Application Deadlines and Notification of Decision

• Grant Programs
• Chairs and Faculty Support Programs
• Scholarships and Fellowships Program
• Industry Partnered Programs

Grant Programs
Title	Deadline Dates	Notification of Decision**
Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP)	Letter of intent: May 1 Invitation to submit full application: June 30 Application: October 2*	26 weeks
Discovery Grants (DG) (Individual, Group and Subatomic Physics [SAP] Project)	Letter of intent: August 1 Application: November 1*	26 weeks
SAP Project Applications requesting $500,000 or more per year	Application: October 1*	26 weeks
Discovery Grants – Northern Research Supplement	Application: November 1*	26 weeks
Major Resources Support (MRS) Program	Letter of intent: August 15 Application: October 1*	30 weeks
Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grants	Application:	27 weeks
Category 1 Categories 2 and 3	October 25* October 1*
Ship Time (ST)	Application: October 1*	12 weeks
Special Research Opportunity (SRO) Program	Letter of intent: Any time Application: Any time	8 to 16 weeks

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Chairs and Faculty Support Programs
Title	Deadline Dates	Notification of Decision**
Chairs in Design Engineering (CDE)	Preliminary application: June 29 Invitation to submit full application: August 11 Application: October 31*	13 weeks
Chairs in Environmental Design Engineering (CEDE)	Preliminary application: June 29 Invitation to submit full application: August 11 Application: October 31*	13 weeks
Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE)	Application: March 31*	13 weeks
Industrial Research Chairs (IRC)	Application: Any time	13 weeks
University Faculty Awards (UFA)	Application: November 1*	20 weeks

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Scholarships and Fellowships Program
Title	Deadline Dates	Notification of Decision**
Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)	Application: Set by university	6 weeks
Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)	Application: Minimum of four weeks before start date of work term	4 weeks
Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS)	Application: Applicants applying through a university: set by university	17 weeks
	Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 15	23 weeks
Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS)	Application: No NSERC deadline	8 weeks
Northern Research Internships	Application: No NSERC deadline	8 weeks
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS)	Application: Applicants applying through a university: set by university	17 weeks
	Applicants applying directly to NSERC: October 15	23 weeks
Postgraduate Supplements	Application: Varies	–
Summer Program in Japan or Taiwan	Application: November 1*	16 weeks
Industrial R&D; Fellowships (IRDF)	Application: No set deadline	6 weeks
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowships	Application: Contact NSERC	–
Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF)	Application: October 15*	23 weeks
University Faculty Awards (UFA)	Application: November 1*	22 weeks
Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF)	Application: Any time	13 weeks

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Industry Partnered Programs
Title	Deadline Dates	Notification of Decision**
Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grants	Application: Any time	13 weeks
Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program	Application: January 12* April 10* July 3* October 1*	11 weeks
Intellectual Property Mobilization Program (IPM)	Application: August 23*	18 weeks
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council/The Canada Council for the Arts New Media Initiative	Application: April 18*	26 weeks
Strategic Network Grants (SNG)	Preliminary application: June 30	20 weeks
Research Partnership Agreements (RPA)	–	16 weeks
Strategic Project Grants (SPG)	Application: April 18*	26 weeks