Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals under National Science Foundation and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Collaborative Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Science

NSF 22-031

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. The MOU provides an overarching framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Canadian research communities and sets out the principles for developing jointly supported activities. The MOU provides for an international collaboration arrangement whereby U.S. researchers may receive funding from NSF and Canadian academic researchers may receive funding from NSERC. Recognizing the benefits of U.S.-Canadian collaboration, the goal of this collaborative research opportunity is to help reduce some of the current barriers to working internationally in areas of mutual interest. Through a lead agency model, NSF and NSERC will address these issues by allowing U.S. and Canadian research teams to submit a single collaborative proposal that will undergo a single review process at NSF, which will be the lead agency. The collaborative opportunity described in this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) remains in effect until archived. This is not a single-year program.

Standard Grant

Not required

For participating NSF programs with deadlines, proposals are due at NSF by the submission dates indicated in the program solicitation or program description of the participating programs.

Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering