2012 Major Resource Support (MRS) Program
March 30, 2012 • Reply to Mike Folinas
NOTE: This Alert is being re-issued due to a technical problem yesterday. We apologize if this is a duplicate message.
The 2012 NSERC Major Resources Support (MRS) Program facilitates access to major and unique national or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. This is a two-stage program, with a Letter of Intent (LOI) followed by an invitation to those successful at the LOI stage to submit a Full Proposal.
Major resources supported by this program may include:
• unique specialized experimental facilities or field research stations;
• research institutes that promote and trigger interactions within the constituents of relevant communities;
• a core of highly skilled technical or professional research support staff essential to the research activities of a group;
• large specialized items of research equipment; or
• a collection of specialized samples or objects, as defined in the Framework for Researchers Working with University-Based Collections.
General Eligible Costs
• Salaries of technical and professional research support staff employed to operate and maintain the resource, and provide assistance to users;
• Operation and maintenance of the resource;
• Materials, supplies and minor equipment essential to the operation and maintenance of the resource;
• Travel expenses for resource support staff of the facility to attend conferences, as part of the resource’s plan to keep abreast of scientific and technical advances;
• Eligible costs should not differ more than 10% at the application stage
Value: No Limit
Critical Dates:
1. April 20, 2012: Internal Deadline for completed Letter of Intent.
2. May 1, 2012: NSERC's Deadline
To access a Notice of Intent, and for more details on the MRS Program, vist our website. You can read more about the program as well on the NSERC website
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