Funding Opportunities

Undergraduate Students

• NSERC USRA (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award)
  • Value: $4,500 + University contribution
  • Duration: 4 months
  • Application Deadline: Varies
  • Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or landed imigrant; GPA > 3.7.

Graduate Students

• NSERC PGS-M (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship for Masters Students)
  • Value: $17,300
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Application Deadline: October 15
  • Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or landed imigrant; GPA > 3.7.

• NSERC CGS-M (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship for Masters Students)
  • Value: $17,500
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Application Deadline: October 15
  • Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or landed imigrant; GPA > 3.7.

• NSERC PGS-D (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Graduate Scholarship for Doctoral Students)
  • Value: $21,000/year
  • Duration: 2 or 3 years
  • Application Deadline: October 15
  • Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or landed imigrant; GPA > 3.7.

• NSERC CGS-D (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship for Doctoral Students)
  • Value: $35,000/year
  • Duration: 2 or 3 years
  • Application Deadline: October 15
  • Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or landed imigrant; GPA > 3.7.

• NSERC Vanier CGS (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for Doctoral Students)
  • Value: $50,000/year
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Application Deadline: November 6
  • Eligibility: Must be nominated by host university; first-class average during last two full-time years of study.

• Alberta Ingenuity Graduate Student Scholarship (The "Alberta Advantage")
  • Value: $23,000/year (M.Sc.) or $26,000/year (Ph.D.), plus $1,500/year research allowance
  • Duration: 2 or 4 years for new M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, respectively
  • Application Deadline: December 1
  • Eligibility: Must be a entering or currently in a full-time graduate program at an Alberta university

Postdoctoral Fellows

• NSERC PDF (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship)
  • Value: $40,000/year
  • Duration: 2 years
  • Application Deadline: October 15
  • Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or landed imigrant.

• Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
  • Value: $32,000
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Application Deadline: Varies by country of origin, but awards commence no later than September 30
  • Eligibility: Must be a citizen of one of the following countries: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Russia or Switzerland

Other Funding Information

• Province of Alberta Funding Opportunities
• University of Lethbridge Funding Opportunities
• Complete List of Application Deadlines (U of L)
• Scholarships Canada
• Awards for Study in Canada