NSERC · CA · NSERC / Tri-Agency

NSERC Alliance and Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Stream II

This funding opportunity, a partnership between NSERC Alliance Advantage and Alberta Innovates' Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) program, supports post-secondary (university) R&D collaborations with Alberta small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that utilize emerging technologies. The goal is to assist SMEs with high potential for regional economic development and commercialization in Alberta and Canada. NSERC and Alberta Innovates provide matching funds to leverage the SME's cash contribution, with a streamlined joint application process.

CA$20,000–CA$150,000 ~24 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 Member

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 members from an eligible Alberta-based university and meet NSERC's eligibility criteria. The industry partner must be an Alberta SME that meets Alberta Innovates' 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$150,000	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#completing ↗
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.