NSERC · CA · NSERC / Tri-Agency

NSERC Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize

This funding opportunity, offered jointly by NSERC (Alliance Advantage grants) and the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI's Collaborate 2 Commercialize program), supports post-secondary research and development collaborations with high potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Ontario. Individual proposals can request between $20,000 and $50,000 from each organization, with matching industry partner contributions. The streamlined joint application process enables companies to quickly undertake new research collaborations with Ontario-based researchers.

CA$20,000–CA$50,000 ~12 months Rolling

Official page ↗ Application form / how to apply

Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Applicant type

University

Institution type

University

Host country

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Employment status

Faculty From An Eligible Ontario-Based University With An Active Oci Or Nserc Peer-Reviewed Grant

Applicant role

Pi, Co Pi

Domestic restriction

Domestic entities only

Consortium

Required

Partners

≥ 1

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Applicants must be faculty from an eligible Ontario-based university with an active OCI or NSERC peer-reviewed grant, and must meet NSERC's eligibility criteria. Academic researchers outside natural sciences and engineering may participate as co-applicants if they meet NSERC's eligibility requirements.

Deadline

Rolling / ongoing

Application form effort

4 form file(s) downloaded; 10 writing prompts; 24 fields/sections; moderate — substantial written sections

NSERC Alliance proposal template
NSERC Alliance application checklist (3 pages)
Proposal_Template-Alliance_Grants2_e.docx
attestation_e_1.pdf (1 pages)

Application form preview sample questions, page & word limits from the application form Back to browse

Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated item	Value in this record	Source
Funding agency	NSERC	nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Country / funding source	CA · NSERC / Tri-Agency	same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Deadline	Rolling — no fixed deadline — official page lists it as rolling/ongoing	same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Funding amount	CA$20,000–CA$50,000	same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Eligibility	9 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above	same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗

Pages & application forms captured

Official opportunity page ↗
Application form / how to apply — https://nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/alliance-grants-instructions-completing-application-form-101 ↗
Application form: NSERC Alliance proposal template — download ↗
Application form: NSERC Alliance application checklist — download ↗ (3 pp)
Application form — download ↗
Application form — download ↗ (1 pp)

Not captured / obstacles

Form could not be downloaded / analysed — https://nserc-crsng.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/_doc/instructions/appendixa-ei_e_28.pdf: peer closed connection without sending complete message body (received 629652 bytes, expected 3408033)
Form could not be downloaded / analysed — https://nserc-crsng.canada.ca/sites/default/files/migrated/_doc/instructions/appendixa-ei_e_47.pdf: peer closed connection without sending complete message body (received 112462 bytes, expected 3408033)

Data is collected from official funder pages only. Figures are machine-curated (rule + LLM where noted) and should be re-verified on the linked source before use.