NSERC website will be unavailable for a few hours on Saturday, March 23. The tri-agency Financial Data Submission and Reconciliation System (FDSR) will also be unavailable during that time. We expect service to resume the same day.
Your application must be submitted to NSERC before 8:00 pm (ET) on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, your application must reach NSERC by the following business day. Most institutions also have internal deadlines; contact your scholarship liaison officer for those deadlines. Late applications will not be accepted.
Program | Application deadline date | Notification of results* |
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) | Minimum of two months before start of activity | 4 weeks |
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) | Set by institution | 6 weeks |
Program | Application deadline date | Notification of results* |
Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral (CGS D) | Applicants applying through an institution: Date set by institution |
17–28 weeks (depending on internal institutional deadline) |
Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 17 |
28 weeks | |
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS M) | December 1 | 17 weeks |
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) | June 10 and October 10 | 8 weeks |
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) | Minimum of two months before start of activity | 4 weeks |
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral (PGS D) | Applicants applying through an institution: Date set by institution |
17–28 weeks (depending on internal institutional deadline) |
Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 17 |
28 weeks | |
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program (Vanier CGS) | See the Vanier CGS website | – |
Program | Application deadline date | Notification of results* |
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (Banting PDF) | See the Banting PDF website | – |
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral fellowships (JSPS) | February 1 | 12 weeks |
NSERC and L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science supplement | April | – |
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) | Minimum of two months before start of activity | 4 weeks |
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) | October 17 | 18 weeks |