MNT Financial Assistance

MNT Financial assistance is intended to reduce the cost that is associated with conducting custom microfabrication processes as well as to reduce the cost impediment that may be associated with traveling to non-local facilities. This service is available to clients who have a Prototyping Subscription. To learn more, download the document MNT Financial Assistance.

Before You Apply

Before you can apply for financial assistance, you must:

• Contact the lab manager
• Obtain WHMIS and lab safety training
• If you are not a registered client of CMC, register with CMC

See our flow chart for further information.

To estimate the cost of the process you are interested in accessing, go to the Lab Locator tab and browse to the lab of your choice. Then in the Lab Information area check the field Access Fees. If the field is empty, please contact the Lab manager.

If you obtained financial assistance from CMC in the past, make sure you have submitted a Fabrication Report form.

Important Deadlines

MNT financial assistance is given on a monthly basis. To be considered for financial assistance, it is important that you apply by 4PM ET on the submission deadline date. See the table below for important dates.

Submission Deadline	Notification of Acceptance	Fabrication Report Deadline
10th of the month	End of the month	3 months after notification

Submitting a Fabrication Report

We are interested in learning about your research at MNT labs. After you have traveled to the lab or received financial assistance for microfabrication, you must complete a Fabrication Report form (.pdf , .doc) and submit it to CMC. You will not be eligible for further awards if you have an outstanding Fabrication Report. To submit the form, email it to imed@cmc.ca.

Submitting a Travel Expense

To get your refund after you have traveled to the lab, please fill out the Travel Expense Form and send it to:

Keri McDonald
CMC Microsystems
945 Princess Street, Building 50
Innovation Park at Queen’s University
Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6

Apply Here

The on-line application form will time out after 30 minutes. To make the submission process easier, we recommend that you prepare the following information in advance to drop into the form:

• List of publications
• Title of the project
• Description of the project
• Explain the need for a custom microfabrication
• A figure of the process flow
• Testing and Characterization procedure

The assessment of the application during the peer reviewing process is based on CMC’s Effectiveness Criteria. To increase your chance of acceptance, please provide the required information to address the Effectiveness Criteria.

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