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The NCE program is jointly administered by Canada's three federal granting agencies — the Canadian
Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) — in partnership with Industry Canada.
The program is managed by a Steering Committee that comprises the
presidents of the three granting agencies and the Deputy Minister
of Industry Canada. The NCE Steering Committee is assisted by the
NCE Management Committee, which is composed of the granting agencies'
Programs Vice-Presidents, the Industry Canada Innovation Policy
Branch Director General, the NSERC Director of Policy and International
Relations, and the NCE Program Director. The NCE Directorate is
responsible for program management and communications.
The NCE program is a permanent program of the Government of Canada,
from which it receives $77.4 million annually. The funding is channelled
through the granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC) to the NCE Program
in the following proportion:
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