1 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION (ALL FIELDS MANDATORY)
1.1 Project Title
[Insert title]1.2 Project Keywords
[Insert 3-10 specific keywords]1.3 Academic Principal Investigator (If multiple, please duplicate this section as required)
Name:Position:
Institution/Organization (Department):
Mailing Address:
E-mail:
Phone:
1.4 Industry Partner (If multiple, please duplicate this section as required)
Organization name:Business Number:
Contact Name and Title
Mailing Address:
E-mail:
Phone:
1.5 Project Dates
Please indicate the anticipated project Start Date and End Date or project duration. SOSCIP projects generally span 1 or 2 years in duration.
Start Date / [insert date] / End Date / [insert date]1.6 Project Computing Resources
Please review the description of SOSCIP’s computing resources on our website then contact SOSCIP for further consultation. SOSCIP Platform Terms of Use are available here.
Please indicate [X] all that apply.
[X] / Platform / [X] / PlatformBlue Gene/Q (BGQ) / Large Memory System (LMS)
Cloud Analytics Platform / IBM Watson
Agile / FPGA Platform
2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2.1 Lay Title (For public release)
[Insert lay title to be published on the SOSCIP website]2.2 Lay Summary (For public release)
Provide a brief (250 word) description of the project, suitable for public release on SOSCIP’s website. By entering text here, you agree to allow SOSCIP to use this description to publicize your project.
(250 words, lay language.)
2.3 Idea/Problem/Issue that will be addressed:
Describe the project. What are the specific challenges, research problems, or technical complexities that this project will address? How does it affect competitiveness, products and customers? What is the computing challenge that will be addressed? What are the barriers that need to be overcome? What global market is addressed and what is the expected economic impact if the challenge is solved?
(1-2 pages)
[Your response here – 1-2 pages]
2.4 Proposed Technology/Solution:
Describe the technology or solution that will address the problem/issue. What computational approach will be taken to solve the problem described above and why are high performance computing tools required to solve this problem? Provide an overview of the research and development methodology to develop the solution and outline how the proposed methodology will resolve the problem and demonstrate its novelty.
(Minimum 2 pages)
[Your response here – minimum 2 pages]
2.5 Project Work Plan:
Please provide a project work plan for the full project and schedule of activities in a table below that identifies milestones at 6-month intervals. The activity schedule will be used to assess whether a project is feasible and whether the available resources are adequate to complete it on schedule. Fostering skills development (research, technical, and business), knowledge translation, product development and commercialization activities between academic and commercial partners is integral to SOSCIP’s mandate. A key determinate for a successful SOSCIP application is the ability to adequately define intended research and business outcomes.
Activity/Milestone / Timeline1.
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2.6 Key Dependencies/Risk Mitigation Strategy:
Does your project have any key dependencies without which it would not be able to proceed? Outline any risks and mitigation strategies, including personnel/recruitment, technical risks/uncertainties, etc.
(Approximately ½ page)
[Your response here – approximately half a page]
2.7 Privacy and Confidentiality:
Please describe how you will apply the principles of Privacy by Design to ensure strong privacy protection of your data. If your research involves data from human subjects, do you intend to use personally identifiable information? If so, have you performed a privacy impact assessment or otherwise met the requirements of your institution’s REB regarding privacy and confidentiality? Do you plan on rendering the data non-identifiable? (Provide a brief summary, if applicable).
(1-2 paragraphs)
[Your response here – 1-2 paragraphs]
3 INDUSTRY PARTER COLLABORATION
3.1 Company Information:
Describe the company in detail. Include year of incorporation, Ontario and/or Canadian products, sales, number of employees and innovation track record. If the company is pre-revenue, briefly describe how much has been invested to date by founders, family, angel capital and venture capital.
(Approximately ½ page)
[Your response here – approximately half a page]
3.2 Collaboration and Benefits:
Describe the nature of the collaboration between academic researchers and industry partners. Briefly describe how this project demonstrates a good return on investment for the partners. Describe the economic, social and/or environmental benefits that could be realized by Ontario and/or Canada. (Minimum 1 page)
[Your response here – minimum 1 page]
3.3 Commercialization or Business Implementation:
Describe the plans for technology transfer, transfer of intellectual property, or knowledge mobilization derived from project and/or commercialization (timing and resources), how it will improve the sector and the company (e.g. new jobs, new products, processes, services, higher productivity, positive environmental and/or social impact).
(Minimum 1 page)
[Your response here - minimum 1 page]
4 HQP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
4.1 Describe the HQP that will be engaged on your SOSCIP project.
Please describe or list the HQP that will be engaged in this project, including their name (if known), level of study (eg Undergrad, MSc, PhD, PDF), and any funding sources available for their support.
(Point form)
[your response here – point form]4.2 Describe how your project will develop HQP and the skills of trainees.
Please describe in detail the training opportunity provided to HQP working on your SOSCIP project, including opportunities to gain industry experience. Provide specific examples of new skills/knowledge or other features of the partnership and/or the research project that enhance HQP training.
(Minimum ½ page)
[your response here – Minimum half a page]5 PROJECT FOCUS AREAS
Note that all projects must address one or more of the following priority sectors, with preference given to advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, digital media and mining.
Please indicate [X] all that apply:
[X] / Focus Area / DescriptionAdvanced Manufacturing / Including innovation in product design and manufacturing processes
Cybersecurity / Including information and data securityand privacy as applied to computing and mobile devices, as well asprivate and public computer networks and the internet as a whole
Digital Media / Including audio, video, image and other content development and delivery using computer, mobile, internet and other information and communications technologies and platforms
Mining / Including geospatial data analysis, mineral extraction techniques and processes, and natural resource development
Agile Computing / Including the use of FPGA hardware accelerators and tools to facilitate the use of such accelerators via general purpose programming models
Cities / Including the planning, design, implementation and management of smart urban infrastructure systems
Energy / Including development, extraction, management, delivery, and smart grid applications
Health / Including disease modelling and treatment, healthcare applications, and medical data analysis
Water / Including management, conservation, and the study of water-related environmental and climate systems
6 PROJECT COMPUTING RESOURCES
Please review the description of SOSCIP’s computing resources on our website then contact SOSCIP for further consultation. SOSCIP Platform Terms of Use are available here.
6.1 Explain why the chosen platform is necessary and appropriate for your computational needs.
Outline any previous experience with similar platforms and software.
(1-2 paragraphs)
6.2 List any commercial/licensed software which is required for this project.
Please note that there is no commercial software available on the Blue Gene/Q platform – see the list of installed software on the BGQ for more information. Most IBM data analytics software within the Academic Initiative Catalogue will be provided free of charge to SOSCIP projects.
(Point form)
6.3 Please estimate the number of core-hours/computing cycles and estimated storage space that you will require.(1 paragraph or point form)
[your response here – 1 paragraph or point form]7 PROJECT BUDGET
7.1 Please provide the details of other funding available to support this project.
All approved projects in good standing receive extensive access to SOSCIP’s computing platforms, as well as hands-on technical support and guidance and project management support. SOSCIP does not provide direct funding to our collaborative projects. Please use this section to describe other sources of funding you have to help support the project.
(Insert a table, or up to ½ page of text)
7.2 Describe in detail all cash and/or in-kind contributions from partner organizations.
For in-kind contributions, include detailed information such as the time of partner personnel as well as the name and rate, access to equipment, facilities, or data that have a quantifiable commercial value, capital expenditures essential to the success of the project, etc. Companies will be required to submit evidence of the value of in-kind contributions.
Year 1Item Description / Cash/In-Kind / Amount
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2. / $
3. / $
4. / $
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Year 1 Total: / $
Year 2
Item Description / Cash/In-Kind / Amount
1. / $
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4. / $
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Year 2 Total: / $
8 PROJECT COLLABORATION AGREEMENT ANDPROJECT FEE
Every SOSCIP project is governed by a Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA), which describes the responsibilities and obligations of the collaborators and the rights around IP. Once your project is approved, SOSCIP will develop the PCA from our standard templates and send it to the academic institutional partner to secure signatures. If you would like more information about the PCA or IP, please contact . Once the PCA is fully signed, an invoice for the SOSCIP project access fee in the amount of$5,000 + HST will be sent tothe Principal Investigator. The SOSCIP project access fee is an eligible expense under NSERC, OCE and Mitacs guidelines. The parties to the PCA may wish to share the cost of the SOSCIP project fee.
9 PERMISSIONS
SOSCIP is a research and development consortium that pairs academic and industry researchers with advanced computing tools to fuel Canadian innovation. These computing tools are provided though partnership by IBM Canada. Additionally, IBM Canada is interested in fostering and directly supporting academic research partnerships that align with their research interests. Please indicate below if you are interested in sharing your proposal with IBM Canada to evaluate potential collaboration opportunities.
Please note that your response to this question does not influences the review outcome of your proposal.
☐ Yes, I give SOSCIP permission to share my proposal with IBM Canada
☐ No, I do not give SOSCIP permission to share my proposal with IBM Canada
10 SIGNATURES
By signing below, the participants hereby confirm that they have read and agree to the detail of the project as set out in this Expression of Interest and will be responsible for obtaining all appropriate institutional approvals (including research ethics approval if required) and for paying the prescribed project fee. Signatures may be physical or electronic. If a project involves co-investigators and/or multiple institutions, multiple signature blocks may be added. Signature by the industry partner grants permission for SOSCIP to publicize the name of the company and their participation in the project on our website.
Principal Investigator / Institutional SignatureSignature / Signature
Name: / Name:
Institution: / Institution:
Title: / Title:
Date: / Date:
Industry Partner
Signature
Name:
Company:
Title:
Date:
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