NSERC Funding Professors
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Funding Prizes About
Application deadlines and notification of decision
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  • Discovery
  • Chairs and faculty support
  • Innovation
  • College and Community Innovation program
  • Prizes

Unless specified otherwise, 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 rejected.

Discovery
Discovery
TitleDeadline datesNotification of decision**
Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) programLetter of intent:
May 1*		-
Application:
September 22*		27 weeks
Discovery FrontiersLetter of intent:
March 1, 2019		Expected by November 2019
Invitation to submit full application:
May 3, 2019
Full application:
July 15, 2019
Discovery Grants (DG)Notification of intent:
August 1
Application:
November 1*		26 weeks
Discovery Grants – Northern Research SupplementsApplication:
November 1*		26 weeks
Discovery Horizons (pilot)Letter of intent:
June 16		10 weeks
Application:
October 20		30 weeks
Discovery Institutes Support (DIS) grantsLetter of intent:
June 1, 2021		Expected March 2022
Invitation to submit full application:
June 15, 2021
Application:
November 1, 2021
Discovery Institutes Support grant – Bridge funding opportunityLetter of intent:
July 2, 2020		Expected March 2021
Invitation to submit full application:
July 15, 2020
Application:
November 1, 2020
Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling InitiativeExpression 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 equalityPre-proposal:
March 1, 2018 17:00 CET : (Central European Time)		Expected May 2018
Full proposal:
July 2018		Expected October 2018
DND-NSERC Discovery Grant supplementsApplication:
November 1
-
Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grantsApplication:
October 25*		27 weeks 
 
Ship Time (ST) programApplication:
September 1*		12 weeks
Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants Applications (Individual and Project)Notification of intent:
August 1		26 weeks
Application:
November 1*		 
Subatomic Physics Project Applications requesting $500,000 or more per yearNotification of intent
August 1		30 weeks
Application: 
October 1*
Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support (SAP-MRS) applicationsNotification of intent
August 1		30 weeks
Application:
October 1*
Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) applications, category 1Application:
October 25*		27 weeks
Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) applications, categories 2 and 3Notification of intent
August 1		30 weeks
Application:
October 1*
Chairs and faculty support
Chairs and faculty support
TitleDeadline datesNotification of decision**
Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) programThere is no competition currently scheduled.4 to 5 months
Innovation
Innovation
TitleDeadline datesNotification of decision** 
Alliance AdvantageApplication:
No deadline		5 to 24 weeks 
Alliance Consortia Quantum grants: Supporting coordinated quantum research and innovation across CanadaApplication:
October 16, 2023		24 weeks 
Alliance InternationalApplication:
No deadline		5 to 9 weeks 
Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grantsApplication:
March 31, 2024		5 to 9 weeks 
Alliance International Collaboration Quantum grantsApplication:
January 31, 2024		5 to 9 weeks 
Alliance Missions grants: Critical minerals researchLetter 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 technologiesApplication:
June 14, 2024		End of October 2024 
Alliance Quantum grants: Strengthening Canada’s quantum research and innovation capacityApplication:
October 31, 2023		12 to 24 weeks 
Alliance SocietyApplication:
No deadline		14 to 24 weeks 
Belmont ForumLetter of intent: 
March 5, 2026, 8:00 p.m. (ET)		- 
Invitation to submit full application:
September 17, 2026, 8:00 p.m. (ET)		 
  
Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP)See CIHR website- 
Idea to Innovation (I2I) grantsApplication:
January 7, 2026
March 30, 2026
June 22, 2026
September 21, 2026		11 weeks 
Lab to Market grantsLetter of intent:
February 12, 2024

Application:
September 9, 2024		  
National Science Foundation: Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)Application: 
February 4, 2025 8:00 pm (ET)		August 2025 
NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates (AI) Advance grantsApplication:
Until available funding is awarded		5 to 9 weeks 
NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Stream IIApplication:
No deadline		9 to 18 weeks 
NSERC Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 CommercializeApplication:
No deadline		5 to 9 weeks 
NSERC Alliance – Mitacs Accelerate grantsApplication:
No deadline		7 to 26 weeks 
NSERC-French Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) call for proposals on quantum technologiesApplication:
March 28, 2024		End of October 2024 
Voucher for early career researchersLetter of intent:
February 22, 2024,
8:00 p.m. (ET)		By end of March 2024 
College and Community Innovation program
College and Community Innovation programt
TitleDeadline datesNotification of decision**
Applied Research and Development (ARD) grantsApplication: No deadline5 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) grantsApplication:
November 20, 2024		16 weeks
College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF)Application:
February 25, 2025		20 weeks
Mobilize grantsApplication:
April 16, 2025		16 weeks
Technology Access Centres (TAC) grantsLetter of intent:
September 3, 2025		12 weeks
New applications and renewals:
January 21, 2026, by invitation only		12 weeks
Prizes
Prizes
TitleDeadline datesNotification of decision**
Arthur B. McDonald FellowshipsCall for nominations:
December 14, 2023		By end of June 2024
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and EngineeringCall for nominations:
November 28, 2023		By end of June 2024
NSERC John C. Polanyi AwardCall for nominations:
November 28, 2023		By end of June 2024
Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and EngineeringCall for nominations:
November 28, 2023		By end of June 2024
NSERC Awards for Science PromotionCall for nominations:
November 15, 2023		By end of February 2024
NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering ResearchCall for nominations:
November 28, 2023		By end of June 2024
Synergy Awards for InnovationCall for nominations:
December 14, 2023		By end of June 2024