How to submit a full application: 2020 Horizon Global Platform


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Note

This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the information provided in the 2020 Horizon Global Platform Competition overview.

Your application must be received by the deadline date. Your institution may have earlier internal deadlines. Check with your research administrator regarding internal deadlines for your institution. The research administrator at your institution is responsible for submitting your application.

All team members, including nominated principal investigators (NPIs) and co-principal investigators (co-PIs), if applicable, should inform the research administrator at their institution of their involvement in the application.

Completing the application

To be eligible to create and submit an application, you must have previously registered for the New Frontiers in Research (NFRF) 2020 Horizon Global Platform Competition and have been notified of a successful outcome from the Horizon 2020 adjudication process.

You must complete your application using the Convergence Portal. The Portal is only supported on the latest versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. It may appear to function in other browsers, but can result in unexpected behaviour, such as the information entered not being properly captured in the system without the user being aware. Use of an unsupported browser is strongly discouraged.

Follow the instructions provided in the Portal to complete your application. The information needed to complete an application is outlined below.

The NPI must complete all sections of the application and submit the application via their institution’s research administrator. Co-PIs will be able to see all sections of the application, but will not have edit access.

NPIs must verify the page lengths and formatting of any uploaded attachments to the application. Should a submitted application contain one or more attachments that do not comply with the page length or formatting standard, the application may be withdrawn from the competition.

Required information

Note: All relevant information from the registration will be prepopulated in the full application. No new team members can be added at this stage, and no changes can be made to the completed sections at the registration stage.

The content required for a complete application includes all information submitted at the registration stage, as well as the following:

  1. Completed equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) section (consult the Best Practices in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion guide), including:
    1. Information about the team’s specific challenges related to EDI.
    2. The best practices that will be applied in relation to each of the following elements, and a brief explanation of how these apply to the team’s specific context, how they will be implemented, the expected impacts, and how the impacts will be measured:
      1. team composition and recruitment processes
      2. training and development opportunities
      3. inclusion
  2. Supporting documents—each uploaded as a separate attachment, following the instructions for attachments, with page limits as noted:
    1. Description of the potential outcomes of the project, including the benefits to Canada (one page).
    2. Budget justification (maximum one page), including a breakdown and explanation of the direct costs of the research project. If needed, this section can also describe other resources, including funding, materials or equipment that will contribute to the project. (A breakdown of the indirect costs of research is not required and should not be included.)
    3. Horizon 2020—notice of a successful application

      Include a copy of the notification of decision from Horizon 2020.

    4. Horizon 2020—copy of submitted application

      Include a copy of the entire application submitted to Horizon 2020.

Submitting the application

Review your application to ensure that it is complete.

From the Finalize Application section, follow the prompts to submit your application.

After you accept the terms and conditions, the status of your submission will change to Received by Administrator. If you want to make any changes at this point, you may request that your research administrator return the application to you.

Once your research administrator has approved and submitted your application, the application status will change to Received by Agency. No changes can be made at that point.

Submitting an application as the research administrator

When you receive an application submitted by an NPI at your institution, you will be asked to approve the application and submit it. By submitting it, you are confirming that:

  • the participants meet the eligibility requirements; and
  • the proposed research project meets the eligibility requirements.

By forwarding the application, the research administrator, on behalf of the institution, will also be certifying that the NPI:

  • is affiliated with the institution or organization;
  • has the necessary time and resources to carry out the activity; and
  • will email NFRF-FNFR@chairs-chaires.gc.ca if there are any changes during the tenure of the grant, including changes in the composition of the partnership, such as the addition of new co-PIs, co-applicants, collaborators, etc.

Note: If the NPI’s primary affiliation is not on SSHRC’s list of eligible institutions, the institution may be required to sign the Agreement on the Administration of Agency Grants and Awards by Research Institutions with SSHRC, for this program only, before receiving agency funds. Agency staff will contact the institutions of successful applicants after the notices of decision have been released, to initiate this process, as appropriate.

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