national science foundation global centres - call for proposals: bioeconomy
a team of canadian researchers with at least one academic applicant in canada who is eligible to receive funding from nserc or sshrc. specifically, canadian university researchers—whether they come from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences or engineering fields—wishing to participate as collaborators in an nsf global centre proposal may apply for funding from nserc to support their participation. as an applicant to this initiative, you must collaborate with at least one us-based researcher who meets the nsf eligibility requirements; the us researcher will be the pi on the nsf global centre proposal.
to be an applicant or co-applicant on a global centre proposal, you must be working in a research area supported by nserc and/or sshrc, and you must meet the nserc eligibility requirements at the time of your application.
each canadian team should submit only one application to nserc for their participation in a global centre proposal. you may participate as an applicant on only one global centre proposal, but you may be a co-applicant or collaborator on multiple proposals. researchers from colleges who meet nserc’s eligibility requirements may participate as co-applicants.
other researchers and organizations (e.g., from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors) can participate as collaborators. refer to the tri-agency guide on financial administration for more information on the eligibility of expenses you may incur in support of such collaborations.
global centres aim to encourage and support international, interdisciplinary collaborative research centres that will develop use-inspired research to address global challenges. the topic for the 2024 competition is addressing global challenges through the bioeconomy.
this is a joint initiative between the natural sciences and engineering research council of canada (nserc), the social sciences and humanities research council of canada (sshrc), the national science foundation of the united states of america (nsf), the national endowment for the humanities of the united states of america (neh), the research council finland (rcf), the innovation funding agency business finland (bf), the japan science and technology agency (jst), the national research foundation of korea (nrf), the ministry of science and information and communication technology of the republic of korea (msit), and the united kingdom research and innovation (ukri) biotechnology and biological sciences research council (bbsrc).
global centres proposals should be focused on cutting-edge, interdisciplinary and use-inspired research on the bioeconomy with international collaborations that foster breakthroughs in knowledge. this initiative supports researchers from canada and the us, and optionally from finland, japan, republic of korea and/or the uk, in forming collaborative research partnerships to address themes related to the bioeconomy (see research topics). nsf global centres grants will support the creation of international hubs of research excellence that advance knowledge, empower communities, and generate discovery and innovative solutions at a regional and/or global scale.
these international hubs are expected to be driven by a bold vision for high-impact, use-inspired research, as well as a strategy to integrate diverse perspectives from different disciplines, international partners and other stakeholders into the research over the course of the project.
through a lead agency model, the us principal investigator (pi) will submit a single collaborative proposal on behalf of the research team, which will undergo a review process by nsf, the lead agency. in parallel, the participating canadian researchers on the team must submit one simplified application to nserc. please refer to the apply section for more details.
- create physical or virtual international research centres that advance innovative, interdisciplinary, use-inspired research and education on the bioeconomy to address societal challenges through international collaboration and multi-stakeholder engagement.
- promote international collaboration to obtain advantages of scope, scale, flexibility, expertise, facilities and/or access to specific geographic locations to enable advances that could not occur otherwise.
- expand opportunities for 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and early career researchers to gain education and training in world-class research while enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. where possible, provide opportunities for workforce training in bioeconomy that does not require advanced degrees but the training of a competitive workforce.
- integrate stakeholders and community members into the planning of the research so that centres reflect a co-designed and co-developed work plan that results in the co-generation of results likely to be taken up by relevant groups to solve urgent societal challenges at a regional or global scale to support the communities that they serve.
for more information, please contact jill sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.