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Fields
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Description
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Financing Type:
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You can search NSERC's Grants, Scholarships, or the full database Grants and
Scholarships.
Click on the arrow, then on your selection in the pop-up list.
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Program:
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You can limit your search to a specific NSERC grant or scholarship program. You
will find a full list of NSERC's programs grouped by major program areas.
Please note that some programs do not exist today, but have been kept in the
list for reference for previous years. For more information on programs,
click here.
Please note that some programs do not exist today but have been kept in the
list for reference for previous years. These programs are identified by an (H)
at the end of their names.
For a more specific search on PGS-A or PGS-B scholarship awards, you can use
the field Keywords in Award Title as a filter, and indicate PGSA or
PGSB in this field.
Click on your selection in the pop-up list.
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Selection Committee:
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NSERC's grants and scholarships are awarded through a peer-review system where
applications are evaluated by a selection or advisory committee. For more
information on committees, click here.
Please note that some committees do not exist today but have been kept in the
list for reference for previous years. These committees are identified by an (H)
at the end of their names.
Click on your selection in the pop-up list.
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Area of Application:
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NSERC requests applicants to specify their area of application for their
program of research or study.
A complete list of
codes and description of Areas of Application.
Click on your selection in the pop-up list, or indicate the code in the
appropriate box.
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Research Subject:
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NSERC requests applicants to specify the research subject for their program of
research or study.
A complete list of
codes and description of Research Subjects.
Click on your selection in the pop-up list, or indicate the code in the
appropriate box.
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Award Title / Department:
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Words in the Award Title and Department can be searched. The search engine uses
one of three logical operators:
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and
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or
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not (to use with AND or OR before NOT)
Complex searches can be created with parentheses. You can use different
operators for a complex search. Please note that it is important to correctly
build the logic of your search. There is a difference between the following two
searches:
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(chain or liaison) and (polymer or hydrogene)
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chain or liaison and polymer or hydrogene
It is also important to remember that the award titles and departments are
submitted by the person applying for a grant or scholarship. Titles and
departments are not translated: they are in English or in French. For best
results, you should search with French and English keywords.
For a more specific search on PGS-A or PGS-B scholarship awards, you can use
the field Keywords in Award Title as a filter, and indicate PGSA
or PGSB in this field.
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Name of Person:
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You can search for grants and/or scholarships that a
person received. The information indicated in this field is the Family Name and
Given Name of the person. The name should be written as follows:
Example: Polanyi, John
Spaces, apostrophes or hyphens in names are not indicated in the database.
Example:
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O'Brien -> OBrien
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De Mori -> DeMori
You do not have to indicate the given name in the search. You can enter a
partial family name.
Example:
All persons matching the Family Name and Given Name entered will be listed. The
results could give, for example, a list of grants and scholarships awarded to
Polanyi, A and Polanyi, J (for Albert and John).
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Institution or Province:
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You can search for information on a specific institution or
province. Institutions indicated in the pop-up list are the ones officially
eligible for NSERC support. The institution found in the database is the
institution with which the person is associated. The list of institutions is
ordered by province.
All Grants and/or Scholarships corresponding to your selection (institutions
eligible for NSERC support) will be retrieved.
Select the desired institution or province in the popup list.
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Fiscal Year:
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You can select a Fiscal Year for your search. NSERC's
database contains Grants and Scholarships data since 1991. You can also select
a period of time by choosing a year in the from pop-up list and a year
in the to pop-up list.
Your results will be a total for the selected period and not detailed results
by Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year is selected by default, instead of Competition Year. You can select
the desired Fiscal-Year in the pop-up list. The most recent available year is
selected by default.
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Competition Year:
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You can select a Competition Year for your search. Information
based on Competition Year will be grants and/or scholarships awarded during the
year in question. For example, a grant may be awarded for four (4) fiscal years
(and will appear in each Fiscal Year), but will appear only once in the
Competition Year.
You can also select a period of time by choosing a year in the from pop-up
list and a year in the to pop-up list.
Your results will be a total for the selected period and not detailed results
by Competition Year.
You must select the radio button for Competition Year and the desired
competition year in the pop-up list to activate this search criteria, because
the Fiscal Year is selected by default. The most recent available year is
selected by default.
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Award Amount:
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You can select a minimum and/or maximum award amount when
searching. Just indicate the amount in the appropriate field:
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Minimum Amount (min.)
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Maximum Amount (max.)
Amounts are in Canadian dollars and no spaces, no commas, and no decimals are
required. You can indicate a minimum amount only: all grants and/or
scholarships meeting this criteria will be listed on the report (all amounts of
awards will be equal or higher than the criteria). The same is applicable for
the maximum amount: All amounts of awards will be equal to or lower than the
criteria. In addition, you can use both criteria to create a range (a minimum
and a maximum amount).
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Display Results:
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You can choose the type of display results desired for your
search. You can have the results displayed in one of the following formats:
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Detailed List of
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Awards
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Statistics by University
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Statistics by Province
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Statistics by Program
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Statistics by Committee
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Statistics by Area of Application
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Statistics by Research Subject
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Statistics by Award Amount
Select the desired format in the pop-up list. The Detailed List of Awards
is selected by default.
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