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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Innovation Grant

COMP has an agreement with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to fund one or more Innovation Grants to enhance the safe use of ionizing radiation in medicine.  The Grant supports the creation of innovative tools that address radiation safety and security issues. 

Examples include: 

  • The development of software systems to facilitate quality control of safety systems 
  • Tools to enable consistent and comprehensive equipment service logging 
  • Tools to enable sharing of quality control and equipment data 
  • Professional development/educational tools including development of resources related to radiation safety training. 

2024 CNSC Innovation Grant Competition 

Important Dates:

The intent to apply form and application package will be available September 3, 2024.

  • Grant application launch – September 3, 2024
  • Intent to apply deadline – October 18, 2024
  • Application submission deadline – November 8, 2024
  • Results announcement – week of December 16, 2024
  • Funds issued – Instalment 1: December 31, 2024, Instalment 2: March 31, 2025

To apply:

The current competition has $20,000 available to fund one successful project.

Interested applicants must complete an online intent to apply form that includes name and academic affiliation of the primary investigator as well as a tentative project title and 100-word description of the project.  This form notifies COMP of a member’s intent to apply so they can support the member throughout the application process. 

The intent to apply form must be submitted by 5:00 PM EST on October 18th, 2024.

Click here to complete the intent to apply form

The application guide provides detail on how to prepare your grant application.  It includes an overview of the sections that need to be included in your application, how to prepare your package for submission, and provides the referee scoring criteria to help guide you as you prepare the application.

Full applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM EST on November 8th, 2024.

Click here to complete the full application form

Innovation Grant Recipients

2023Dr. Andrew H.K. Robertson, PhD
BC Cancer Vancouver 
Radiation Shielding for Ultra-high Dose Rate Electron Flash Radiation Therapy
2021Dr. Humza Nusrat
Metropolitan University 
Virtual Reality Simulator for LINAC Training   
2019Alasdiar Syme PhD, FCCPM
Dalhousie University
Development of an Emergency Response Simulator for HDR Brachytherapy
2017Crystal Angers MSc, FCCPM
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
Development of QATrack+ Service Log   
2017Robert Corns, FCCPM
BC Cancer Surrey 
Workload Measurement