WIN-ICN2 Seed Funding Competition

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WIN-ICN2 Joint Seed Funding

2025 Competition - Program Description

Based on the successful online workshop between the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), we are pleased to announce a Joint Seed Funding Competition. This competition is a call for funding seed projects to develop bottom-up research teams that can work towards related Horizon Europe Funding calls. The identified priority areas are:

  1. Health: medical technologies, mainly for oncology, neurology and infectious diseases
  2. Digital, Industry & Space: focusing on the digital aspects, with specific attention to “Semiconductor Technologies” for MSCA Staff Exchange Projects
  3. Climate, Energy and Mobility: mainly developing clean energy alternatives and remediation strategies
  4. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment: mainly sensors 

Program Guidelines Summary

WIN-ICN2 Joint Seed Funding Opportunities

Program Details:

Funding Amount

For each funded project selected, the total budget comprises 15,000 € from ICN2 (for ICN2 team) and $20,000 CAD from WIN (for WIN team).

The project duration for the requested funding is six (6) months to one (1) year.

Eligibility and Team Composition

The team must consist of at least one member from the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) and one WIN Core member. Co-applicant(s) can be a researcher(s) from the University of Waterloo.

Application 

Please use the WIN-ICN2 Seed Funding Template

Format

Applicants should only use a standard, single-column on an 8.5” x 11” or A4 page layout. The proposal must be written using a 10 to 12-point, black-coloured font, single line spacing (six lines per inch) and with no condensed type or spacing, with a margin of no less than 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) around the page.

Cover Page

For WIN applicants (to add WIN as the associated institute in the Office of Research electronic cover sheet): https://uwaterloo.ca/research/resources/electronic-cover-sheet-sponsored-research.

Plain Language Summary

The submission of the proposal should also include the Plain Language Summary (1500 characters): Plain language project summary

Deadline 

April 21, 2025

Announcement of Results May 5, 2025
Project Commencement

June 1, 2025

Submit to: 

Please note that each team project should submit the same proposal (as per the prescribed template) to ICN2 and WIN.

Please send your proposals to ICN2 strategy department strategy@icn2.cat copying Marta Delgà (marta.delga@icn2.cat). For WIN, please send it to Dennis Wong (yinwingdennis.wong@uwaterloo.ca)