NRC — Coastal Wave Basin — Research Facility ### 📋 Eligible Entities - Academic institutions (universities and colleges conducting coastal/marine research) - Research organizations and not-for-profit research institutes - Government agencies (federal, provincial, and municipal) - Private sector companies in marine engineering, coastal protection, offshore structures, and renewable energy sectors - International organizations and researchers (on a case-by-case basis) - Consortiums of eligible entities partnering on joint research projects Note: Access is available through a fee-for-service model rather than traditional grant allocation. --- ### 💰 Funding Details - Funding Model: Fee-for-service arrangement (user-pay basis, not a grant subsidy) - Facility Access Fees: Charged on hourly, daily, or project basis depending on utilization intensity - Cost Structure: Typically includes facility rental, technical staff support, instrumentation calibration, and data processing - No Matching Requirements: As a fee-for-service facility, no cost-matching is required from users - Payment Terms: Generally invoiced upon project completion or at predetermined milestone intervals - Financial Support: Users may seek funding from other granting bodies (NSERC, SSHRC, etc.) to cover facility access costs Note: This is a cost-recovery facility, not a direct grant; users fund access through their own budgets or external grants. --- ### 🛠️ Approved Expenses This facility supports research involving: - Physical modeling studies of wave-structure interactions - Coastal process research including erosion, sediment transport, and shoreline dynamics - Current-structure interaction analysis at medium to large scales - Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic studies - Wave energy device testing and offshore renewable energy structure validation - Marine structure design validation (breakwaters, seawalls, piers, platforms) - Coastal protection solutions testing (revetments, groins, artificial reefs) - Scale model testing for civil and marine engineering projects - **Data collection and instrumentation