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 received at NSERC by 8:00 p.m. (ET) 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.
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
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Belmont Forum | Application: |
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Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program | Letter of intent: May 1* |
- |
Application: September 22* |
27 weeks | |
Letter of intent: March 1, 2019 |
Expected by November 2019 | |
Invitation to submit full application: May 3, 2019 |
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Full application: July 15, 2019 |
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Discovery Grants (DG) | Notification of intent: August 1 Application: November 1* |
26 weeks |
Discovery Grants – Northern Research Supplements | Application: November 1* |
26 weeks |
Discovery Horizons (pilot) | Letter of intent: June 16 |
10 weeks |
Application: October 18 |
30 weeks | |
Discovery Institutes Support (DIS) grants | Letter of intent: June 1, 2021 |
Expected March 2022 |
Invitation to submit full application: June 15, 2021 |
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Application: November 1, 2021 |
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Discovery Institutes Support grant – Bridge funding opportunity | Letter of intent: July 2, 2020 |
Expected March 2021 |
Invitation to submit full application: July 15, 2020 |
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Application: November 1, 2020 |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative | Expression of Interest: October 26, 2020 |
- |
Launch of the full application submission site: November 2, 2020 |
- | |
Full application: December 18, 2020 |
- | |
GENDER-NET Plus ERA-NET Cofund – Promoting gender equality | Pre-proposal: March 1, 2018 17:00 CET : (Central European Time) |
Expected May 2018 |
Full proposal: July 2018 |
Expected October 2018 |
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DND-NSERC Discovery Grant supplements | Application: November 1 |
Expected March 2022* |
Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grants | Application: October 25* |
27 weeks |
Ship Time (ST) program | Application: September 1* |
12 weeks |
Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants Applications (Individual and Project) | Notification of intent: August 1 |
26 weeks |
Application: November 1* |
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Subatomic Physics Project Applications requesting $500,000 or more per year | Notification of intent August 1 |
30 weeks |
Application: October 1* |
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Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support (SAP-MRS) applications | Notification of intent August 1 |
30 weeks |
Application: October 1* |
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Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) applications, category 1 | Application: October 25* |
27 weeks |
Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) applications, categories 2 and 3 | Notification of intent August 1 |
30 weeks |
Application: October 1* |
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
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Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) program | There is no competition currently scheduled. | 4 to 5 months |
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
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Alliance Advantage | Application: No deadline |
5 to 24 weeks |
Alliance Consortia Quantum grants: Supporting coordinated quantum research and innovation across Canada | Application: October 16, 2023 |
24 weeks |
Alliance International | Application: No deadline |
5 to 9 weeks |
Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grants | Application: March 31, 2024 |
5 to 9 weeks |
Alliance International Collaboration Quantum grants | Application: January 31, 2024 |
5 to 9 weeks |
Alliance Missions grants: Critical minerals research | Letter of intent: September 7, 2023, 8:00 p.m. (ET) Application: November 9, 2023, 8:00 p.m. (ET) |
By end of March 2024 |
Alliance Quantum grants: Advancing the industrial readiness of quantum sensing technologies | Application: June 14, 2024 |
End of October 2024 |
Alliance Quantum grants: Strengthening Canada’s quantum research and innovation capacity | Application: October 31, 2023 |
12 to 24 weeks |
Alliance Society | Application: No deadline |
14 to 24 weeks |
Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) | See CIHR website | - |
Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants | Application: January 8, 2024 April 2, 2024 June 25, 2024 September 16, 2024 |
11 weeks |
Lab to Market grants | Letter of intent: February 12, 2024 Application: September 9, 2024 |
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NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates (AI) Advance grants | Application: Until available funding is awarded |
5 to 9 weeks |
NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Stream II | Application: No deadline |
9 to 18 weeks |
NSERC Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize | Application: No deadline |
5 to 9 weeks |
NSERC Alliance – Mitacs Accelerate grants | Application: No deadline |
7 to 26 weeks |
NSERC-French Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) call for proposals on quantum technologies | Application: March 28, 2024 |
End of October 2024 |
Voucher for early career researchers | Letter of intent: February 22, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (ET) |
By end of March 2024 |
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
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Applied Research and Development (ARD) grants | Application: No deadline | 5 to 9 weeks ($40,000 or less per year) |
24 to 28 weeks ($40,001 to $150,000 per year) | ||
Applied Research Tools and Instruments (ARTI) grants | Application: January 16, 2024 |
16 weeks |
College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) | Application: March 1, 2024 |
20 weeks |
Mobilize grants | Application: April 25, 2024 |
16 weeks |
Technology Access Centres (TAC) grants | Letter of intent: September 6, 2023 |
12 weeks |
New applications and renewals: January 24, 2024, by invitation only |
12 weeks |
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision |
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Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Call for nominations: December 14, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
NSERC John C. Polanyi Award | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Call for nominations: November 15, 2023 |
By end of February 2024 |
NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
Synergy Awards for Innovation | Call for nominations: December 14, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |