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March 19, 2020 - Webinars postponed. See update from NSERC.

NSERC will be holding webinars to present Option 2 of Alliance grants and its specific characteristics, as well as share best practices for preparing a complete Alliance application under Option 1 or Option 2. The webinars are targeted to you as members and administrators of Research Offices. NSERC hopes that these webinars will further help you provide guidance to potential applicants in your university. The dates and times of the webinars are:

English Sessions

• Webinar No. E1: March 18, 2020; 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (AST)
• Webinar No. E2: March 26, 2020; 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. AST

French Sessions

• Webinar No. F1: March 19, 2020; 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. AST
• Webinar No. F2: March 24, 2020; 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. AST

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Additional Information

In advance of the webinars, NSERC has posted two new tools in the Resources section of the Alliance website:

• Alliance grant application checklist
• Equity, diversity and inclusion in the training plan

NSERC invites you to familiarize yourself with these tools and to bring them to the attention of potential applicants in your institution.

The webinars precede Alliance workshops that NSERC will offer to researchers and administrators at universities over the next few months. In order to arrange for such a workshop at your institution, please contact a representative from your NSERC Regional Office.