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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.
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| Title | Deadline Dates | Notification of Decision** |
| Belmont Forum | Application: June 20, 2019 |
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| Climate Change and Atmospheric Research | Application: Closed |
- |
| 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 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
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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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| 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 1Expected March 2022* |
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| 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* |
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| Chairs and Faculty Support | ||
| Title | Deadline Dates | Notification of Decision** |
| Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering (CWSE) Program | Application: October 8, 2019 |
4 to 5 months |
| Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) | Application: No deadline |
4 to 7 months |
| Innovation | ||
| Title | Deadline Dates | Notification of Decision** |
| Application: No deadline |
4 to 16 weeks | |
| Call for joint Canada-UK projects on quantum technologies | Expression of Interest: June 8, 2020 Full Proposal: June 15, 2020 to July 29, 2020 |
Response to Expression of Interest: June 12, 2020 Notice of Decision: November 1, 2020 |
| Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) | See
 CIHR
website |
- |
| College and Community Innovation program - Applied Research and Development (ARD) grants | Application: No deadline |
12 to 20 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation program - Applied Research Tools and Instruments (ARTI) grants | Application: There will be no competition in 2020. |
16 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation program – College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) | Application: February 1, 2021 |
20 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation program –Connect grants | Application: No deadline |
2 to 4 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation program –Engage grants | Application: No deadline |
4 to 6 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation program - Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges (IRCC) grants | Application: November 6, 2018 |
20 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation Program – Innovation Enhancement (IE) grants | Letter of intent: Varies |
- |
| Application: Varies |
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| College and Community Innovation program – Innovation Links grants | Application: No deadline |
12 to 20 weeks |
| College and Community Innovation program - Technology Access Centres (TAC) grants | Letter of intent: June 7, 2019 |
6 weeks |
| Application: October 18, 2019, by invitation only |
16 weeks | |
| Idea to Innovation (I2I) Grants | Application: January 5, 2021 March 29, 2021 June 28, 2021 September 27, 2021 |
11 weeks |
| Plastics science for a cleaner future | Letter of intent: July 8, 2020 |
5 weeks |
| Application: November 13, 2020 |
12 to 16 weeks | |