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Section IV – Annexes

List of Abbreviations

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/
11

http://www.nserc.gc.ca/institution/list_inst-eng.htm

12

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act was first passed in 1977. A modification to the act was passed in 1985.