. Research Services has to do extensive checks on all proposals, and we need enough time so that applicants can still fix any issues that our checks uncover. |
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Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
NSERC deadline for Discovery Grants applications. |
Content will be updated regularly, as new information from NSERC becomes available.
Queen's Research Services Resources:
- NSERC DG Best Practices document. (Queen's NetID is required. Contact d.baczyk@queensu.ca if you do not have a Queen's ID)
- Word document with a list of application form sections and their character/page limits
- Excel spreadsheet template for the Proposed Expenditures table
- Sample template for a Gantt Chart for a Discovery Grant to plan your HQP
- Instructions for submitting a TRAQ DSS for your Discovery application
- How to make your publications from NSERC grants open access in accordance with NSERC policy (PDF 81 KB)
- Queen's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion document for Discovery Grant applications (PDF 278 KB)
NSERC Guidelines and Information:
- NSERC guide on EDI in research
- NSERC instructions for Discovery applications
- NSERC's formatting guidelines
- Evaluation Group Members
- Statistics Dashboard
NSERC Grant Review Materials:
- 2020 Merit Indicator Table (PDF 207 KB) NSERC's scoring rubric for Discovery Grants
- Score Sheet (PDF 124 KB) used by Evaluation Group members
- Peer review manual (PDF 540 KB)
- New: Queen's 2020 Step-by-Step Guide to Completing a CCV (PDF 1006 KB) (with screenshots and detailed instructions for importing publications, updated July 12, 2020, to include import from ORCID, PubMed, Web of Science)
- NSERC Instructions for the CCV
- NSERC FAQs for the Portal and the CCV
- Queen's URS FAQ for the NSERC Portal
- New: 2021 NSERC videos for the NOI stage
- Guidelines to determine which research areas are eligible for NSERC vs. CIHR, SSHRC: Selecting the Appropriate Federal Granting Agency very carefully so that you understand what part of your research would be a good fit for NSERC.
- NSERC Instructions for the Discovery NOI form
Technical Support (for NSERC portal):
For NSERC Portal: Email: webapp@nserc-crsng.gc.ca | Telephone: 613-995-4273
For CCV: Email: support-soutien@cihr-irsc.gc.ca | Telephone: 613-954-1968 | Toll Free Telephone: 1-888-603-4178
Queen's Contact Information for Discovery Grant applicants:
Dora Baczyk
Research Projects Advisor
for researchers in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Smith School of Business
d.baczyk@queensu.ca
Bei Cai
Research Projects Advisor
for researchers in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
beicai@queensu.ca
Adam Jeziorski
Research Projects Advisor
for researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Science
adam.jeziorski@queensu.ca