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MNT Award
If you have already applied and your application has been accepted, then you can proceed as planned.
The MNT Award supports custom microfabrication projects at open-access facilities accross Canada.
MNT Award
80% of the fabrication costs
upto a maximum amount of $4,000
Applicant Eligibility
- Graduate student or post-doctoral fellow at a Canadian University and registered with CMC (including all members listed on the application).
- The applicant’s faculty supervisor must hold a subscription at the time of the award.
One may apply for an award prior to subscription. - Has no outstanding fabrication or test reports with CMC.
Key Dates
Applications are reviewed monthly.
- Submission Deadline: 10th of the month by 4:00 pm ET. Exception: one week earlier in December.
- Notification of Decision: End of the month.
- Duration: 4 months from the date of notification for the MNT Award.
- Fabrication Report Deadline: Within 3 months after completing fabrication/training
Award Process
Selection Criteria
MNT Award facilitates custom microfabrication and travel to non-local facilities. This is a competitive program and applications are peer-reviewed against CMC’s Effectiveness Criteria.
If you have any questions, please contact MNT@cmc.ca
Award Information
- Eligible costs: costs for mask fabrication, user access, and machine usage; reasonable costs for consumables associated with the project and invoiced by the lab.
- Ineligible costs: accessories (e.g. tweezers, sample holders), consumable materials (e.g. wafers, chemicals) not invoiced by the MNT lab (e.g., from third-party vendors).
- Those who hold NSERC Engage/ Alliance grants are eligible for an automatic award with a letter of support and documentation from the industry research partner.
- The award is only for microfabrication conducted by the applicant team at user-access facilities at Canadian universities (see map below).
- The award is non-transferable and must be used only by the awardee and for the project proposed in the application. Ensure you have submitted any outstanding fabrication or test reports.
- Acknowledge CMC in any related publications.
- Refer to process flow as an example for completing the MNT application
- Award funds will be paid by a cheque to the subscriber. For details refer award payment details.
- Expanded coverage and scope to non-traditional branches and fields, example in nanomaterials, nanomedicine and biomaterials.
Locate your Lab
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry – 200 College St., Rooms 101/104/105/107/108/111
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering – 184 College St., Rooms 165-167
- Department of Chemistry – 80 St. George St., Room 50G
Address
Université de Sherbrooke, D9 Building - D9-0005, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R
Address
University of Victoria, Elliott Building, Room 207, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Address
3800 Finnerty Road, Saanich, British Columbia V8N 4A4, Canada
Address
3800 Finnerty Road, Saanich, British Columbia V8N 4A4, Canada
Lab Name
4D LABS
Website
http://www.4dlabs.ca/
Institution
Simon Fraser University
Address
8888 University Drive
City
Burnaby
Province
British Columbia
Lab Name
The Giga to Nanoelectronics (G2n Centre)
Website
https://uwaterloo.ca/giga-to-nanoelectronics-centre/
Institution
University of Waterloo
Department, Office, or Building Info
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Address
200 University Avenue West
City
Waterloo
Province
Ontario
Lab Name
Centre for Integrated RF Engineering (CIRFE)
Website
https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-integrated-rf-engineering/
Institution
University of Waterloo
Department, Office, or Building Info
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Address
200 University Avenue West
City
Waterloo
Province
Ontario
Lab Name
Centre for Advanced Photovoltaic Devices and Systems (CAPDS)
Website
http://www.capds.uwaterloo.ca/index.htm
Institution
University of Waterloo
Department, Office, or Building Info
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Address
200 University Avenue West
City
Waterloo
Province
Ontario
Lab Name
Quantum NanoFab
Website
https://fab.qnc.uwaterloo.ca/
Institution
University of Waterloo
Address
200 University Avenue West
City
Waterloo
Province
Ontario
Lab Name
Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM)
Website
https://ccem.mcmaster.ca/
Institution
McMaster University
Address
1280 Main Street West
City
Hamilton
Province
Ontario
Lab Name
Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
Website
http://www.bimr.ca/
Institution
McMaster University
Department, Office, or Building Info
ABB 453
Address
1280 Main Street West
City
Hamilton
Province
Ontario
Lab Name
Interface Science Western Research (ISW)
Website
http://www.isw.physics.uwo.ca/
Institution
Western University
Department, Office, or Building Info
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Address
1151 Richmond Street
City
London
Province
Ontario
3IT.Micro
https://www.usherbrooke.ca/3it/fr/ecosysteme-technologique/microtechnologies
Université de Sherbrooke
Building P2 rooms 1015-1017-1039
3000 boulevard Université
Sherbrooke
Québec
Lab Name
York University Microfabrication Facility (YMF)
Website
https://sparc.info.yorku.ca/
Institution
York University
Department, Office, or Building Information
RM037, Bergeron Centre
Address
4700 Keele St. 11 Arboretum Ln.
City
Toronto
Province
Ontario
Rooms 7175
7th Floor, Bahen Centre for Information Technology
40 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 2E4
4th floor, Mechanical Engineering, MC
5 King’s College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8