NSERC Funding
Review committees

The current review committees provide quality assessment and funding recommendations on grant, scholarship and prize applications assigned to them by NSERC. They also provide advice on matters related to their review activities to the standing committee overseeing their committee, as applicable.

The length of term of the committee member mandate is listed under the specific committee links.

This information is provided for transparency purposes only; members are not permitted to discuss any part of the review process for confidentiality reasons. Please direct all inquiries and/or concerns to NSERC staff.

The following policies and guidelines apply:

  • Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Agreement for Review Committee Members, External Reviewers, and Observers
  • Guidelines Governing Membership of Selection Committees
  • Joint Policy on Peer/Merit Review Financial Recompense
Research Grants & ScholarshipsGrantDiscovery Research
  • Discovery Horizons – Tri-agency Interdisciplinary
  • Northern Research Supplement
  • Ship Time Allocations
  • Subatomic Physics
  • Discovery Grants
    • Biological Systems and Functions
    • Chemistry
    • Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Evolution and Ecology
    • Genes, Cells and Molecules
    • Geosciences
    • Materials and Chemical Engineering
    • Mathematics and Statistics
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Physics
Research Tools
  • Research Tools and Instruments
    • Biological Systems and Functions
    • Chemistry
    • Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • Computer, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
    • Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Environmental Sciences
    • Genes, Cells and Molecules
    • Materials and Chemical Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Physics
Research Training and Talent Development
  • Chairs for Inclusion in Science and Engineering
  • Dimensions recognition
Prize
  • Brockhouse Canada Prize
  • Herzberg Gold Medal
  • NSERC John C. Polanyi Award
  • NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact
  • Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships Selection Committee
  • Synergy Awards for Innovation
Science Promotion
  • NSERC Awards for Science Promotion
  • Promoscience
Scholarships and postdoctoral awards
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Science Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil and Industrial Engineering
  • Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program (CREATE)
  • Computing Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Evolution and Ecology
  • Geosciences
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Plant and Animal Biology
  • Psychology
Research and Technology PartnershipsAlliance Grants
  • Alliance Missions - Critical minerals research Evaluation Committee
  • Alliance Society
  • Alliance Quantum
Joint research calls
  • NSERC-CSE Research Communities Evaluation Committee
  • Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative Evaluation Committee
Commercialization grants and innovation prizes
  • Idea to Innovation
College and Community Innovation program
  • Applied Research Tools and Instruments grants
  • College and Community Social Innovation Fund
  • Mobilize grants
  • Technology Access Centres grants: Full application
  • Technology Access Centres grants: Letter of intent stage