Your application must be submitted to NSERC before 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 institutions also have internal deadlines; contact your scholarship liaison office for those deadlines. Late applications will not be accepted.
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of results* |
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) | Application: Minimum of two months before start of activity |
4 weeks |
NSERC Student Ambassadors | No deadline | 4 weeks |
Ingenium-NSERC STEAM Horizon Awards | Application: January 15 |
11 weeks |
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) | Application: Set by institution |
6 weeks |
Title | Deadline dates | Notification of results* |
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) | Application: Minimum of two months before start of activity |
4 weeks |
Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral (CGS D) program | Application: Applicants applying through an institution: set by institution |
17–28 weeks (depending on internal institutional deadline) |
Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 17 |
23 weeks | |
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral (PGS D) program | Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 17 |
23 weeks |
Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master’s (CGS M) program | Application: December 1 |
17 weeks |
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) program | Application: June 10 and October 10 |
8 weeks |
NSERC Student Ambassadors | No deadline | 4 weeks |
Postgraduate Supplements | Application: Varies |
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Application: See Vanier CGS website |
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Title | Deadline dates | Notification of results* |
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA) | Application: Minimum of two months before start of activity |
4 weeks |
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Application: See Banting PDF website |
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships | Application: February 1 |
12 weeks |
NSERC and L’Oréal - UNESCO For Women in Science supplement | Application: April |
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NSERC Student Ambassadors | No deadline | 4 weeks |
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) program | Application: October 17 |
15 weeks |