Discovery Horizons grants support investigator-initiated individual and team projects that broadly integrate or transcend disciplines to advance knowledge in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE). Full applications submitted to this NSERC program will be reviewed by a This link will take you to another Web site tri-agency interdisciplinary peer review committee.
In partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), NSERC is piloting this interdisciplinary peer review mechanism. The shared peer review committee will assess all full applications submitted to NSERC’s Discovery Horizons program, as well as relevant applications submitted to SSHRC’s Insight Grants and CIHR’s Project Grants programs.
In the context of this funding opportunity, the term “interdisciplinary” should be understood to fully encompass all research that connects, crosses or falls in between the traditional disciplines of the three agencies, including transdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, convergence research and other approaches at the interface.
Discovery Horizons grants are expected to be valued from $50K–$100K per year and will be commensurate to the size of the research team. For this pilot year, NSERC is expecting to award approximately 10–20 grants.
Important Dates
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| June 9, 2022 | Research Services Letter of Intent (LOI) review deadline (optional). Submit a pdf copy of the LOI (generated from the NSERC site) to the appropriate Research Projects Advisor by 11:59 pm on June 9, 2022. |
| June 16, 2022 | NSERC deadline for Letter of Intent submission |
| October 11, 2022 | Queen's Internal deadline for mandatory application review (if invited to apply). |
| October 18, 2022 | NSERC deadline for the full application (by invitation only). |
- Letter of intent (LOI) instructions
- Full application instructions (under review)
A limited number of applicants will be invited to submit a full application based on a relevance review of their LOI. - Webinar on June 2, 2022
- Slide deck (PDF 624 KB) - (French pages 1 - 10, English pages 11 - 20)
- Video of French session - password: 7nTR7WdY
- Video of English session - no password required
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 Horizons 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