Prizes

NSERC sponsors the following annual awards to recognize outstanding university-industry R&D collaborations and to encourage entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

Synergy Awards for Innovation

The annual Synergy Awards for Innovation recognize examples of university-industry collaboration that stand as a model of effective partnership.

Innovation Challenge Awards

The Innovation Challenge Awards honour students pursuing graduate studies in the natural sciences, engineering or computer sciences who have demonstrated an entrepreneurial flair by thinking of ways to transform their research thesis results into products and processes that will potentially benefit Canadians.