Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-04402, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tofani, Rick (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Applied Research and Development Grants (<$75k), program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée (<75,000 $), program purpose english : The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is requesting NSERC Applied Research and_x000D_
Development grant funding for a project with GOmentr Inc. to rebuild and advance the development of_x000D_
Mentorship Marketplace, the company's online mentoring solution that easily connects university faculty,_x000D_
alumni and students for the exchange of knowledge, experience and opportunities. GOmentr is a software_x000D_
company established and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, which built a white-labeled software as a service_x000D_
(SaaS) application, which is licensed to organizations that want to utilize an online social network geared_x000D_
specifically for mentoring. GOmentr's clients receive the full benefit of GOmentr's platform with the ability to_x000D_
apply their own branding, bring their own community, and maintain ownership over their content and data. The_x000D_
proposed project will streamline and automate GOmentr's SaaS delivery and deployment so that client_x000D_
organizations can self-deploy their online communities which will allow them to scale up and grow much more_x000D_
rapidly, while supporting a single code base for thousands of independent install communities. Further, the_x000D_
project will help develop a new data architecture to allow for an innovative distributed mass data (content and_x000D_
contact) network, so the company can have a global network of independent and interconnected school_x000D_
"communities". This project has the potential to revolutionize how Canadian universities and colleges interact_x000D_
with their alumni, students, faculty and staff. It promises to bring significant benefits due to more rapid_x000D_
exchange of ideas and enhanced engagement, leading to new revenues and increased funding, new jobs and_x000D_
innovation including spin-off companies in Canada., program purpose french : The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is requesting NSERC Applied Research and_x000D_
Development grant funding for a project with GOmentr Inc. to rebuild and advance the development of_x000D_
Mentorship Marketplace, the company's online mentoring solution that easily connects university faculty,_x000D_
alumni and students for the exchange of knowledge, experience and opportunities. GOmentr is a software_x000D_
company established and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, which built a white-labeled software as a service_x000D_
(SaaS) application, which is licensed to organizations that want to utilize an online social network geared_x000D_
specifically for mentoring. GOmentr's clients receive the full benefit of GOmentr's platform with the ability to_x000D_
apply their own branding, bring their own community, and maintain ownership over their content and data. The_x000D_
proposed project will streamline and automate GOmentr's SaaS delivery and deployment so that client_x000D_
organizations can self-deploy their online communities which will allow them to scale up and grow much more_x000D_
rapidly, while supporting a single code base for thousands of independent install communities. Further, the_x000D_
project will help develop a new data architecture to allow for an innovative distributed mass data (content and_x000D_
contact) network, so the company can have a global network of independent and interconnected school_x000D_
"communities". This project has the potential to revolutionize how Canadian universities and colleges interact_x000D_
with their alumni, students, faculty and staff. It promises to bring significant benefits due to more rapid_x000D_
exchange of ideas and enhanced engagement, leading to new revenues and increased funding, new jobs and_x000D_
innovation including spin-off companies in Canada., agreement title english : Redesigning a Mentorship Platform for Scalability and Automation, agreement title french : Redesigning a Mentorship Platform for Scalability and Automation, agreement number : CARD2, agreement value : 75000.0, agreement start date : 2017-09-20, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada