Alliance International Catalyst Quantum Grants

Program Description

Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grants provide support for researchers in Canada to establish and grow international research collaborations that will strengthen research excellence in Canada and abroad, and further develop Canadian research strengths and leadership in quantum science and technology. Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grants provide up to $25,000 for one year to support Canadian academic researchers in initiating and developing research collaborations with international researchers from the academic sector in the areas of quantum science and quantum technologies.

Proposals may address any challenge in quantum science, but their thrust must aim to advance one or more of the NQS missions by advancing research in any of the following areas of quantum technologies, or a combination thereof:

• quantum algorithms/encryption, including post-quantum cryptography
• quantum communications
• quantum computing
• quantum materials
• quantum sensing

This funding opportunity is only intended to fund academic-to-academic collaborations. Your international academic collaborator must be the equivalent of an assistant, associate or full professor from an accredited degree-granting postsecondary institution.

Important: For this call, applications including collaborators from G7 member countries (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States) are not accepted. A separate funding opportunity has been established to support collaborations exclusively with academic researchers from these countries

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Proposal Development Support

For support in preparing a UBCO-led application, please get in touch with the contact below:

How to Apply

Can only apply with one proposal as either an Applicant or Co-Applicant.

Full Proposal Includes:

• A completed application for a grant (Form 101) completed following the instructions for completing an Alliance International grants application, and containing:
• a summary of your proposed research
• a list of keywords describing your proposed research
• the Alliance International Catalyst Quantum proposal template
• Completed attestation forms for each researcher with a named role (i.e., applicant, co-applicant, collaborator) in the grant application, as this call is directed to technologies listed in the Sensitive Technology Research Areas
• A budget and accompanying justification for the funds you are requesting from NSERC
• A completed and up-to-date personal data form with CCV attachment (Form 100A) for yourself and all Canadian co-applicants. College faculty may submit a CCI format CV; all other co-applicants must submit the CCV in NSERC format
• A two-page bio sketch for each of your collaborators through NSERC’s online system