Details
| Opportunity Name | Research Grant |
| Agency | Imperial Oil |
| Value | Up to $25,000 |
| Indirect Costs | TBD |
| Duration | 1 year |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 12-01-2022 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 12-08-2022 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 12-13-2022, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 12-15-2022 |
Objective
Educational institution research awards are designed to encourage research at Canadian universities and colleges in areas of interest to Imperial Oil's petroleum, petrochemical and energy resource development businesses. These areas include the fields of engineering, environmental, earth, chemical, and physical sciences.
Specific areas of interest include:
- Environment
- In-situ bitumen recovery
- In-situ facilities
- Analytical techniques for petroleum products
- Refinery products, processes, and facilities
- Machine Learning applied to simulation of chemical processes
- Chemicals
- Geoscience
Eligibility
Awards for specific research projects are made to full-time faculty members to support research work carried out by university students under their direction.
How to Apply
Please note that final applications to the agency must be submitted in electronic format (PDF) to ura.sru@esso.ca.
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.