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NCDEAS Meeting April 2005
International Review of the Discovery Grants Program
May 2007
NCDEAS Meeting April 2005
Context
• Value for Money and Accountability Review carried out in 2006
• Concern raised:– Is a 75% success rate consistent with
international standards of quality?– Are the best researchers supported at an
internationally competitive level?NSERC convening an International Review
Committee (IRC)
NCDEAS Meeting April 2005
Broad Mandate• Four broad issues to be addressed by IRC:
– Balance between supporting a diversified base and fostering and supporting excellence
– Suitability of the philosophy of the DGP for the Canadian context and country's needs
– Ability to support the best researchers at a world-class level through its suite of programs
– International impact of the research supported through the DGP
NCDEAS Meeting April 2005Int’l Review Committee
Membership
Chair: Peter Nicholson President, Council of Canadian
Academies
• 1 other Canadian researcher• 8-9 international members
NCDEAS Meeting April 2005
Methodology
• Multiple lines of evidence– Description of the Canadian context– Description of NSERC programs– Benchmarking of Canadian R&D
performance– “What if” scenarios– Case studies– Input from Canadian stakeholders
NCDEAS Meeting April 2005
Methodology (cont’d)
• Input from key stakeholders is crucial– University administrators– Scientific/engineering societies– Individual researchers– Foreign members of GSCs– Other stakeholders
NCDEAS Meeting April 2005
How you can contribute
• Provide input– Individually through the upcoming survey– Collectively though
• Your scientific society• The administrators at your university