ACCC 2013 Applied Research Symposium. CCI Program Update. April 15, Jack Deyirmendjian, Marie Thibault, Patrick St-Pierre NSERC, CCI Program

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1 ACCC 2013 Applied Research Symposium CCI Program Update April 15, 2013 Jack Deyirmendjian, Marie Thibault, Patrick St-Pierre NSERC, CCI Program

2 CCI Program Update Topics CCI Budget 2013 PWG & Interaction Open to Colleges College AR Growth Update on Grant Types Innovation Enhancement Applied Research Development Applied Research Tools and Instruments Technology Access Centres New Grant Types: IRCC, CU-I2I Questions

3 Tri-Council Program The CCI Program is managed by NSERC in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

4 Federal Budget Economic Action Plan 2013 includes an additional $12 million annually for the College and Community Innovation Program (CCIP) starting in , increasing its budget to $50 million per year. - To further encourage the contribution of colleges to the innovation system, the granting councils will also extend eligibility for their undergraduate industrial internships and scholarships to students enrolled in bachelor degree programs in colleges and polytechnics.

5 CCI Budget $60,000,000 CCI Budget $50,000,000 $40,000,000 $30,000,000 $20,000,000 $10,000,000 $

6 Partnership Workshop Grants (PWG) Up to $25,000 for one year CCI Program Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (I-USRAs) $4,500 plus private-sector contributions Innovation Enhancement Innovation Grants (IE) Enhancement (Entry-Level (IE) and Grants Five- Year) Entry-Level to aid colleges Grants up to $200K build for and two years demonstrate and Five- Year their Grants up capacities to $2.3M) in applied research Applied Research and Development (ARD) Grants Level Applied 1: $25K Research Level 2: $25K- and Development $75K Level (ARD) 3: $75K- Grants $150K (Company partner contributions are required for L2 & L3) Applied Research Tools and Applied Instrument Research (ARTI) Tools and Grants Instrument (ARTI) Range from $7K Grants to $150K Technology Access Centre (TAC) Grants Technology Up to Access $350K/year for 5 Centre (TAC) years Grants (pilot) Québec: Up to $100K for 5 years Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC) Industrial Grants Research Chairs for Range from Colleges $100K to $200K (IRCC) Grants for 5 Grants years (Company partner contributions are required) College University Idea to Innovation (CU-I2I) Grants Up to $250/year for 3 years. The maximum grant for either participant is $125K (Company partner contributions are required)

7 Budget 2013 Allocation

8 Tentative Plan for Budget 2013 Fiscal Year : IE Grants Additional awards for Five-Year and Entry-Level TAC New Competition CU-I2I Additional awards IRCC New competition in ARTI New competition ARD No additional funds needed at this time

9 IRCC, TAC App Submissions IRCC Applications TAC Applications Competition #1 Competition #2

10 CCI Financial Guide - Extract The maximum allowable percentage for overhead and administrative costs will not exceed 20 percent of the total grant awarded to a recipient college: institutional support for the completion of grant applications/research proposals.

11 Salary Support for Part-Time (P/T) College Faculty P/T faculty holding contracts less than 3 years are eligible for salary; Previously F/T & P/T faculty could only receive funding for course load reduction; Course load reduction administratively difficult; New policy will increase faculty involvement, increase student involvement, and create larger pool of expertise; Total salary support cannot exceed that of a F/T faculty.

12 Partnerships Workshop Grants (PWG) Now available for college applicants Up to $25,000 to organize a single workshop or several events of limited participation with the objective of building new relationships between post-secondary academic institutions and Canadian businesses No deadline to submit an application Managed by NSERC s regional offices

13 College Applied Research Growth CCI-Eligible Colleges Eligible Colleges that have received at least one CCI Grant active Five Year Innovation Enhancement programs $2.3 M / 5 years 24 active Industrial Research Chair programs Up to $1 M / 5 years 16 active Technology Access Centres (TAC) 8 receiving $1.75 M / 5 years 8 receiving $ 500 K / 5 years

14 IE Update CFI-CCI Program joint initiative is back for the Eleventh Competition! Letter of Intent: May 31, 2013 Full application: November 1, 2013 A total of up to $3.6 m of CFI funding is available for research infrastructure. Colleges can request up to $800,000 from the CFI. Awards available for F2013: Entry Level IE Grants: 5 Five-Year IE Grants: 6

15 IRCC Grants Update Currently 24 Industrial Research Chairs in the Colleges Number of IRCC Chairs active Chairs from 2011 competition 9 conditional Chairs from 2012 competition 20 applications received 1 Chair administered by SSHRC 1 Chair administered by CIHR 0 NL NS NB PE QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NW Province

16 IRCC Grants Update Next competition planned for Application deadline of Summer/Fall 2016 Budget currently committed until then Competition will coincide with ending of fiveyear mandate of first Chairs

17 ARTI Overview One-year awards Support the purchase of research equipment valued between $7,000 and $150,000 Single item or a collection of items targeted at a particular applied R&D capability Submit multiple proposals if the college has equipment needs for projects with companies in a variety of applied research areas (no limit on number of applications per college) Competition Deadline: Fall 2013

18 ARD Update ARD grants received per level Total = 246 applications

19 ARD Budget 2012 Budget for 2012 Awards in 2012 We could have funded ARD Level 1 (6 months) $ 3M $ 2,068, additional ARD level 1 ARD Level 2 (1 3 years) $ 1.8M $ 752, additional ARD level 2 ARD Level 3 (1 3 years) $ 1.3M $ 150, additional ARD level 3

20 CU-I2I Update 1 st Competition with Deadline: October 1, 2012 Results 29 applications received 22 colleges 17 universities Average request ~$207K/yr. 8 Awards: Yr. 1 Total $1,500,467 Success Rate: 27.6% 3 B-Listed applications not funded due to lack of funds An additional $637,342 Next Competition? October 2013 for awards in Spring 2014 (?)

21 Application Submission Process IMPORTANT: The application submission is a two step process: You College s grant office NSERC

22 Application Status Submitted : Received /Approved:

23 NSERC Awards Information NSERC Awards Search Engine Google search for NSERC Awards Database Privacy Act prohibits the publication of any unsuccessful applications.

24 CCI Program Contact Information Patrick St-Pierre, IE Grants Marie Thibault, ARD and TAC Grants Susanne Liou, CU-I2I Grants Kim Douglas, IRCC Grants Jack Deyirmendjian, ARTI and TAC Grants, Deputy Director Bert van den Berg, Director

25 Colloque sur la recherche appliquée de l ACCC de 2013 Mise à jour sur le Programme d innovation dans les collèges et la communauté (ICC) Le 15 avril 2013 Jack Deyirmendjian, Marie Thibault, Patrick St-Pierre CRSNG, Programme d ICC

26 Sujets abordés dans la mise à jour du Programme d ICC Budget de 2013 pour le Programme d ICC Subventions d ateliers de partenariat (SAP) et subventions d interaction (SI) offertes aux collèges Croissance de la recherche appliquée dans les collèges Mise à jour sur les types de subventions subventions de renforcement de l innovation subventions de recherche et développement appliquée subventions d outils et d instruments de recherche appliquée subventions d établissement de centres d accès à la technologie Nouveaux types de subventions : CRIC, INNOV-UC Questions

27 Programme des trois organismes subventionnaires Le Programme d ICC est administré par le CRSNG en collaboration avec les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) et le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH).

28 Budget fédéral de Le Plan d action économique de 2013 prévoit un financement annuel supplémentaire de 12 millions de dollars par année pour le Programme d innovation dans les collèges et la communauté à compter de , ce qui fera passer son budget à 50 millions par année. - De plus, afin de favoriser davantage la participation des collèges au système d innovation, les conseils subventionnaires élargiront également les critères d admissibilité à leurs programmes de bourses et de stages industriels à l intention des étudiants du premier cycle, pour inclure les étudiants inscrits à un programme de baccalauréat dans un collège ou une école polytechnique.

29 Budget du Programme d ICC ,000,000 $ Budget du Programme d ICC 50,000,000 $ 40,000,000 $ 30,000,000 $ 20,000,000 $ 10,000,000 $ 0 $

30 Subventions d ateliers de partenariat (SAP) Jusqu à $ pour un an Programme d ICC Bourses de recherche de 1 er cycle en milieu industriel (BRPC-I) $ en plus des contributions du secteur privé Subventions Innovation Enhancement de renforcement Grants (IE) (Entry-Level de l innovation and Five- Year) (RI) Subvention to aid d entrée colleges de to RI : 200 build 000 and $ sur demonstrate deux ans their capacities Subvention de in cinq applied ans de RI : jusqu à research 2,3 M$ Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée (RDA) Niveau Applied 1 : 25 k$ Research Niveau 2 : 25 and k$ Development à 75 k$ Niveau (ARD) 3 : 75 k$ à Grants 150 k$ (Contributions des entreprises obligatoires pour les niveaux 2 et 3) Subventions d outils et d instruments de Applied Research recherche Tools and appliquée Instrument (OIRA) (ARTI) Grants De 7 k$ à 150 k$ Subventions d établissement de centres d accès à la technologie Technology (ECAT) Access Centre Jusqu à (TAC) 350 k$ par Grants année sur cinq (pilot) ans Québec : jusqu à 100 k$ sur cinq ans Subventions de chaire de recherche industrielle dans les collèges Industrial (CRIC) Research Chairs for De 100 k$ à Colleges 200 k$ sur (IRCC) cinq ans (Les Grants contributions des entreprises partenaires sont obligatoires) Subventions De l idée à l innovation pour les universités et les collèges (INNOV-UC) Jusqu à 250 k$ par année sur 3 ans. Subvention maximale par participant : 125 k$. (Contributions des entreprises obligatoires)

31 Affectation du budget de 2013

32 Budget 2013 Plan Provisoire Année financière : Subventions RI Subventions supplémentaires octroyées pour le niveau d entrée et RI de cinq ans ECAT Nouveau concours INNOV-UC Subventions supplémentaires octroyées CRIC Nouveau concours en OIRA Nouveau concours RDA Aucun fonds supplémentaires nécessaires à ce moment

33 Demandes de subventions de CRIC et d ECAT

34 Guide d administration financière du Programme d ICC Extrait Les coûts d administration et les frais généraux pris en charge en vertu du Programme d ICC ne peuvent dépasser 20 p. 100 de la subvention accordée à un établissement : les coûts liés à l appui du collège à l élaboration des demandes de subvention et des propositions de recherche.

35 Soutien salarial pour les professeurs de collège à temps partiel Les professeurs à temps partiel qui ont des contrats de moins de trois ans sont admissibles au salaire. Auparavant, les professeurs à temps plein et à temps partiel ne pouvaient recevoir des fonds que pour la réduction de la charge de cours. La réduction de la charge de cours représente une difficulté sur le plan administratif. La nouvelle politique augmentera la participation des professeurs et des étudiants et élargira le bassin d expertise. Le montant total du soutien salarial ne peut être supérieur au salaire d un professeur à temps plein.

36 Subventions d ateliers de partenariat (SAP) Les collèges sont maintenant admissibles Jusqu à $ pour organiser un seul atelier ou plusieurs événements auxquels la participation est limitée, l objectif étant d établir de nouveaux liens entre les établissements postsecondaires et les entreprises canadiennes Aucune date limite de présentation des demandes Les SAP sont administrées par les bureaux régionaux du CRSNG

37 Croissance de la recherche appliquée dans les collèges Collèges admissibles à une subvention du Programme d ICC Collèges admissibles qui ont reçu au moins une subvention du Programme d ICC programmes quinquennaux de renforcement de l innovation (RI) 2,3 M$ sur cinq ans 24 programmes actifs de chaire de recherche industrielle Jusqu à 1 M$ sur cinq ans 16 centres d accès à la technologie (CAT) actifs 8 qui reçoivent 1,75 M$ sur cinq ans 8 qui reçoivent $ sur cinq ans

38 Le point sur les subventions de RI Un onzième concours est lancé pour l initiative conjointe FCI- Programme d ICC. Lettre d intention : le 31 mai 2013 Demande : le 1 er novembre 2013 Il est possible d obtenir jusqu à 3,6 M$ de la FCI pour l infrastructure de recherche. Les collèges peuvent lui demander jusqu à $. Nombre de subventions offertes en 2013 Subventions d entrée de RI : 5 Subventions quinquennales de RI : 6

39 Le point sur les subventions de CRIC À l heure actuelle, il y a 24 chaires de recherche industrielle dans les collèges 15 chaires actives à l issue du concours de subventions de CRIC conditionnelles à l issue du concours de demandes reçues Number of IRCC Chairs subvention de CRIC administrée par le CRSH 1 subvention de CRIC administrée par les IRSC 0 NL NS NB PE QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NW Province

40 Le point sur les subventions de CRIC Le prochain concours est prévu pour La date limite pour la présentation des demandes est l été ou l automne Le budget est engagé jusqu à cette date. La date du concours coïncide avec la fin du mandat quinquennal des premières chaires.

41 Aperçu des subventions d OIRA Subventions d un an Elles appuient l achat d appareils de recherche appliquée qui coûtent entre $ et $ Elles visent l achat d un ou de plusieurs appareils de recherche destinés à accroître la capacité de R et D appliquée dans un domaine précis On peut présenter plusieurs demandes si le collège a besoin d appareils dans le cadre de projets menés avec des entreprises dans différents domaines de recherche appliquée (aucune limite quant au nombre de demandes par collège) Date limite : Automne 2013

42 Le point sur les subventions de RDA Subventions de RDA reçues selon le niveau Total = 246 demandes Total reçu Attribuées Non attribuées Sous examen Niveau 1 Niveau 2 Niveau 3

43 Budget des subventions de RDA pour 2012 Budget en 2012 Subventions en 2012 Nous aurions pu financer Subventions de RDA de niveau 1 (6 mois) 3 M$ $ 37 subventions de RDA supplémentaires de niveau 1 Subventions de RDA de niveau 2 (1 à 3 ans) 1,8 M$ $ 14 subventions de RDA supplémentaires de niveau 2 Subventions de RDA de niveau 3 (1 à 3 ans) 1,3 M$ $ 7,5 subventions de RDA supplémentaires de niveau 3

44 Le point sur les subventions INNOV-UC Date limite du premier concours : 1 er octobre 2012 Résultats 29 demandes reçues 22 collèges 17 universités Montant moyen demandé : ~ $ par année 8 subventions : total pour la première année : $ Taux de réussite : 27,6 % 3 demandes de la liste B non financées en raison du manque de fonds Fonds supplémentaires : $ Prochain concours? Octobre 2013 pour attribuer les subventions au printemps 2014 (?)

45 Processus de dépôt des demandes IMPORTANT: Processus de dépôt des demandes se fait en deux étapes: Vous Bureau de la recherche du collège CRSNG

46 État de la demande Présentée / Soumise : Reçue / Approuvée:

47 Renseignements sur les subventions du CRSNG Outil de recherche d octrois du CRSNG : Dans Google : Outil de recherche d octrois En vertu de la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels, le CRSNG ne peut pas divulguer de renseignements sur les demandes non retenues.

48 Personnes-ressources pour le Programme de d ICC Patrick St-Pierre, subventions de RI patrick.st-pierre@nserc-crsng.gc.ca Marie Thibault, subventions de RDA et d ECAT marie.thibault@nserc-crsng.gc.ca Susanne Liou, subventions INNOV-UC susanne.liou@nserc-crsng.gc.ca Kim Douglas, subventions de CRIC Kim.douglas@nserc-crsng.gc.ca Jack Deyirmendjian, subventions d OIRA et d ECAT, directeur adjoint jack.deyirmendjian@nserc-crsng.gc.ca Bert van den Berg, directeur bert.vandenberg@nserc-crsng.gc.ca

49 Evaluation of the College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program Presentation to the Committee on Research Partnerships (CRP) November 29,

50 Presentation Outline Background Overview of evaluation objectives, issues and methods Overview of the program Findings Conclusions Recommendations 2

51 Evaluation Objectives and Scope Main objective: To assess the achievement of immediate outcomes and any progress toward intermediate outcomes, as well as program delivery of the CCI program Evaluation required before end date of initial Terms and Conditions (November 2012) Scope: Because CCI program is relatively new, evaluation focused on the most mature of the program s grants the Innovation Enhancement (IE) Grant and the first two competitions Four evaluation issues addressed Effectiveness, design and delivery, efficiency and economy, relevance 3

52 Methodology Lines of evidence: Case studies of colleges Web-based survey of business partners Key informant interviews File review Document and administrative data review 4

53 Overview of the CCI Program The objective of the CCI program is to increase innovation at the community and/or regional level by enabling Canadian colleges to increase their capacity to work with local companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). IE Grants provide funding to colleges on a competitive basis to enhance their applied research capacity and carry out applied research and technology transfer activities in collaboration with, and to the benefit of, companies SMEs in particular. 5

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55 Evaluation Findings 7

56 Effectiveness To what extent has the IE Grant: Increased business R&D? Increased applied research, development and innovation capacity of colleges to solve technical problems for local industries and organizations? Increased involvement of college faculty, staff and students in applied research, development and innovation projects? Contributed to college students obtaining employment within their field? Is there sustainable applied research capacity at IE Grant recipient colleges? 8

57 Effectiveness: Increased Business R&D The IE Grants have facilitated commercially relevant R&D partnerships to a large extent Organizations that have partnered with colleges to date are mostly: Private companies (83%) and most companies are SMEs (85%) Located in Quebec (38%) or Ontario (37%) Companies intensity of use of the following IE program offerings is moderate or high : 59% participated in collaborative or jointly sponsored applied research 53% accessed college talent and infrastructure 34% accessed college contract research services 22% used educational or training services A large majority (86%) of business partners indicated they were satisfied with their interaction with the college 9

58 Effectiveness: Increased Business R&D (cont d) IE Grants have changed the nature and intensity of the typical relationship between colleges and SMEs Nature has changed in terms of increased involvement of faculty and students and increased access to college facilities for SMEs SMEs can undertake more complex and large-scale R&D projects than they would normally All projects explored via case studies had commercial relevance File review confirmed most colleges involved in projects with commercial impacts, including product improvement (77%), product development (69%) and prototype development (69%) Almost 2 in 5 (39%) of surveyed businesses experienced commercial impact (revenues, new customers or more employees) 10

59 Effectiveness: Increased Business R&D (cont d) Results for impacts on business partners R&D capacity are mixed According to case studies, the IE Grant assisted colleges to meet the R&D capacity shortfalls of SMEs Firms place more importance on R&D through increased personnel time conducting R&D; hiring of R&D personnel and creation of new positions or organizational divisions dedicated to R&D File review suggests that more than a third of business partners expect to see increased R&D investments and increased capacity for innovation Survey results are mixed with most companies indicating increased capacity to introduce new products, processes or services, but smaller impact on capacity for attracting/making investments Overall, 69% of companies had experienced results in at least one area of impact 11

60 Effectiveness: Increased Business R&D (cont d) 12

61 Effectiveness: Increased capacity of colleges to respond to technical problems The IE Grants have significantly increased the capacity of colleges to respond to the technical problems of local industry and other organizations Areas of increased capacity: Release time for faculty/staff involved in R&D Access to equipment (new and existing) Development of applied research programs Colleges are better equipped to provide timely, multi-disciplinary, long-term and holistic services to companies Funding model has sufficient flexibility to allow colleges to build capacity in areas in which they had expertise, in a way that best fit the needs of industries in their region 13

62 Effectiveness: Increased involvement of faculty and staff Varying degrees of involvement of faculty, staff and students were observed in colleges Variation driven by model/approach used at the college to partner with SMEs (including non-faculty models and models that rely primarily on faculty and students) Most colleges increased the number of faculty involved in applied R&D Business partners interact with faculty and staff on a regular basis during projects (85% at least monthly) but many would like more interaction Faculty release time is key success factor Barriers include culture, collective agreements and resource constraints Many colleges adopted practice of having staff dedicated to admin and management functions 14

63 Effectiveness: Contribution to college student outcomes IE Grant offered more and high quality training opportunities for students Roughly 10 more students per college receive training opportunities with business because of the IE Grant Students were involved as research assistants, research associates, interns, co-op students, and participants in in-class projects Involvement offered: Opportunities to apply knowledge learned in class Company-student interaction First-hand experience working under the time and budget constraints of businesses Development of a broad range of soft skills (project management, problem solving, communication) Employment outcomes are difficult to assess due to other factors that play a role Qualitative evidence suggests the IE Grant did contribute through skills gained, work experience and connections with employers Almost one-third (30%) of companies indicated they hired one or more student who was involved in the IE Grant 15

64 Effectiveness: Sustainability of applied research capacity at colleges The evidence is mixed with regard to the degree to which the applied research capacity at colleges is sustainable Areas in which some capacity can be sustained Human resources Equipment Mechanisms for contracting, research management and ethics reviews Some evidence suggests a future demand for college applied R&D support, but SMEs are known to make infrequent investments in R&D 69% of companies plan to undertake a collaborative research project and 33% plan to engage in contract research with the college However, most colleges do not believe R&D capacity can be sustained to meet business needs after the IE Grant without any access to some form of funding Not realistic to rely solely on partners to sustain applied research capacity Some colleges do not wish to maintain a strong focus on collaborative R&D without additional funding as this may mean that quality of student training will suffer 16

65 Design and Delivery Have the colleges implemented the grants as planned? What are the factors that have facilitated or inhibited the achievement of intended outcomes? 17

66 Design and delivery: Implementation, facilitators and inhibitors to success IE Grants were implemented as planned, in most cases Most colleges experienced at least one partnership that fell through but the impact was mitigated by replacement partners In general, there is no ideal program delivery model and colleges have developed models suited to their own context Two promising delivery practices emerged: Assignment of administration tasks to dedicated resources allows faculty members to focus on the applied research projects Strong leadership at senior management levels at colleges vital to the successful implementation of faculty release time Some challenges were identified: Performance monitoring perceived to be excessive and while the template was recently revised, it did not significantly decrease the number of indicators required and did not include additional guidance on the level of detail required 18

67 Efficiency and Economy To what extent are the most efficient means being used to achieve program outcomes? 19

68 Efficiency and economy: Efficient means used to achieve outcomes NSERC s administrative costs for delivering CCI program appear to be reasonable considering the life-cycle of the program The evaluation compared the administrative cost per $1 of grant funds awarded for CCI with Research Partnership Programs (RPP) Directorate and NSERC as a whole Approximates the ratio for the RPP Directorate as a whole with an average of 6.0 cents for CCI program compared to 5.9 cents for RPP Directorate (FY to ) Average for NSERC as a whole for the same period was 4.3 cents The administrative costs were higher in FY when the CCI program became permanent (19.8 cents), affecting the 4-year average 20

69 Relevance To what extent does the CCI program continue to demonstrate relevance? 21

70 Relevance: Demonstration of ongoing relevance The need for the program and the federal government s role in delivering the program has not changed since 2007 The CCI program continues to be consistent with current federal government priorities as well as the strategic outcomes and priorities of NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR The program is less aligned with CIHR s Commercialization Strategy from 2005, but the Strategy is currently being revised All 5-year IE Grants have an NSE focus, but many include components that fall within the SSH (19%) and health (18%) areas There is a desire on the parts of SSHRC and CIHR for greater take-up of IE Grants in the SSH/health disciplines at colleges SSHRC/CIHR representatives consulted for the evaluation see a role for their organization to conduct additional awareness-raising activities for the CCI program 22

71 Conclusions and Recommendations 23

72 Conclusions The CCI program IE Grant is achieving or is on track to achieve its expected immediate and intermediate outcomes IE Grants have been implemented as planned and the flexibility afforded to IE Grant recipients allows them to tailor the implementation of the grant to their own context Promising practices exist There were no significant factors that limit success although there remain opportunities to improve performance monitoring The cost of administering the program is reasonable considering the life-cycle of the program The IE Grant continues to be consistent with current federal government priorities as well as the strategic outcomes/priorities of the granting agencies The evaluation benefited from information in NSERC s administrative database and information collected via progress reports, but there are areas for improvement 24

73 Recommendations 1. Continue funding the CCI program IE Grant Program is effective and aligned with government and granting agency priorities and addresses a continued need a. The CCI program should explore the potential need for, and criteria whereby, current IE Grant holders could apply for subsequent IE Grants OR ensure that other CCI program grants would provide funding to help sustain the applied research capacity, especially with respect to support for faculty release time and college personnel to facilitate research with businesses 25

74 Recommendations (cont d) 2. Establish a mechanism to encourage the sharing of best/most promising practices and lessons learned among colleges There are many ways to successfully implement IE Grants but there are pockets of expertise in many areas that would be of benefit to be shared (such as governance, SME outreach, treatment of intellectual property, administrative support/capacity, approaches to reporting) This mechanism need not be overly complex or costly and could start out as a simple website or online community of practice 26

75 Recommendations (cont d) 3. Continue to make improvements to grantee reporting templates and the completeness and accuracy of information on partner organizations a. Review and revise (where necessary) IE Grant progress reporting templates and provide guidance to colleges on CCI program expectations regarding interpretation of indicators and level of detail required b. Continue to improve the completeness and accuracy of information on partner organizations in the Council s administrative database (e.g., partner size, contact information) 27

76 Questions? 28

77 A sample of factors that shape SERC s applied research Applied Research Outcomes Funding priorities & government policies CIHR NSERC SSHRC CFI Other Partner s interests and priorities Local and regional businesses Community organizations Education & research institutions Needs & interests of older adults Adults born in 1945 and earlier Informal caregivers Baby boomers (born from ) From Lab to Life Innovative products, programs and services implemented in community organizations, businesses & industry Improved student training & mentorship Enhanced quality of life for older adults & their families Leading edge curriculum Highly qualified grads