Fiscal Year:

NSERC’s fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31. By selecting a fiscal year, you will retrieve all ongoing and new awards supported in that year. NSERC's database contains grants and scholarships data since 1991. You can also select a period of time using both drop-down menus.

Your results will be a total for the selected period and not detailed results by Fiscal Year.

Competition Year:

Competition Year is the calendar year that a program (e.g. Discovery Grants, Postgraduate Scholarships, etc.) runs its regularly scheduled competition. Information based on Competition Year will be grants and 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 using both drop-down menus.

Your results will be a total for the selected period and not detailed results by Competition Year.

Name of Person:

You can search for grants and scholarships by person using the Family Name and Given Name. The name should be displayed as follows:

• Family Name, Given Name

Example: Polanyi, John

Spaces, apostrophes or hyphens in names are not indicated in the database.

Example:

• O'Brien -> OBrien
• De Mori -> DeMori

You can use the auto-complete function in the empty field to help you complete your search. You can type in a part of the family name to view a drop-down list of names that you can select.

For example:

• Smi

You can view:

• Smit
• Smith
• Smithson

Keywords In:

You can filter your search by typing in keywords that might be included in the award title or in the summary of the award. If you use more than one keyword, you need to use one of these three logical operators:

1. and
2. or
3. 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:

• (chain or liaison) and (polymer or hydrogen)
• chain or liaison and polymer or hydrogen

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 French). For best results, you should search with French or English keywords.

Institution or Province:

With a single click users can now update their institution search list to include all institutions, or simply universities or colleges.

Institutions indicated in the drop-down menu are officially eligible for NSERC support. 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 or type in the name of the province in the search bar to narrow your search. You can select more than one option by clicking the Check All button.

Area of Application:

NSERC requests applicants to specify their area of application for their program of research or study.

Click on your selection in the drop-down list, you can select more than one option by clicking the Check All button or multiple boxes. You can also indicate the code in the appropriate box. Here is a complete list of codes and description of Areas of Application.

Research Subject:

NSERC requests applicants to specify the research subject for their program of research or study.

Click on your selection in the drop-down list, You can check off more than one selection by clicking the Check All button. You can also indicate the code in the appropriate box. Here is a complete list of codes and description of Research Subjects.

Program:

You will find a full list of NSERC's programs grouped by major program areas on NSERC's Web site. 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. More information on programs is available on NSERC's Web site.

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.

Selection Committee:

NSERC's grants and scholarships are awarded through a peer-review system where applications are evaluated by a selection or advisory committee. More information on programs is available on NSERC's Web site.

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.

Department:

Words in the Department section can be searched using one of three logical operators:

1. and
2. or
3. 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:

• (chain or liaison) and (polymer or hydrogen)
• chain or liaison and polymer or hydrogen

You can use the auto-complete function in the empty field in order to help you complete your search.

Example: If you do not remember the full name of the department that you are searching for, you can type in a part of the name to view a drop- down list of departments that you can select.

Award Amount:

You can select a minimum and/or maximum award amount when searching. Just indicate the amount in the appropriate field:

• Minimum Amount (min.)
• Maximum Amount (max.)

Amounts are in Canadian dollars and no spaces, commas, or 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).

Display Results:

You can choose the type of display results desired for your search. You can have the results displayed in one of the following formats:

• Detailed List of Awards
• Statistics by Organization
• Statistics by Province
• Statistics by Program
• Statistics by Committee
• Statistics by Area of Application
• Statistics by Research Subject
• Statistics by Award Amount

Select the desired format in the pop-up list. The Detailed List of Awards is selected by default.