2. NSERC University Information Session University of Waterloo Catherine Burns, Industrial Engineering University of Waterloo Jennifer Bean, NSERC Judie Foster, NSERC September 3, 2009, Davis 1302

6. Discovery Grant Indicators

7. Two-Step Review Process

9. The Conference Model

12. How Does the Conference Model Work? EVALUATION GROUP A Group Chair ~ 30 members Four Stream Chairs EVALUATION GROUP B Group Chair ~35 members Four Stream Chairs EVALUATION GROUP C Group Chair ~25 members Three Stream Chairs Section A1-2 Research Topics A2 and A4 Section A2 Research Topic A3 Section A1-1 Research Topic A1 Section A3-1 Research Topic A5 Section A3-2 Research Topic A6 Section A4-1 Research Topics A7 and A8 Section A4-2 Research Topics A9 and B5 Section B1-2 Research Topics B2 and A10 Section B1-1 Research Topic B1 Section B2 Research Topic B3 Section B3-1 Research Topic B4 Section B3-2 Research Topics B1 and B5 Section B4-2 Research Topics B7 and C6 Section B4-1 Research Topics B2 and B6 Section C1-2 Research Topic C2 Section C1-1 Research Topics C1 and B5 Section C2 Research Topic C3 Section C3-1 Research Topic C4 Section C3-2 Research Topics C5 and A5

13. Sections = Units Related by Subject Matter and Member Expertise A4 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A3 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword Section A2-1 Section A3-1 A16 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A15 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Section A2-2 A12 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A6 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A9 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A10 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A11 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword A13 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A1 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A5 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A8 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword A2 Research Topic Keywords Subject areas Something else Keyword Buzzword Section A1 Section A3-3 Section A3-2

14. Ex: Evaluation Group A Conference Day 1 Section A2-1 Section A3-1 Section A2-2 Section A1 cont’d Section A1 Morning session Afternoon session Section A3-3 Section A3-2 Stream

16. Implementation of the Conference Model and the Rating Indicators Chair P.O. 1 st Internal Reader Reader Reader 2 nd Internal Excellence Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Very Strong Conflicts? Merit Outstanding Very Strong Very Strong Very Strong Very Strong HQP Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Very Strong Very Strong COR Factor: N N N N N

17. Applying to the Discovery Grants Program

21. Life Cycle of a DG Application August 1 Submission of Form 180 Mid-September Assignment to Evaluation Group and Referees November 1 Submission of Grant Application Mid-November Mail-out to External Referees Early-December Group Members receive applications February Grants Competition March – April Announcement of Results

22. Evaluation of Discovery Grant Applications Catherine Burns Industrial Engineering

28. Reporting HQP Name Type of HQP Training and Status Years Supervised or Co-supervised Title of Project or Thesis Present Position Consent Received from Marie Roy Roy, Marie Masters (completed) Supervised 2003-2005 Research Isotope geochemistry in petroleum engineering V-P (research), Earth Analytics Inc., Calgary, AB Consent Not Obtained from Marie Roy (name withheld) Masters (completed) Supervised 2003-2005 Course Isotope geochemistry Research executive in petroleum industry – Western Canada

38. NSERC Contacts Evaluation Group (EG) Program Officer [email_address] Deadlines, Acknowledgement of Applications, Results Your university Research Grants Officer (RGO) Your Account, Grants in Aid of Research Statement of Account (Form 300) Your university Business Officer (BO) NSERC Web site www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca Discovery Grants (including eligibility) [email_address] 613-995-5829 Use of Grant Funds [email_address] On-line help [email_address]

40. News from the Research Grants Office

46. NSERC Budget 2009-10(millions of $) Total : $1,054

47. Discovery Programs Budget 2009-10 (millions of $) Total : $402.6