NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable agriculture research initiative:

Value

$500,000 to $2,000,000 per year.

Description

Supporting research to initiate or accelerate the development of solutions that will be required for a sustainable, resilient and profitable agriculture sector in a net-zero economy.

Eligible Applicants

Canadian university researchers in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences or engineering fields collaborating with organizations from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors; college faculty can participate as co-applicants

Eligible Expenses

You can only include NSERC- and SSHRC-eligible direct costs of research in your project budget, such as:

salary support for undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows to perform research and related training
salary support for technicians and research professional personnel
materials and supplies
activities that support collaborations and knowledge mobilization related to the project, including the costs associated with building relationships with communities
activities to develop and grow the research collaborations with the partner organizations and relevant communities and/or end users
limited costs towards course load reduction, for replacement of faculty to support college faculty members’ involvement in the research project (up to $9,000 per course load reduction per semester per faculty, or the equivalent of 0.1 full-time-equivalent positions)