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Application Deadlines and Notification of Decision

*Remember that most institutions have a deadline date that is earlier than NSERC's deadline date.

**From the date NSERC receives the complete application

Grant Programs
Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision**
Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Letter of intent:
May 3*
Application:
October 1*
26 weeks
Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program Letter of intent:
May 3*
Application:
September 22*
27 weeks
Discovery Grants (DG) (Individual, Group and Subatomic Physics [SAP] Project)



SAP Project Applications requesting $500,000 or more per year
Letter of intent:
August 1
Application:
November 1*

Application:
October 1*

26 weeks

 

26 weeks

Discovery Grants – Northern Research Supplement Application:
November 1*
26 weeks
G8 Research Councils Initiative on Multilateral Research Funding Preliminary application:
May 7
Invitation to submit full application:
By invitation only
26 weeks
Major Resources Support (MRS) Program Letter of intent:
May 1
August 1
(Subatomic Physics)
Application:
October 1*
30 weeks
Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grants Application: 27 weeks
Category 1
Categories 2 and 3
October 25*
October 1*
Ship Time (ST) Application:
October 1*
12 weeks
Chairs and Faculty Support Programs
Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision**
Chairs in Design Engineering (CDE)

Preliminary application:
April 9*
12 weeks
Invitation to submit full application:
May 28
 
Application:
August 27*
15 weeks
Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE)

Application:
For British Columbia and Yukon Region
May 15, 2009
13 weeks
Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) Application:
Any time
13 weeks
Partnerships Programs
Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision**
Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants Application:
Any time
13 weeks
College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program Letter of intent:
Varies
Application:
Varies
DND/NSERC Research Partnership Program Application:
Any time
16 weeks
Engage Grants (EG) Program Application:
Any time
4 to 6 weeks
Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program Application:
January 11, 2010*
April 6, 2010*
July 5, 2010*
September 27, 2010*
11 weeks
Interaction Grants (IG) Program Application:
Any time
3 weeks
International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC)

Letter of Intent:
January 7, 2010

15 weeks

Application:
By invitation only

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council/The Canada Council for the Arts New Media Initiative Application:
April 15*
26 weeks
NSERC/ESS Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program Letter of intent:
October 1, 2009
4 weeks
Invitation to submit full application:
By invitation only
 
Strategic Network Grants (SNG) Letter of intent:
May 1, 2010
Invitation to submit full application:

By invitation only
8 weeks
Strategic Network Grants Supplemental Competition (SNG-SC) in Capture Fisheries Application:
September 1, 2009
26 weeks
Strategic Project Grants (SPG) Application:
April 15*
26 weeks
Strategic Workshops Program (SWP) Application:
Any time
9 weeks
Tri-Agency Partnership on Knowledge Syntheses on the Environment Application:
October 1, 2009
24 weeks
People Discovery Innovation