NSERC · CA · NSERC / Tri-Agency

Alliance Advantage

Alliance Advantage grants support partner-driven research projects led by Canadian university researchers in collaboration with private, public, or not-for-profit partner organizations. The grants fund projects that generate new knowledge, address complex challenges, and create economic, environmental, or societal benefits for Canada. Projects can range from short-term, small-scale to long-term, multi-institutional, and require at least one partner organization to share in the costs.

CA$20,000–CA$1,000,000 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, Research Institute, Nonprofit, Company Sme, Government

Institution type

University, Research Institute, Nonprofit, Company Sme, Government

Host country

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Employment status

Canadian University Researcher Who Is Eligible To Receive Nserc Funds

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

Canadian university researchers eligible to receive NSERC funds can apply, with college faculty as co-applicants. Adjunct professors outside the university sector may also be co-applicants. At least one partner organization from the private, public, or not-for-profit sector is required.

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$1,000,000	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.