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CFI |
Canada Foundation for Innovation |
CIHR |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
CRYSTAL |
Centres for Research in Youth, Science Teaching and Learning |
DG |
Director General |
FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
HQP |
Highly Qualified People |
HR |
Human Resources |
I2I |
Idea to Innovation |
IP |
Intellectual Property |
IPM |
Intellectual Property Mobilization |
IPY |
International Polar Year |
ISD |
Information Systems Division |
JIIRP |
Joint Infrastructure Interdependencies Research Projects |
MRS |
Major Resources Support |
NCE |
Networks of Centres of Excellence |
NSE |
Natural Sciences and Engineering |
NSERC |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council |
PAA |
Program Activity Architecture |
R&D |
Research and Development |
RPP |
Report on Plans and Priorities |
RTI |
Research Tools and Instruments |
S&T |
Science and Technology |
SME |
Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
SRO |
Special Research Opportunity |
SSHRC |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
TBS |
Treasury Board Secretariat |
VP |
Vice-President |
1 | Full-time equivalent |
2 | Includes costs for administration of NSERC programs totalling $40.6 million. |
3 | This includes a base budget of $686.1 million and an additional $215.9 million that flows through NSERC for programs such as the Canada Research Chairs, Canada Graduate Scholarships, Networks of Centres of Excellence, and funding for the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. |
4 | Including $133.2 million in funding for the tri-agency Canada Research Chairs program. |
5 | This program is being undertaken as a partnership between NSERC, the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and the Council of Manufacturers and Exporters. |
6 | Includes funding for Discovery Grants to groups and individuals, subatomic physics projects, institutes, ship time and Northern Research Supplement funding. |
7 | NSERC Departmental Performance Report 2004-05, Figures 3 and 16: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rma/dpr1/04-05/NSERC-CRSNG/NSERC-CRSNGd45-eng.asp. |
8 | http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/ |
9 | JIIRP and Innovation Platforms are included within the Strategic Project Grants entry in the financial tables above. |
10 | http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/NSERCnanoIP/ |
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12 |
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act was first passed in 1977. A modification to the act was passed in 1985. |