GARDN II
Guidelines - 3nd Call for projects
1. PROJECT TITLE
2. IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT LEADER
Name
First Name
Organization
Department :
Number and Street :
P.O. Box / Station :
City :
Province / State :
Country :
Postal Code :
Telephone :
Email :
Signature of primary applicant :
Date :
Mr./ Ms.
Summary of Proposal for Public Release (maximum 1 page)
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This summary will be available to the public if your proposal is funded.
Name of project leader
3. PLANNED COMPOSITION OF THE PROJECT RESEARCH TEAM (names of all partners involved and
their coordinates)
Companies or Research
Name of the researchers
Title
institutions
Industrial:
Research institutions
involved:
Others:
4. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Impact of the Project on the Canadian aerospace industry (maximum 4 pages)
Signatures
Name of project leader
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Describe the impact of the project, demonstrating its contribution to the consolidation or significant development of
the aerospace industry in Canada.
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Ways in which the research project will help improve the sector’s competitiveness in Canada.
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Feasibility of quickly integrating the application developed on the market (in and out the aerospace industry).
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Description of commercial opportunities related to the project and industrial partnerships required for
commercialization of the technology. Indicate the timeframe and the commercialization plan.
Name of project leader
Environmental Innovativeness (maximum 4 pages) :
List the ways in which the project is innovative and related to the environmentally aspects
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Describe the contribution to the significant advancement of scientific or technical knowledge in the green
technologies by the research project
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Describe the current state of the art, accompanied by a short literature review
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Describe the impact of the research project for one or more of the following themes:
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Quiet Air Transportation System
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Clean Air Transportation System
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Sustainable Air Transportation System
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Present briefly the competencies, knowledge, experience and expertise of the leader researchers and the
proposed team.
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Enumerate why the project is innovative.
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Expected(s) patent(s):
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Expected publication(s):
Name of project leader
TRL (maximum 4 pages)
 Briefly describe the evolution of the TRL of the project from the start to the end.
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If there is a portion of the project that is not included in the one supported by the GARDN funding, please
specify.
Name of project leader
Feasibility, Excellence of the research team and Partnership (maximum 4 pages)
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Describe existing infrastructure and the current relationship between resources, objectives and the adequacy of
the budget.
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What is the project’s priority level for the research team?
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The number of students who are members of the research team (give names, when possible, with level of
study: M.Sc, PhD, post-doc, etc.)
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Demonstrate that the research team has the requisite expertise and experience to complete the proposed
research successfully (includes researchers’ resumes).
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Describe the agreement, defining the collaboration mechanisms to be uses by the parties. Attach letters of
reference from partners.
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Nature of scientific collaboration and each partner’s role.
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Nature of R&D partnership and each other partner’s role.
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Collaboration mechanisms to be used by all partners involved.
Name of project leader
5. Gantt-Chart
No
1.
2.
3.
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6.
7.
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10.
11.
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Tasks
Partners
Deliverables
TRL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
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6. BUDGET
6 a) Expenditures:
Year 1
Salaries and benefits
Materials, supplies and
equipment
Travel
Dissemination
Technology transfer
activities
Other (specify)
TOTAL
Year 2
Total
Name of project leader
6b) Contributions:
Specify all sources of funding including GARDN, other federal government programs and private partners and
research institutions
Name of the funding
partner
Amount Requested from
GARDN
Industrials (to specify for
each industrial involved):
Universities (to specify for
each university involved):
Others sources of funding (to
specify)
TOTAL
6c) Funding Distribution:
In-kind
Cash
Total
Name of project leader
Identify all the organizations (private partners and research institutions that will receive or use funds (GARDN
funds from government and matching funds from private sources) for this project:
Name of the organizations
that will receive or use
funds
Industrials (to specify for
each industrial involved):
Universities (to specify for
each university involved):
Research Centres
TOTAL
In-kind
Cash
Total
Name of project leader
Annex 1: Financial Commitments (from each organization involved in the proposal)
Name of project leader
Annex 2: Industrial and Academic Lead Researchers Resumes (please provide the resumes)
Name of project leader
Annex 3: Intellectual Property Agreement (please describe the steps or the mechanism to get the
agreement in 6 months after the start of the project)