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Application deadlines and notification of decision
Your application must be received at NSERC by 8:00 p.m. (ET) on the deadline date. If it is not received by NSERC by the deadline, it will be considered late and will be rejected. If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, your application must reach NSERC by the following working day.
*Remember that most institutions have a deadline date that is earlier than NSERC's deadline date.
**From the date NSERC receives the complete application.
| Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont Forum | Application: |
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| Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program | Letter of intent: May 1* |
27 weeks |
| Application: September 22* |
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| Letter of intent: March 1, 2019 |
Expected by November 2019 | |
| Invitation to submit full application: May 3, 2019 |
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| Full application: July 15, 2019 |
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| Discovery Grants (DG) | Notification of intent: August 1 Application: November 1* |
26 weeks |
| Discovery Grants – Northern Research Supplements | Application: November 1* |
26 weeks |
| Discovery Horizons (pilot) | Letter of intent: June 16 |
10 weeks |
| Application: October 18 |
30 weeks | |
| Discovery Institutes Support (DIS) grants | Letter of intent: June 1, 2021 |
Expected March 2022 |
| Invitation to submit full application: June 15, 2021 |
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| Application: November 1, 2021 |
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| Discovery Institutes Support grant – Bridge funding opportunity | Letter of intent: July 2, 2020 |
Expected March 2021 |
| Invitation to submit full application: July 15, 2020 |
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| Application: November 1, 2020 |
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| Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative | Expression of Interest: October 26, 2020 |
- |
| Launch of the full application submission site: November 2, 2020 |
- | |
| Full application: December 18, 2020 |
- | |
| GENDER-NET Plus ERA-NET Cofund – Promoting gender equality | Pre-proposal: March 1, 2018 17:00 CET : (Central European Time) |
Expected May 2018 |
| Full proposal: July 2018 |
Expected October 2018 |
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| DND-NSERC Discovery Grant supplements | Application: November 1 |
Expected March 2022* |
| Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grants | Application: October 25* |
27 weeks |
| Ship Time (ST) program | Application: September 1* |
12 weeks |
| Subatomic Physics Discovery Grants Applications (Individual and Project) | Notification of intent: August 1 |
26 weeks |
| Application: November 1* |
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| Subatomic Physics Project Applications requesting $500,000 or more per year | Notification of intent August 1 |
30 weeks |
| Application: October 1* |
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| Subatomic Physics Major Resources Support (SAP-MRS) applications | Notification of intent August 1 |
30 weeks |
| Application: October 1* |
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| Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) applications, category 1 | Application: October 25* |
27 weeks |
| Subatomic Physics Research Tools and Instruments (SAP-RTI) applications, categories 2 and 3 | Notification of intent August 1 |
30 weeks |
| Application: October 1* |
| Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
|---|---|---|
| Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) program | There is no competition currently scheduled. | 4 to 5 months |
| Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance grants | Application: No deadline |
5 to 24 weeks |
| Alliance Consortia Quantum grants | Application: October 16, 2023 |
24 weeks |
| Alliance International | Application: No deadline |
5 to 9 weeks |
| Alliance International Quantum grants | Application: February 15, 2023 |
12 weeks |
| Alliance Missions: Anthropogenic greenhouse gas research | Letter of intent: September 15, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (ET) Application: November 8, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (ET) |
By end of March 2023 |
| Alliance Quantum grants | Application: October 31, 2023 |
12 to 24 weeks |
| Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) | See  CIHR website |
- |
| Idea to Innovation (I2I) grants | Application: January 6, 2023 March 27, 2023 June 19, 2023 September 18, 2023 |
11 weeks |
| NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates (AI) Advance grants | Application: Until available funding is awarded |
5 to 9 weeks |
| NSERC Alliance – Mitacs Accelerate grants | Application: No deadline |
7 to 26 weeks |
| NSERC Alliance – Alberta Innovates Campus Alberta Small Business Engagement (CASBE) Stream II | Application: No deadline |
9 to 18 weeks |
| NSERC Alliance grants and Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize | Application: No deadline |
5 to 9 weeks |
| NSERC-German Research Foundation (DFG) Call for proposals on Sustainable Processes and Chemistry |
Alliance International Collaboration grant December 7, 2022, 8 p.m. (ET) Invited full application (submitted to DFG) June 6, 2023 5 p.m. (CEST) [German time] |
End of November 2023 |
| Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision** |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Research and Development (ARD) grants | Application: No deadline | 5 to 9 weeks ($40,000 or less per year) |
| 24 to 28 weeks ($40,001 to $150,000 per year) | ||
| Applied Research Tools and Instruments (ARTI) grants | Application: There is no competition currently scheduled. |
16 weeks |
| College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) | Application: March 1, 2023 |
20 weeks |
| Mobilize grants | Application: April 27, 2023 |
16 weeks |
| Technology Access Centres (TAC) grants | Letter of intent: July 12, 2022 |
12 weeks |
| New applications and renewals: January 19, 2023, by invitation only |
12 weeks |
| Title | Deadline dates | Notification of decision |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Call for nominations: December 14, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
| Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
| NSERC John C. Polanyi Award | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
| Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
| NSERC Awards for Science Promotion | Call for nominations: November 15, 2023 |
By end of February 2024 |
| NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research | Call for nominations: November 28, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |
| Synergy Awards for Innovation | Call for nominations: December 14, 2023 |
By end of June 2024 |