This is a reminder that the NSERC Discovery Grant NOI deadline is approaching. NOIs must be submitted directly to the agency via the Research Portal no later than 5pm PST on August 1. ORS does not forward NOIs (unlike the full application), and no RPIF is needed at this time. Once you’ve submitted you will receive a confirmation message on the web page, as well as a confirmation email that your NOI was received and that the status of your submission is Received by Agency.
The NOI is mandatory when applying for a Discovery Grant and applicants who do not submit a NOI cannot submit a full application. The information contained in the NOI allows NSERC to start some aspects of the review process, including the preliminary assignment to an Evaluation Group, the selection of external reviewers and the verification of the eligibility of the subject matter.
In case it is helpful, here is a link to the presentation, recording and Q&A from NSERC’s recent webinar on the NOI. Please consider consulting Discovery Grant resources on the SPARC website, as well as sample NOIs in the sample grant library, to assist you in developing your NOIs.