Call for Research Proposals

Mar 7, 2025News, Research, UNENE News

Attention UNENE Researchers, Faculty, Research Chairs, and University R&I Services!


Greetings UNENE Chairs, RCP Researchers/Principals, University R&I Depts;

UNENE member Universities, faculty, Research Chairs and other researchers/colleagues are invited to submit research proposals for the attached problem statement in the UNENE Co-operative Research Project (RCP) outline form. Our UNENE RCP industrial sponsor (OPG -Decommissioning & Sustainability ) is uniquely interested in proposals resolving the challenge of light water decontamination of tritium.

Key Details:

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Funding Available: Awarding 1 project; 49k$/yr for 3 years

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Eligibility: From Canadian UNENE member university; Must qualify for NSERC Alliance 2:1 funding match

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Deadline: April 8, 2025 Please provide your proposal by fully completing the UNENE project definition form to be submitted for consideration.

Proposals & all supporting documents* are required to be submitted to UNENE, by email at: operations@unene.ca, no later than April 8, 2025. See Guideline & Requirements below for specific details.

UNENE encourages all member universities, faculty and researchers to submit relevant and impactful proposals.

UNENE Guideline/Requirements for Submission to This Proposal Call

Applicants may submit only 1 proposal to this call, as an applicant or co-applicant. Applicants must be eligible for NSERC (Alliance) 2-1 match funding. Applicants (Faculty, employee, researcher) to this call must be from or employed/contracted at a UNENE Canadian University in good standing.

  1. The submission due date is Tuesday, April 8, 2025 EOD (end-of-day 11:59). Late submission of proposal documents may only be considered in the event no timely submissions are selected.
  2. Submissions of proposal documents must be emailed to operations@unene.ca and cc’d to info@unene.ca by the due date.
  3. The UNENE information contact is Allan Lew at allan.lew@unene.ca
  4. *The mandatory documents required to be filed for the applicant’s proposal submittal are:
    1. Fully Completed Project Form: (Open here). Fully Complete 1 form for your proposal. Be clear yet succinct in your proposal description.
    2. Copy of Your Current CCCV (Canada Common CV)
    3. The applicant must be eligible for and sufficiently versed in application for NSERC(Alliance) 2-1 match funding. A written acknowledgement that this eligibility requirement is personally met ( or not) must be provided by the applicant, dated with their name, title, university and contact phone number. This acknowledgement may be provided in an applicant’s cover letter or submission email or in the main body of the proposal submittal or can be a separate single page document.
    4. Please ensure included in your submittal are all critical contact info:Applicant/ Preparer’s name, institution, email and phone contact number.
  5. The review of submitted proposals will be undertaken by UNENE and the Project Sponsor, following close of the call. The successful applicant will be notified, no sooner than 6 weeks after close of the call.

Budget Reminder – Assume Maximum of $49k/yr for 3 years; Total of $147k UNENE funds awarded/supplied (prior to University overhead costs) for your proposal budget, and for leveraging NSERC Alliance 2-1 Grant application. Your Budget estimating in the project proposal form should be for Total Project funds required for the planned project scope & deliverables.

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