NSERC Prizes – Science Promotion

About the award

The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion honour individuals and groups that are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public.

These awards are an opportunity for Canada’s science community to recognize, support and encourage outstanding science promoters.

Rewarding outstanding science promotion

The achievements of individual and group recipients of the NSERC Awards for Science Promotion will be celebrated at a public ceremony. Individual recipients will receive a $10,000 award and group recipients a $25,000 award. The funds are intended to support further science promotion activities in Canada, and must be used in accordance with the PromoScience grants guide.