and in engineering

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and in engineering
NSERC Presents
Scholarships Fellowships
Programs
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Todays Agenda

• Introduction
• Whats new in the Scholarships
• and Fellowships division
• Information common to most applicants
• Undergraduate Programs
• Graduate Programs
• Postdoctoral Programs
• CREATE

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Scholarships News

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS)
  Program
• CGS Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-FSS)
• New Collaborative Research and Training (CREATE)
  Program
• New Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural
  Sciences and Engineering (AANSE) Supplement
  Program

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Scholarships News

• The 2008 UFA competition was the final one
  (program now closed)
• IPS Eligibility expanded to include foreign
  applicants
• Form 200 Changes to Appendix 2
• Title change to CGS Alexander Graham Bell Canada
  Graduate Scholarships

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To Apply for NSERC Support You Must Be

• A Canadian citizen
• OR
• A Permanent Resident of Canada

Exception Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
Program (Vanier CGS) Industrial Postgraduate
Scholarships Programs (IPS) Visiting Fellowships
in Canadian Government Laboratories
(VF) Collaborative Research and Training
Experience (CREATE)

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Eligibility of Proposed Research

• CIHR/SSHRC Overlap
• Research must advance knowledge in the Natural
  Sciences and Engineering
• Psychology
• Consult Program Guide for Students and
• Fellows and Eligibility Criteria
• Apply to only one Council per academic year
• IN DOUBT
• Send a 1 page summary to NSERC

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Northern Research Internships (NRINT)

• Opportunity to do research in Canadas North
• Student may hold a USRA, Vanier CGS, CGS/PGS, IPS
  or PDF at the same time
• No fixed deadlines, apply 8 weeks before start of
  northern work
• Up to 30 awards per year (first come, first
  served)
• How to apply
• Form 200
• Letter from supervisor
• Letter from Northern partner
• NRINT Agreement signed by all parties
• Up to 14,000 for 12-16 weeks, within 12 months

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Aboriginal Ambassadors in the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Supplement Program (AANSE)

• AANSE supplements aim to engage Aboriginal
  students and fellows in promoting interest and
  participation in the natural sciences and
  engineering.
• Candidates visit Canadas Aboriginal communities
  and schools to share their research and education
  experiences or participate in science promotion
  events and activities.
• Applicants must hold an USRA, Vanier CGS,
  Alexander Graham Bell CGS, PGS, PDF, IPS, IRDF or
  Northern Research Internship.

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upplements

• Extra from other organizations
• May be available for USRA, PGS, CGS, IPS and PDF
• Support research in specific areas
• Value ranges from 1,000 - 15,000
• Duration from 1 - 4 years
• Contact agencies directly upon receipt of NSERC
  award letter

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Undergraduate Student Research Awards

• University-based research
• USRA
• Industry-based research
• I-USRA

Eligible companies on our Web site
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USRA Programs
Travel funds are available if the host
organization is far away
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Applying for USRA
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Graduate Students

• Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate
  Scholarships (CGS) / Postgraduate Scholarships
  (PGS)
• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program
  (Vanier CGS)
• Canada Graduate Scholarships Foreign Study
  Supplements Program (CGS-FSS)
• Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS)
• Industrial Innovation Scholarships (IIS) for
  students registered at a university in Quebec
• NSERC/MITACS Scholarship
• Summer Programs in in Japan or Taiwan

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Graduate Students

• Maximum of 4 years support (full-time equivalent)
• Total Masters PhD support
• Any combination of Vanier CGS, CGS, PGS, IPS,
  IIS, NSERC/MITACS

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Deadline for PGS
Check your university's internal deadlines!

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CGS/PGS M and D
Possibility of one-year extension if
eligible Must have obtained at least one
Canadian degree in NSE
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CGS/PGS M and D
As of December 31st of the year of application
in program for which support is requested
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PGS M Extension possible 2nd year of support

• Eligible if
• Program and award started at the same time
• OR
• Program started in January, award taken up in May
  of the same year

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CGS/PGS D Support

• Support available for 2 or 3 years
• Decision made by NSERC and based on
• the number of months completed in the program for
  which funding is requested and
• NSERC funding previously held
• 4 year maximum total funding

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CGS/PGS Level Selection Criteria and Weightings
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What Happens to the Application at your
university?

• You submit to department/university
• University committees select applicants to fill
  NSERC quota
• Quota of applications sent to NSERC
• University informs unsuccessful applicants

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What Happens to the Application at NSERC?

• Verification of eligibility of applicant and
  proposed research by program officers
• Selection committees members review all
  applications
• Top-ranked applicants offered CGS
• PGS offered to next group of applicants
• Applicants informed of NSERCs decision
• Feedback available upon request

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Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

• Tri-Agency program supporting students who
  achieved outstanding success in their studies and
  who will pursue a doctoral program in a Canadian
  University.
• 50,000 / yr for 24 or 36 months
• Open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of
  Canada, International citizens.
• Candidates must be nominated by the Canadian
  University where they will pursue doctoral
  studies. Contact the universitys Faculty of
  Graduate Studies.
• Can only be held at nominating university
  (non-transferable).
• Target 500 active Vanier scholarships (167
  scholarships for the 2009 competition, divided
  equally among the three agencies).

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Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

• At the university selection stage, students may
  submit concurrent applications to NSERC Vanier
  CGS, and CGS/PGS (if eligible).
• Students nominated by university for a Vanier CGS
  must immediately contact NSERC, and the
  university where the CGS/PGS application was
  submitted, and withdraw the latter.
• Two-tier review process Agency specific
  selection committee, and high level Vanier
  Selection Board.
• Following NSERC selection committee review, NSERC
  Vanier CGS nominees not recommended to Vanier
  Selection Board will be offered an Alexander
  Graham Bell CGS, if eligible.
• Deadline November 14, 2008. Results to be
  announced in May 2009.

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Canada Graduate Scholarships Foreign Study
Supplements Program (CGS-FSS)

• Supports high-calibre graduate students in
  building global linkages and international
  networks through the pursuit of exceptional
  research experiences at research institutions
  outside of Canada.
• Supplements of up to 6000 to help cover the
  costs of a research study period abroad (4-6
  months).
• Universities to be allocated a certain number of
  supplements based on the number of CGS and Vanier
  and CGS held at that university
• A total of 187 awards will be available in 2008
• 52 per cent SSHRC,
• 32 per cent NSERC and
• 16 per cent CIHR

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CGS-FSS

• Only for Canadian citizens or permanent residents
  of Canada.
• Recipients must hold active CGS M, CGS D or
  Vanier CGS.
• One application form for all three agencies (to
  come).
• Deadline for submitting applications to the
  granting agencies December 10, 2008. From 2009
  onward, the deadline will be May 15.

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Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS)

• Gain work experience while completing a graduate
  degree
• Collaboration between university, student and
  host organization
• No NSERC deadline
• Quick application turn around
• 21K minimum for Masters level - more than
  PGSM/CGSM (17K)
• NEW FOREIGN STUDENTS MAY APPLY

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Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships
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IPS Agreement

• Must cover duration of scholarship
• Company's commitment (6,000/year minimum)
• Intellectual property rights
• Students time at company (minimum average of
• 50 days/year)
• No delay in degree granting due
• to confidentiality issues

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NSERC/MITACS Scholarship

• A collaboration with MITACS, a Network of Centres
  of Excellence (NCE) that conducts research in the
  mathematical sciences
• Combines features of the NSERC Industrial
  Postgraduate Scholarship (IPS) program and the
  MITACS Internship Program
• Offers more funding than the IPS alone
• Graduate student will receive 22,500/year as a
  scholarship
• Supervisor will receive the remaining 7,500/year

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Summer Programs in Japan or Taiwan
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Postdoctoral Programs

• Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF)
• Industrial RD Fellowship (IRDF)
• Visiting Fellowship (VF)
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• Fellowship (JSPS)
• University Faculty Awards (UFA)

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Postdoctoral Programs Overview
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Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF)

• Deadline Date October 15, 2008
• To be eligible
• If PhD was completed after Oct. 15th, 2006
• OR
• If all PhD requirements met by Dec. 31st, 2009
• How to apply
• Form 200 Official Academic Transcripts
  (Doctoral Only)
• 40,000 per year for maximum of 24 months
• Award start date between April 1 and January 15
• May only apply twice
• May not hold more than one NSERC PDF

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Location of Tenure for PDFs

• Canada University and provincial
• research institutions
  Appropriate research laboratories
• Abroad University and research
  centres
• If requesting a tenure abroad, the PhD must have
  been completed in
• Canada
• The PDF may not be held at the university (or its
  affiliated institutions)
• where PhD was completed or with PhD supervisor

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PDF Selection Criteria and Weightings
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PDF Selection Process

• Verification of eligibility of applicant and
  proposed research by program officers
• Selection committees members review all
  applications
• Applicants informed of NSERCs decision by March
  31
• Feedback available upon request

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Industrial RD Fellowships (IRDF)

• Research at eligible Canadian organization
• No deadlines for application
• Apply within 5 years of PhD
• Not previously employed in Canadian industry
  after PhD for more than six months
• How to apply
• Form 200 (Application for a Scholarship or
  Fellowship)
• Form 183C (Nomination for an Industrial RD
  Fellowship)
• 40,000 min/year for maximum of 24 months

Eligible organizations on our Web site
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IRDF Selection Criteria and Weightings

• Nominee
• Research ability or potential (70)
• Communication, interpersonal and leadership
  abilities (30)

• Proposed R D activities
• Industrial R D environment
• Significance and feasibility
• Company commitment
• Scientific and technical merit
• Incrementality

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IRDF Selection Process

• Eligible organizations submit their application
  at any time throughout the year
• NSERC program staff reviews application for
  completeness
• Two members of the College of Reviewers review
  the application and complete an evaluation
• The members separately assess the merit of the
  candidate and the research proposal
• To be successful, both the candidate and the
  research proposal must be meritorious
• Nominating organizations are notified of the
  decision within six weeks of receiving the
  complete application

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Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government
Laboratories (VF)

• Research in government setting
• No deadlines for application
• Apply within 5 years of completing PhD
• How to apply
• Form 200 (Application for a Scholarship or
  Fellowship)
• 43,724 per year
• 1 year fellowship renewable twice
• No citizenship or residency requirements

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VF Selection Criteria and Weightings
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VF Selection Process

• Evaluation of applications by government
  department, overseen by NSERC
• If successful, applicant is placed on an
  inventory for up to 2 yrs
• Being placed on the inventory does not guarantee
  a fellowship
• Government departments select candidates from
  the inventory

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Postdoctoral Fellowships (JSPS)

• Research in Japanese universities and national
  labs
• Deadline January 2009
• Obtained PhD within past 6 years
• How to apply
• Contact NSERC for application forms
• 364,000 Yen (approx. 3,500 CAN) per month
  travel and relocation allowances
• Maximum 24 months of support

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University Faculty Awards (UFA)

• The 2008 UFA competition was the final one. The
  program is now closed and applications will no
  longer be accepted.
• NSERC continues to develop replacement programs
• AANSE launched in April 2008
• New program to address retention of women faculty
  (TBD)

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CREATE Collaborative Research And Training
Experience

• Grants for groups of researchers who will deliver
  training programs to outstanding students and
  postdoctoral fellows
• Aim to facilitate the transition of new
  researchers to the Canadian workforce
• These innovative programs aim to provide
  collaborative and integrative training
  experiences, and will encourage one or more of
  the following
• Acquisition and development of important
  professional and personal skills
• Student mobility nationally and internationally
• Interdisciplinary research within the NSE, or at
  the interface between the NSE and health and/or
  social sciences and humanities

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Collaborative Research And Training Experience
(CREATE)

• Eligibility
• Majority of the group must be from NSE fields
• Funding
• Six years (Year 1 up to 150,000, Years 2-6 up
  to 300,000 annually)
• At least 80 per cent of funds spent on stipends
  to HQP
• Up to 30 per cent of which may be for students
  not enrolled in NSE fields
• Research training experience can target any
  trainee level
• Undergraduate and graduate students, and
  postdoctoral fellows

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Collaborative Research And Training Experience
(CREATE)

• Program description www.nserc.gc.ca
• For professors
• Grant Programs
• E-mail CREATE_at_nserc.ca
• Deadline (Researchers) September 22, 2008
• Announcement of results Spring 2009

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Scholarships Application Form 200 for Vanier
CGS, CGS, PGS, IPS, PDF, IRDF, VF
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On-line Application Completion

• www.nserc.gc.ca to On-line Services
• Print out and review FAQ instructions
• Register as First-Time User or Login
• eConsole screen choose Forms - Student
• My portfolio screen
• Select form to be created
• Choose Form 200 - Scholarships
• Choose Form 202 - USRA Part 1

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Login for previous user Register for new user PDF
format available
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No electronic submission A paper copy must be
submitted
Create a form Select the program Or Edit
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Form 200

• Application profile
• List of all parts of the application to be done
  for the program selected
• Person Profile
• PIN assigned by NSERC
• Ensure e-mail valid October to April
• NSERCs primary contact
• Some info for stats and admin use only

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List specific for each program
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PIN if you don't have one leave it blank, not
SIN, not Student ID
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Full address including postal code
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Academic background accurate does it make
sense? Do not include programs that you have not
yet started
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Relevant work experience, in science or
engineering OR that show leadership/
communication skills
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Scholarships don't put down from prof's NSERC
grants
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Locations of tenure must be universities, not the
affiliated hospitals, research institutes, etc.
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Required for PDF, VF and NRINT only
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PGS Master and IPS 1 Do not need to complete
this section. Section will not appear
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Form 200 Proposed Research (Free Form)

• Summary of future research endeavours
• Plain language
• 1 page max
• Specific as possible
• Objectives, Outline, Methods
• Procedures, Significance
• Do not repeat info from Thesis summary
• Refer to it!
• Convert document to PDF format

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Watch the margins Check grammar, typos, spelling,
etc. Don't repeat information found in Thesis
Times New Roman regular 12 pts, or any
comparable font nothing smaller Condensed type
is not acceptable
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Contributions and Applicants Statement (Free
Form)

• Part 1 Articles published, accepted, submitted
• Part 2 Most significant contributions to RD
• Part 3 Applicants statement
• research experience
• relevant activities
• special circumstances
• Page limits PGS M 1 page total
• PGS D 2 pages total
• PDF 4 pages total

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If you choose not to fill in any section from a
certain point to the end, indicate so on
application
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Indicate that a paper copy will come with the
application
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Required for PDF, VF and NRINT only
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Form 200 Finishing up

• Verify application on My Portfolio screen
• When Verification Report is Successful
• PRINT OUT YOUR APPLICATION
• Proofread and ask your supervisor and/or a friend
  to read for appropriate language, grammar, etc.

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Number to be forwarded to the proposed referees
to complete Appendix 1 on-line
Verify for completeness
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Appendix 1 2 Reports Required

• Person most familiar with applicants abilities
  research, etc.
• Usually thesis supervisor
• Another person familiar with applicants
  abilities and research
• Specific examples
• Vanier CGS and CGS/PGS applicants, use only the
  form provided
• All other applicants may use 1 additional page
• Not proposed supervisor unless also past
  supervisor
• Signed by referee

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Appendix 2 Evaluation by the University

• Must be completed by
• University Representative
• Cannot be same person who completed
• Appendix 1 or the proposed supervisor

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Appendix 3 Consent Form

• Statistical information
• Not given to reviewers

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Remember

• Follow instructions
• Font size, margins, page limits etc.
• Clear, concise writing
• Proofread for spelling, grammar
• Provide needed documentation
• Choose respondents with care
• Be aware of deadlines
• No On-line application submission!

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General Information / Application Forms

• Website www.nserc.gc.ca
• On-line Services webapp_at_nserc.ca
• Helpdesk [phone]
• Scholarships Fellowships schol_at_nserc.ca
• Finance Division scholfin_at_nserc.ca

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