Participant funding for McMaster University’s application for a Class IB operating licence for its Centre for Advanced Nuclear Systems

Status

This participant funding opportunity is open from October 26, 2026, to January 15, 2027.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will conduct a public hearing based on written submission in spring 2027 to consider an application from McMaster University for a Class IB operating licence for its Centre for Advanced Nuclear Systems for a period of 10 years. The site is located in Hamilton, Ontario, on the traditional territories of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee Nations and within the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement and covered under the Southern Ontario treaties.

The CNSC is offering participant funding to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and interested parties in:

• reviewing documentation, including CNSC staff’s and McMaster’s Commission member documents
• providing new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic - specific interventions in writing to the Commission

Up to $30,000 will be disbursed among all successful applicants for the provision of new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions to the Commission. Participant funding applications must clearly demonstrate how the proposed intervention will provide the Commission with information directly related to McMaster’s application for a Class IB operating licence for its Centre for Advanced Nuclear Systems.

Applying for funding

The deadline to submit a participant funding application is January 15, 2027.

A funding review committee, independent of the CNSC, will consider all applications for funding and make recommendations on the allocation of funds.

To apply, please submit a participant funding application form. Certain terms and conditions apply. You can submit the form by:

• email: pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca
• mail: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  c/o Participant Funding Program Administrator
  280 Slater St
  PO Box 1046 Stn B
  Ottawa ON  K1P 5S9

For information on how to participate, consult the Participate in a public Commission hearing and Participant Funding Program sections of the CNSC website.

Eligibility and funding criteria

For more information on participant funding and how it works, including details on eligibility and funding criteria, please read the Participant Funding Program Guide.

Contact information

Participant Funding Program Administrator
pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca