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Application Deadlines and Notification of Decision

Your application must be received at NSERC by 8:00 p.m. (ET) on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, your application must reach NSERC by the following working day. Most universities also have internal deadlines; contact your scholarship liaison office for those deadlines. Late applications will not be accepted.

* From the date NSERC receives the complete application

Undergraduate Programs

Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision*
Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering (AANSE) Supplement Program Application:
Minimum of two months before start of activity		 4 weeks
Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (I-USRA) Application:
Minimum of four weeks before start date of work term		 4 weeks
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) Program Application:
Set by university		 6 weeks

Postgraduate Programs

Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision*
Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering (AANSE) Supplement Program Application:
Minimum of two months before start of activity		 4 weeks
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS) Application:
Applicants applying through a university:
set by university		 17 weeks
Applicants applying directly to NSERC:
October 15 		23 weeks
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) Program Application:
June 10 and October 10		 8 weeks
Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS) Program Application:
No NSERC deadline		 8 weeks
Postgraduate Supplements Application:
Varies		 –
Summer Programs in Japan or Taiwan Application:
December 15		 16 weeks
This link will take you to another Web site Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) Application:
See Vanier CGS Web site		 –

Postdoctoral Programs

Title Deadline Dates Notification of Decision*
Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences and Engineering (AANSE) Supplement Program Application:
Minimum of two months before start of activity		 4 weeks
This link will take you to another Web site Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Application:
See Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Web site		 –
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) Program Application:
October 15		 23 weeks
Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF) Program Application:
Any time		 13 weeks
Date Modified: 2012-11-20
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