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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

Scholarships and Fellowships Programs
Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision**
Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Supplement Program Application:
Minimum of two months
before start of activity
4 weeks
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) Application:
Set by university
6 weeks
Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) Application:
Minimum of four weeks before start date of work term
4 weeks
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) Application:
Applicants applying through a university:
set by university
17 weeks
Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 15 23 weeks
This link will take you to another Web site Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) Application:
See Vanier CGS Web site
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Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) Application:
June 10 and October 10
12 weeks
Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS) Application:
No NSERC deadline
8 weeks
Northern Research Internships Application:
No NSERC deadline
8 weeks
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS) Application:
Applicants applying through a university:
set by university
17 weeks
Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 15 23 weeks
Postgraduate Supplements Application:
Varies
Summer Program in Japan or Taiwan Application:
November 1*
16 weeks
Industrial R&D Fellowships (IRDF) Application:
No set deadline
6 weeks
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships Application:
January 25
10 weeks
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) Application:
October 15*
23 weeks
Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF) Application:
Any time
13 weeks
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