NSERC Funding Students and postdoctoral researchers
Funding Prizes About Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Application deadlines and notification of results
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  • Undergraduate programs
  • Postgraduate programs
  • Postdoctoral programs

Your application must be submitted to NSERC before 8:00 pm (ET) on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend or on a federal holiday, your application must be submitted before 8:00 pm (ET) the following business day. Most institutions also have internal deadlines; contact your faculty of graduate studies (or its equivalent) to confirm the deadlines. An institution’s deadline is often significantly earlier than the agency's deadline. Late applications will not be accepted.

Undergraduate programs
Undergraduate programs
ProgramApplication deadline dateNotification of results*
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA)Minimum of two months before start of activity4 weeks
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)Set by institution6 weeks
Postgraduate programs
Postgraduate programs
ProgramApplication deadline dateNotification of results*
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral (CGRS 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 Research Scholarship - Master’s (CGRS M)December 117 weeks
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS)June 10 and October 108 weeks
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan - Short-term programFebruary 112 weeks
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA)Minimum of two months before start of activity4 weeks
Postdoctoral programs
Postdoctoral programs
ProgramApplication deadline dateNotification of results*
Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA)October 1724 weeks
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan – Short-term programFebruary 112 weeks
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan – Standard programFebruary 112 weeks
NSERC and L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science supplementApril–
NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors (NISA)Minimum of two months before start of activity4 weeks

* From the date NSERC receives the complete application.