Funding, News and Announcements

NSERC is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a joint call for Canada-France research proposals on artificial intelligence. This call will be led by the French national Research Agency (ANR), in collaboration with NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, and IVADO. The call will support collaborative multi- and inter-disciplinary research projects in the areas of generative AI and the safety of embedded AI. This call should allow researchers from different scientific fields to access, in addition to their recurrent funding allocations, co-funding on a large numbers of research themes.

While this is a multi-agency effort, NSERC is the designated agency coordinating the Canadian activities related to the call, regardless of the research focus or whether it is in the natural sciences and engineering, social sciences and humanities, or health fields.

Funding

Project duration 36months

Eligibility

French and Canadian researchers must prepare a joint scientific proposal. Teams from each country must each appoint a national scientific coordinator (PI).

Canadian researchers can be PI on only one proposal but may be co-applicant or collaborator on multiple proposals.

Please refer to the France-Canada (NSERC) Annex on the ANR website for full eligibility requirements, or read the NSERC news announcement for further details.

How to Apply

Dal researchers must notify ORS by October 1st, 2024, if they intend to apply to this opportunity.

The French Scientific Coordinator must register their intention to submit on ANR’s submission website before 5p.m. on October 15^th.

This step of registering with ANR is mandatory. The intention to submit must clearly identify the Canadian PI and other members of the Canadian team. A pre-proposal is not required at this stage. Registering with NSERC is also not required.

Please read the full call details for information on Early Registration of Proposals with ANR.

Full proposals will be submitted by the French coordinator in March 2025. Canadian PI are responsible for submitting one simplified application and all required documentation to NSERC on behalf of the Canadian team along with a copy of the proposal submitted to ANR.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact ors.int@dal.ca by October 1, 2024, to discuss your application.

Contact Details

Internal: ors.int@dal.ca
External: RP-Initiatives-PR@nserc-crsng.gc.ca

Deadlines

Internal: October 1, 2024
External: October 15, 2025
 

Unless otherwise specified, the standard internal deadline is 10 business days ahead of the funder deadline. The grants facilitator for your faculty or this opportunity can be found on the staff contact page. For additional resources, click here for guidance on internal deadlines and submission processes.