In order to inform the program renewal process and meet the requirements of the Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation, a summative evaluation of the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) Program was commissioned covering the period from program inception (2007-08) to 2011-12. [...] The goal of the CECR Program is to create internationally recognized centres of commercialization and research that establish public-private research and commercialization partnerships that deliver economic, social and environmental benefits to Canadians in the four priority areas of the S&T Strategy: environmental science and technologies; natural resources and energy; health and related life sci [...] The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Secretariat commissioned EKOS to conduct a summative evaluation of the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) Program to inform the program renewal process (the terms and conditions of the program apply for a five-year period ending in June 2012) and meet the requirements of the Financial Administration Act and Treasury Board Pol [...] Established by the Government of Canada in 2007, the CECR Program is managed by the NCE Secretariat, which is a joint initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), in partnership with Industry Canada and Health Canada. [...] With respect to incrementality of the CECR Program grant, the reports of the funded Centres, as well as the outcomes of unfunded applicants to the CECR Program are relevant.
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