External Funding Opportunities
Undergraduate Students
- NSERC USRA (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award)
- Value: $6,000 + University contribution
- Duration: 4 months
- Application Deadline: Varies
- Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident; GPA > 3.7.
Graduate Students
- 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: December 1
- Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident; 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 17
- Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident; 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 17
- Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident; 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: September 30
- Eligibility: Must be nominated by host university; first-class average during last two full-time years of study.
Postdoctoral Fellows
- NSERC PDF (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- Value: $45,000/year
- Duration: 2 years
- Application Deadline: October 17
- Eligibility: Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
