Funding, News and Announcements

To lessen the impact due to COVID-19 and to support all of the researchers and highly qualified personnel, all active Discovery Grants can elect to receive a one-year extension with funds at their current funding level. This includes grants from the recent 2020 competition. The announcement is now featured on the NSERC website and is included in the the NSERC program information in relation to COVID 19 webpage. Frequently Asked Questions are also posted and will be updated as details become available.  

NSERC is currently working out important details for this initiative, therefore may not be able to answer your question at present.

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Research Grants and Scholarships
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada