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Application Deadlines and Notification of Decision
Your application must be received at NSERC by 5:00 p.m. local time (at your location) on the deadline date. If it is not received by NSERC by the deadline, it will be considered late and will be rejected. If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, your application must reach NSERC by the following working day.
*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* |
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| 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 |
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| Application: August 27* |
15 weeks | |
| Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) |
Application: For Atlantic and Ontario Region January 4, 2011 |
13 weeks |
| Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) | Application: Any time |
4 to 7 months |
| 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 |
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| 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: |
15 weeks |
Application: |
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| 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: September 15, 2010 |
4 weeks |
| Invitation to submit full application: By invitation only |
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| Strategic Network Grants (SNG) | Letter of intent: May 1, 2010 Invitation to submit full application: By invitation only |
16 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, 2010 |
24 weeks |
