Description

This session coordinated by Office of Research Services (ORS) in collaboration with NSERC-eligible Colleges will provide helpful advice and tips on preparing your NSERC Discovery Grants (DG) application. Panelists include NSERC DG Peer Review Committee Members from recent competitions. The Q&A session will have plenty of time to have your questions answered.

The virtual session will be hosted via Microsoft Teams and we request that you register in advance to receive a Calendar invite: Registration Link [1].

Program:

2:30 pm Welcome by ORS and Dr. Eric Poisson, Moderator (Professor, Department of Physics, University of Guelph).

2:35 pm Revised Guidelines on Assessment of Contributions, Dr. Beverley Hale, Associate VP Research (Agri-Food Partnership) and NSERC Leader.

2:40 pm ORS Program Overview and Application Deadlines, Vanessa Knox, Awards and Agreements Officer, ORS

2:45 pm Insights from NSERC DG Peer Review Panel Members:

• Dr. Dorothee Bienzle, Professor Department of Pathobiology, OVC (1501 - Genes, Cells and Molecules)
• Dr. John Cant, Professor, Department of Animal Biosciences, OAC (1502 - Biological Systems and Functions)
• Dr. Richard Manderville, Professor, Department of Chemistry, CEPS (1504 - Chemistry)
• Dr. Eric Poisson, Professor, Department of Physics, CEPS (1505 - Physics) 
• Dr. Kari Dunfield, Professor and CRC Tier 2, School of Environmental Sciences, OAC (1506 - Geosciences)

3:15 pm Q&A Session with all Panelists, moderated by Dr. Eric Poisson.

4:00 pm Closing Remarks by ORS.

For questions, please contact Vanessa Knox, Awards and Agreements Officer (knoxva@uoguelph.ca [2]).